Why Can't People Just Be Normal?

Posted by: Jen

Jennifer: what is Dickchicken (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dickchicken/108960304776?ref=pymk#/pages/Dickchicken/108960304776)?
omg, I hate them
"it's a litmus test"
lol
a litmus test for being a tool?

Chris: they graffiti all over Williamsburg
you always see it and it's irritating
cause they obviously think they are being clever

Jennifer: but Chris, if you were cool and clever you would like it!!!
genitals + farm animals = hip and edgy

Chris: yah according to them , it's all about having a sense of humor

Jennifer: If I could roll my eyes harder I would cause permanent damage.

On All The Anonymous Hate Vomit

Posted by: Kim and Jen

Kim: i am really confused. seriously. do i know that person?

Jennifer: you have to
you get so much hate

Kim: because the anonymouses are always calling me out on being things that
are not indicated by the post AT ALL
so i feel like it has to be personal
how does someone not adore me?!
jk

Jennifer: maybe you defriended them on facebook

Kim: omg
i do do that

Jennifer: i do too

Give Me My Scrabulous, Bitches!

Posted by: Jen


Scrabulous has been taken down by Hasbro! Say it ain't so!

The drama officially started yesterday morning, when to to my horror, a bitchy note was where the wonderful, glorious Facebook Scrabulous application used to be, stating simply that "Scrabulous was no longer available in the US or Canada." No explanation as to why, or as to why the Europeans will get to keep playing when I don't, but there was a suggestion to play the Hasbro approved version. In my panic (and forgetting my allegiances to Scrabulous) I decided to try... It didn't work.

Cut to today, when a co-worker sent me this horrifying NY Times article which included frightening statements such as:

"The demise of Scrabulous was sudden but not wholly unexpected. The game, a favorite time-waster among cubicle dwellers, was created by two brothers in Calcutta. On July 24, Hasbro, which owns the North American rights to Scrabble, sued them for copyright infringement. On Tuesday, the brothers made Scrabulous unavailable to Facebook users in Canada and the United States, citing legal pressure."

Sigh. Legal pressure.

But (this is my favorite part) apparently, the reason why the authorized version of Scrabble was hacked by someone upset by the sudden removal of The Best Thing About Facebook. Good riddance I say:

"The authorized game had been the victim of “a malicious attack” on Tuesday morning, its developer said — an attack that came right on the heels of the sudden disappearance of Scrabulous."

I mean, yeah Hasbro has intellectual property rights blah blah blah and I understand that, but that doesn't make me hate them less for being total fun killers (who are just mad because they didn't think up The Most Awesome Idea Ever For People Who Are Bored). Next time I go to a bar that features Scrabble, I will decline a friendly challenge.