Me: “Farmville has almost ten million users now. Those ten million people can vote.”
Andy: “Well, the last election was separated by about eight and a half million votes, but I think you’re overestimating the overlap here. Of those ten million, I would suggest that two million or more are children, two million are far too lazy to ever actually leave the house and vote, and maybe two million are foreign. So of the ten million active users, maybe half that are also active voters, and frankly, the number of active voters who have no idea what a computer is (let alone a social networking site and accompanying game) scare me far more, and number millions more.
Like, for example: actual farmers. I question their judgment strongly.
Don’t get me wrong though, the people that participate in those games are wrong and should probably be exterminated with fervor.”