# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mandiola9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@Mandiola9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mandiola9)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/21 "2010-01-12T01:22:54Z")
But I got to the level to breed pandas, they are very difficult to breed! I still can’t go to IKEA without thinking I could just click this chair and put it next to the table, but not too close to the other chair or no can sit in it. So much for my dreams of running a cafe, farm, zoo, army, archeology team, etc. etc. At least I still know that if I ever had to swap gems to save myself from a evil spirit in the tower I could. ---
**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 12, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/22 "2010-01-12T06:27:59Z")
I was inspired by that article to start playing Farmville, actually. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/23 "2010-01-12T06:30:26Z")
So hugging someone and playing kicky ball with them repeatedly won’t get them to be best friends with me? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/24 "2010-01-12T06:39:08Z")
You kids nowadays with your internet. Back when I was growing up, we didn’t have online games like Farmville. We had to get our dumb ideas about farming from TV shows like _Green Acres_ and _Petticoat Junction_. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/25 "2010-01-12T15:07:25Z")
Saw a bit of Mitch Hedburg on Comedy Central the other day after reading this thread. Talking about how often he gets asked to come up with a script for a movie or TV show, as if his doing Comedy directly translates into doing other entertainment gigs. Then says “That’s like saying “Hey, you’re a pretty good cook. Why don’t you try Farming?”” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/26 "2010-01-12T15:23:56Z")
If someone named Eleanor Agnew can’t hack it in the country, we’re all doomed. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/27 "2010-01-12T16:44:17Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > So hugging someone and playing kicky ball with them repeatedly won’t get them to be best friends with me? ☹ Damn. Another hope blighted. ☹ ---
**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 14, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/28 "2010-01-14T21:08:50Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Not if you pre-ordered (or got your animeeples some other way) It’s actually my cousin who has the game. She and her boyfriend made a whole bunch of tokens out of clay. They’re actually really adorable (and infinitely preferable to the boring blocks). ---
**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 17, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/29 "2010-01-17T00:22:00Z")
Okay, dammit, now that I’ve started playing, that game is ADDICTIVE. In the last few days, I’m up to Level 11, already, I’ve gotten god knows how many awards, and I’m constantly checking my crops. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684/30 "2010-01-17T01:12:17Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > I just signed up for Cafe World. It hasn’t made me want to open a real-life restaurant. Not yet, but give it a few days 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmville-is-bad-for-farmers/523684.md?page=1)