Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Turkey's Facebook

If Turkey had a facebook, it seems to me that he would be a very active user. He is a good employee during the morning, but after he returns from lunch, he is not productive. Where to people go to be unproductive? Facebook.

The short story does not give many details about Turkey’s social life; I would imagine that he only has a few friends on Facebook. As a result, his wall probably has very few postings from other people. Instead of using Facebook as a communication tool, Turkey would probably add as many useless applications as he can. His favorite word game would be Scramble, an application that frequently sends (annoying) notifications to its users inviting them to slack off from their jobs to play a round or two. He would also be a fan of Tetris Friends: a classic time waster.

The apparent cause of Turkey’s afternoon laziness is his habit of drinking during lunch, so of course he would use the application “Drinks!” to send and receive virtual beverages with his friends. As a scrivener, he might use the gift template to make his own application so that he can send people pictures of his favorite writing utensils (and he would not seem too obscure; real applications exist which allow people to send all kinds of specialty gifts. Marching Band Gifts allows band geeks to exchange black socks, tanlines, food trucks, shakos, and more).
With all of these applications, Turkey will be able to completely waste all of his time after lunch.

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