'Mother' kills newborn over "Farmville" interruption.

[SteamWake]

Good god what is our society comming to ! :o

(Note mothers name and childs name... ?? )


A Jacksonville mother charged with shaking her baby to death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, was arrested after the January death of 3-month-old Dylan Lee Edmondson. She told investigators she became angry because the baby was crying while she was playing a computer game called Farmville on the Facebook social-networking website.


http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2010-10-27/story/jacksonville-mom-shakes-baby-interrupting-farmville-pleads-guilty-murder

[antikristuseke]

A few crazies spread in a huge populace is sure signs of society as a whole failing, right.:shifty:

[krashkart]

Hrmmm, I don't know what to say that doesn't involve expletives. :-?

[FIREWALL]

A 22yo mother who mentally was still a child herself and, shook her dolly to death for disturbing her play time. Sad, very sad.

Expect to see more of it as, society becomes more desensitized.

[tater]

She should be sterilized (since I guess they won't execute her, sadly).

[AVGWarhawk]

And you know, people still really do not care about her farm.

http://rlv.zcache.com/i_dont_care_about_your_farm_or_your_fish_or_bumper _sticker-p128078047697696995trl0_400.jpg

[nikimcbee]

On a side note, I deleted my facebook account months ago:woot:. Don't miss it at all. But now that I know all about it, here's what I'd do differently:
no games (all spyware) utter waste of time anyway.

No personal info.
I wouldn't "friend" everbody I know, only the people I actively communicate with.

That lady needs to be fixed though.:nope:

[August]

On a side note, I deleted my facebook account months ago:woot:. Don't miss it at all. But now that I know all about it, here's what I'd do differently:
no games (all spyware) utter waste of time anyway.

No personal info.
I wouldn't "friend" everbody I know, only the people I actively communicate with.

That lady needs to be fixed though.:nope:

It's been repeatedly suggested to me by the powers that be that I should make a facebook account. So far I have resisted but if I am forced into it I will take your advice. Any other good tips?

[SteamWake]

The powers that be?? I assume you mean your employer.

Gawd I can imagine that they can track your every move if you post it.

Just avoid personal info and those silly status updates "Im going to the store to buy beer", "I'm going to the bathroom to unload those beers" :haha:

The less you put up there the better. Best is not to put it up at all as far as I am concerned.

[krashkart]

I only found marginal use for FB. But some folks really like it for some reason. August, I'd be careful: FarmVille will vacuum your brains out even by just looking at it. :O:


I'm living proof...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=179&pictureid=3185

[the_tyrant]

i think that its was gamespot that said that the company that makes Farmville is bigger than EA and Ubisoft(in market value)

[CCIP]

I find facebook handy, mostly because almost all my friends live at very long distnaces, and I've no family here or anything. So... it's a handy little tool. But there's plenty of ways to use it stupidly - let it go beyond just the friend-stalking tool it is, and it becomes utterly stupid...

[Ducimus]

Personally, i was never self important enough to think that anyone would care to read my crap, in a vast sea of crap that all looks, sounds, and smells the same. All of which residing in humanity's toilet bowl..... also known as the internet.

My 2 cents on facebook, weblogs, and other social networking sites in their various forms.

[CCIP]

Personally, i was never self important enough to think that anyone would care to read my crap, in a vast sea of crap that all looks, sounds, and smells the same. All of which residing in humanity's toilet bowl..... also known as the internet.

My 2 cents on facebook, weblogs, and other social networking sites in their various forms.

Eh, again, I don't think it's useful beyond actually keeping up with people you know in real life or professionally. The internet does indeed get stupid when it stops being an extension of your regular life and turns into a means for itself.

[Task Force]

Hmm, always thought social network thingys were stupid. Never understood the fasication with them...

[Submarine]

:damn:

This women is obviously mentally ill or something :doh: I can't even fathom doing that over a game..

[nikimcbee]

It's been repeatedly suggested to me by the powers that be that I should make a facebook account. So far I have resisted but if I am forced into it I will take your advice. Any other good tips?

Turn on all e-mail notification filters! My first day on FB (I found out the hard way:cry:) Within a 12 hour period, I had >120 email notifications from FB. I quite literally contacts you for everthing!!! or you could use a spam email account for your FB email.

FB is/was cool though. I found a ton of old friends, but the down side is, you get bombarded with a lot of BS. (i'm not going to make a list).

