Look, I'll admit I've tried my hand at such Facebook games as YoVille, Mafia Wars and Island Paradise, and--although it pains me to say it--I do still play Sorority Life. But I'll never post on my Facebook wall the words, "Oh no! On the way back from the Rent Beach House event, Elizabeth found this guy wandering around looking lost. He sure is cute, maybe you can help him out?"
I mean, couldn't posting something like this on a Facebook wall send the wrong message to young girls? After all, Ted Bundy wasn't bad looking, but he was a serial killer.
Okay, you say. But what's the harm in John posting that he could really use some help fertilizing his crops in FarmVille? Well, fertilizer in the wrong hands could lead to real trouble.
Then there are the more obvious issues with such Mafia Wars statements as "Paula is close to completing a Chop Shop, but still needs a few more Shipping Containers."
But of course, you say, there can't possibly be anything wrong with "Cindy picked out a Jelly Bean Seed for Annette in SuperPoke! Pets!"
Au contraire, mon frรจre. Where is the ASPCA when you need them?
Aside from these issues, the other issues with Facebook games and with allowing such posts to infiltrate the walls of your Facebook profile are: 1) doing so may signal to others that you have no life, and/or 2) you are addicted to Facebook and to Facebook games.
This is not to say that you will be cast as a World of Warcraft-type gamer who plays endlessly, ignoring all contact with the outside world while letting trash pile up in your house as cheese curls dangle from your greasy, unkempt hair. No, no. But Facebook games, well, they're the gateway to harder drugs, if you will.
And so, before you allow that Mafia Wars game you're playing to post something obnoxious on your Facebook wall (for example, "Elizabeth is close to completing a Chop Shop, but still needs a few more Acetylene Torches"), ask yourself, "Do I really want to do this? Do I really want to pick cheese curls out of my armpit hair someday?"
And, oh my, look at the time! I'd better go water my FarmVille crops before they die!
I mean, couldn't posting something like this on a Facebook wall send the wrong message to young girls? After all, Ted Bundy wasn't bad looking, but he was a serial killer.
Okay, you say. But what's the harm in John posting that he could really use some help fertilizing his crops in FarmVille? Well, fertilizer in the wrong hands could lead to real trouble.
Then there are the more obvious issues with such Mafia Wars statements as "Paula is close to completing a Chop Shop, but still needs a few more Shipping Containers."
But of course, you say, there can't possibly be anything wrong with "Cindy picked out a Jelly Bean Seed for Annette in SuperPoke! Pets!"
Au contraire, mon frรจre. Where is the ASPCA when you need them?
Aside from these issues, the other issues with Facebook games and with allowing such posts to infiltrate the walls of your Facebook profile are: 1) doing so may signal to others that you have no life, and/or 2) you are addicted to Facebook and to Facebook games.
This is not to say that you will be cast as a World of Warcraft-type gamer who plays endlessly, ignoring all contact with the outside world while letting trash pile up in your house as cheese curls dangle from your greasy, unkempt hair. No, no. But Facebook games, well, they're the gateway to harder drugs, if you will.
And so, before you allow that Mafia Wars game you're playing to post something obnoxious on your Facebook wall (for example, "Elizabeth is close to completing a Chop Shop, but still needs a few more Acetylene Torches"), ask yourself, "Do I really want to do this? Do I really want to pick cheese curls out of my armpit hair someday?"
And, oh my, look at the time! I'd better go water my FarmVille crops before they die!
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ReplyDelete"the other issues with Facebook games and with allowing such posts to infiltrate the walls of your Facebook profile are: 1) doing so may signal to others that you have no life, and/or 2) you are addicted to Facebook and to Facebook games."
ReplyDeleteSo true. I haaate that you have to have help to complete Mafia jobs. I won't publish Sorority Life shit though. I have SOME dignity.