About a month ago, I finally gave in to the application Farmtown on Facebook. I have no idea why. I guess I wanted to see what the fun and pull of it was. Some of my friends were looking for specific gifts so I decided, why not. I have a little farm. I still am not sure what all to do with it. I am "saving" money to get stuff. It is all very strange.
All of that being said, I get on and check my farm every day. So, this got me thinking about reality. I don't want to shock anyone, but FarmTown is not real. Really, Facebook is not real either. People get so caught up in the making sure you have all the cool things in FarmTown and that you have all of the right friends.
Then there are people that HAVE to comment on every status update, every picture, everything your friend does on Facebook. Why? Whatever happened to face to face contact. I mean, yes, I have reconnected with some long lost friends and colleagues and we talk on Facebook but what about all of those people that are local.
Now, don't get me wrong, I enjoy Facebook. I even secretly enjoy Farmtown a little bit even though my friends have awesome farms and mine pales in comparison. But at what point does reality sink in and you realize you need to turn off the computer (nobody start lecturing me at this point about my computer use).
And why do these other worlds seem so much better than reality sometime. Well, where is the conflict in Farmtown? Where is the arguing in Farmtown? Where is the frustrations for the most part in Facebook world?
I have youth who yearly give up Myspace and Facebook for Lent. They spend that time in prayer that they would probably normally be building their farms or playing that Bejeweled game.
So, my solution for now is that over the holidays, I will spend more time with friends and less time making sure I make it to the next level of farmtown :).
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