[Platapus]

I just talked with The Frau as she is a big face book user and game player. Naturally she is very upset with this story.

She told me that there is nothing in Farmville that is played in real time. So at any time any player can just take a break.

Killing a kid over a game. What is with people?

People suck. I hate people. :yep:

[Aramike]

On a side note, I deleted my facebook account months ago:woot:. Don't miss it at all. But now that I know all about it, here's what I'd do differently:
no games (all spyware) utter waste of time anyway.

No personal info.
I wouldn't "friend" everbody I know, only the people I actively communicate with.

That lady needs to be fixed though.:nope:My Facebook rule of thumb is that if I haven't met you in person, you're not on my friend's list. Used as a simple communication tool Facebook is awesome. Social networking, on the other hand, I'll leave that to young people. :03:

[Aramike]

Turn on all e-mail notification filters! My first day on FB (I found out the hard way:cry:) Within a 12 hour period, I had >120 email notifications from FB. I quite literally contacts you for everthing!!! or you could use a spam email account for your FB email.:har:

I had to learn the same lesson! I knew I had to do something when I opened up my email only to read one of my nephew's status update which said "I just took a HUGE dump". :o

[the_tyrant]

I just talked with The Frau as she is a big face book user and game player. Naturally she is very upset with this story.

She told me that there is nothing in Farmville that is played in real time. So at any time any player can just take a break.

Killing a kid over a game. What is with people?

People suck. I hate people. :yep:

Ill tell you the truth about farmville
The game is just like school!:o
You pick your crops(just like picking courses)
Different crops have different requirements(just like different courses have different requirements)
You have to show up after X hours (Just like how you have to show up on time for class)
You would have to complete tasks for your crops to thrive(just like how you would have to complete essays and assignments to pass the course)
Oh, and your crops would die if you weren't on time or did not do what was required(just like how you would fail if you did not show up for class or complete assignments)

My conclusion: Farmville is school, but you learn tons of worthless things
I would prefer algebra to clicking on crops :know:

[Platapus]

I have never done facebook or any other social site and I think my life is just fine. I have actual friends that I actually meet and talk to. Way cool. :yep:

And we have this form of instant messaging too. We call it "Conversation" and it works rather well.

[Aramike]

I have never done facebook or any other social site and I think my life is just fine. I have actual friends that I actually meet and talk to. Way cool. :yep:

And we have this form of instant messaging too. We call it "Conversation" and it works rather well.Indeed, but in my case when you have family all over the world, a quick note now and then is nice. :sunny:

[Platapus]

Indeed, but in my case when you have family all over the world, a quick note now and then is nice. :sunny:
E-mail works great.

I also hear that this letter writing thing was once popular. :D

Seriously if I cared about contacting my family, I would rather have a separate web site on my own household server that would have a little more control than a public social networking site.

Since it would be only for family, there would be no need to make it open to anyone.

I just can't get around these related facts about social networking sites

1. It is free to me
2. It costs a lot of money to run and maintain facebook
3. The money has to come from somewhere
4. What does facebook have that companies will be willing to pay for?????


Data. And the right data is worth a lot of money.

So how does facebook stay in business? Click ads? :nope:

[nikimcbee]

I have actual friends that I actually meet and talk to

That's good to hear.:haha: Atleast they're not inflatable.:haha:

[nikimcbee]

:har:

I had to learn the same lesson! I knew I had to do something when I opened up my email only to read one of my nephew's status update which said "I just took a HUGE dump". :o

:har:

Mine was with when my aunt made some blueberry muffins and the 30 emails that followed saying I like muffins:stare:.

[krashkart]

I just can't get around these related facts about social networking sites

1. It is free to me
2. It costs a lot of money to run and maintain facebook
3. The money has to come from somewhere
4. What does facebook have that companies will be willing to pay for?????


Data. And the right data is worth a lot of money.

So how does facebook stay in business? Click ads? :nope:

Yeah, that's where I lost interest in FB. My information has probably been sold hundreds of times over, and there's nothing I can do about that except to stay away from those services. I'd rather not be treated like an involuntary commodity. :shifty:

[Platapus]

I have actual friends that I actually meet and talk to. Way cool. :yep:



That's good to hear.:haha: Atleast they're not inflatable.:haha:

I was talking about my friends, not my dating life. :D

Lets just say that sometimes the anticipation of sex leaves me breathless. :oops: