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Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession

Posted by samzenpus on from the think-of-the-crops dept.

Bulgarian Dimitar Kerin won't have to decide if he should tend his crops or pay attention to Plovdiv City Council business anymore. The committee voted him off 20-19, saying that he obviously "needs more time for his virtual farm." From the article: "Kerin was not alone in his obsession among council members. Council chairman Ilko Iliev had previously warned several of them that the new wireless network and laptops provided to all 51 council members were not to be used for playing games on social media sites during budget meetings. Kerin was singled out for continuing to manage his farm and milk his cows despite Iliev's warnings. "

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  1. Too nerdy. by RightSaidFred99 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, what is it about this Farmville crap that turns otherwise normal people into ridiculous, obsessed nerdy dweebs? I've played WoW quite a bit, I'm really quite a nerd myself but this game looks boring as shit and it seems to drag "normal" people into it like WoW draws in nerds.

    1. Re:Too nerdy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Seriously, what is it about this Farmville crap that turns otherwise normal people into ridiculous, obsessed nerdy dweebs? I've played WoW quite a bit, I'm really quite a nerd myself but this game looks boring as shit and it seems to drag "normal" people into it like WoW draws in nerds.

      My question is: Should a poster with the moniker of 'RightSaidFred99' be allowed to criticize anything at all?

    2. Re:Too nerdy. by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

      My question is: where there really 98 other people signed up with "RightSaidFred" related monikers? Frankly, I'm surprised "RightSaidFred" itself was already taken!

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    3. Re:Too nerdy. by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Are you too sexy for his criticism?

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  2. Using a computer on company time? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd fire anyone who uses a company computer on company time for personal reasons.

    Exempting this comment posting, of course.

  3. Idiot! by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If he'd been playing SimCity instead, he could have claimed it was work related!

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  4. For a serious look at the sociological by ClosedSource · · Score: 4, Funny

    implications of Farmville see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDAcOEKuI

  5. Re:two news in one. by matrim99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The other 19 were thinking: "With Dimitar gone, who will fertilize my crops"?

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  6. You m by ean+li · · Score: 5, Funny

    ke this?