# Farmville is bad for farmers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684 "2010-01-04T22:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/1 "2010-01-04T22:19:26Z")
How stupid is this: [An article linked to as a lead article off of MSNs homepage](http://www.good.is/post/What-Does-Farmville-Mean-for-Farmers/?GT1=48001). Are they serious? The stupid facebook game Farmville is bad for farming because it doesn’t paint an accurate picture of farming? Well no shit! You think anyone really thinks it does? Just because I’m good at roller coaster tycoon and zoo tycoon doesn’t mean I should go apply as head zoo keeper at the local zoo or become a manager at Six Flags. And as for Elanor Agnew who was “lured by the idealism of living in nature and trying to live off the land” and was royally disappointed I imagine she was one of those who failed to listen to any of her friends or family before hand who told her “bad idea”. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/2 "2010-01-04T23:36:23Z")
You never know. [This](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CART_World_Series) came out in late 1997. Five years later, CART was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/3 "2010-01-05T01:03:31Z")
And playing Grand Theft Auto has pretty much ruined any chance that I will ever be a productive criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/4 "2010-01-05T01:23:25Z")
There’s a real one. Been there, done that. Couldn’t find a T shirt. [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19280](http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19280) ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/5 "2010-01-05T01:41:52Z")
My Grandfather from this one… > **[Farmville, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmville,_Virginia)** > > Farmville is a town in Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 7,473 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Prince Edward County. > Farmville developed near the headwaters of the Appomattox River in central Virginia; the waterway was long its main transportation access to other markets. In the 19th century, a railroad was constructed here. Since the late 20th century, the former railway has been converted to the High Bridge Trail State Park,... I play farmville on facebook…I dunno why…it was just there one day. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/6 "2010-01-05T02:08:23Z")
It says there are comments, but I can’t seem to view them. Should be interesting to read…if I could. Anyone know how? ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/7 "2010-01-08T13:16:51Z")
I just signed up for Cafe World. It hasn’t made me want to open a real-life restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/8 "2010-01-08T14:34:38Z")
So real-world bomb disposal doesn’t consist of careful examination of numbers in a grid? Just as well I didn’t stick a stamp on that application letter yet. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/9 "2010-01-08T16:13:10Z")
I find no job postings looking for Tetrists. I’m thinking of starting to leave it off my resume. Orkin has called a few times about my Centipede experience, but it never led to a permanent gig. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/10 "2010-01-08T17:46:37Z")
They threw me out of the zoo for good the last time I climbed into the Komodo Dragon enclosure, \*even after \*I’d explained how I’d had plenty of experience on Onyxia. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/11 "2010-01-08T21:01:11Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > They threw me out of the zoo for good the last time I climbed into the Komodo Dragon enclosure, \*even after \*I’d explained how I’d had plenty of experience on Onyxia. 50 DKP minus!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/12 "2010-01-08T21:06:59Z")
Many zookeepers! Handle it! ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/13 "2010-01-09T02:05:42Z")
Stealth parody? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/14 "2010-01-09T02:14:49Z")
The article seems to be making the flawed assumption that people who play Farmville are interested in farming. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/15 "2010-01-09T05:39:40Z")
Dammit!!! If it weren’t for The Sims, I wouldn’t always be peeing myself and setting the house on fire every time I cook!!! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/16 "2010-01-09T13:16:37Z")
What is next, banning [Agricola?](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/17 "2010-01-09T13:41:17Z")
Now I am starting to rethink my plans to join the mafia. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/18 "2010-01-09T13:42:55Z")
This is why I play FarmTown instead. Quite superior to Farmville in every way. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/19 "2010-01-11T19:54:42Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > What is next, banning [Agricola?](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola) Oh, what, you’re trying to tell me that sheep _aren’t_ stackable cubes? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/20 "2010-01-12T00:44:48Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Oh, what, you’re trying to tell me that sheep _aren’t_ stackable cubes? Not if you pre-ordered (or got your animeeples some other way) Brian [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684.md?page=2)