Woman kills baby over Farmville

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Indeed, she does look like someone who would kill a baby over Farmville.​

A 22 year-old woman from Jacksonsville, Florida has pleaded guilty to killing her baby son over a game of...Farmville.

Alexandra V. Tobias says her three-month old child, Dylan Lee Edmondson, had been crying while she was trying to play the popular Facebook casual game. This angered Tobias, who told authorities that she shook the baby, had a cigarette to calm herself down, then shook him again. It's believed he "may have hit his head during the shaking".

Dylan's death was classified as second-degree murder, a charge that carries the possibility of a life sentence in prison.
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http://kotaku.com/5675176/woman-kills-baby-for-interrupting-farmville-session?skyline=true&s=i
 
Oh come on. The game itself had almost nothing to do with this. The baby's crying is what made her do what she did. What does it matter that she was playing Farmville? I don't see any mention of something in Farmville making her angry enough to want to kill a ****ing baby? The baby crying could have frustrated her in any situation. This is just stupid reporting done to get attention. Ooh Farmville makes people kill babies! Give me a ****ing break, this girl is just a retard.

And trust me, I hate facebook with a passion, and the stupid browser games even more. So I'm not trying to defend Farmville, but this aspect of the story is so over-focused on.

ZT your choice of thread title is terrible and just perpetuates this stupidity and sensationalism in the media.
 
Yeah, it was clearly the cigarette's fault. Without it's soothing powers, she would have become frustrated and given up instead of going back for a second round.

Vegeta897 said:
stupidity and sensationalism in the media.
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>kotaku
 
Farmville kills babies! Now hopefully republicans will go after casual gaming.

Plants vs. Zombies players you're next!
 
Vegeta897 said:
Oh come on. The game itself had almost nothing to do with this. The baby's crying is what made her do what she did. What does it matter that she was playing Farmville? I don't see any mention of something in Farmville making her angry enough to want to kill a ****ing baby?
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They mention that she was trying to play Farmville while the baby was crying. This pissed her off because she was trying to do another activity, however, the baby was interrupting her, therefore it's relevant to the story.

It would be equally as relevant if she killed her baby for interrupting an episode of a TV Show.
Seriously, imagine that the beginning paragraph was "A 22 year-old woman from Jacksonsville, Florida has pleaded guilty to killing her baby son over a an episode of.... Jersey Shore". You wouldn't be going on your righteous "OH MY GOD VIDEO GAMES ARE ALWAYS THE VICTIM" drama rant.

I am not saying video games are the culprit of murders, etc, etc, but you're absolutely ****ing kidding yourself if you believe that video games don't evoke a certain frustration in people while playing them. Seriously, look at all the people who get all serious and pissy when trying to play a game, scream at their mommy, break their controller, etc. Now add some sort of nut job to the equation and you have a baby shaker.
 
there isnt a mother out there who doesnt know what shaken baby syndrome is. it's literally driven into your head the day you give birth by everyone from your delivery nurse to your family doctor. to say farmville is responsible is absolutely ludicrous. farmville had absolutely nothing to do with it or else baby killing while playing farmville would be common place. no she's a piece of shit who took her anger out on an innocent. farmville is just a convienent scapegoat
 
CptStern said:
to say farmville is responsible is absolutely ludicrous.
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No where in the article do they say, or even suggest that farmville is responsible. Do you remember a year ago when some dude stabbed another dude because he had killed him in Counter Strike? Counter-Strike isn't "responsible", but yes, it was relevant to the story and the situation, he still stabbed someone over a game of counter-strike.

I like how whenever a story of violence and video games pops up, everyone throws a hissy fit as if the two things cannot be mentioned in the same article.
 
ZT said:
No where in the article do they say, or even suggest that farmville is responsible. Do you remember a year ago when some dude stabbed another dude because he had killed him in Counter Strike? Counter-Strike isn't "responsible", but yes, it was relevant to the story and the situation, he still stabbed someone over a game of counter-strike.

I like how whenever a story of violence and video games pops up, everyone throws a hissy fit as if the two things cannot be mentioned in the same article.
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maybe it's because we know that to a non gamer the corelation might not be so ludicrous. I mean in a perfect world the jack thompsons and the wont someone think of the children people wouldnt exist. but they do, so there you have it
 
ZT said:
No where in the article do they say, or even suggest that farmville is responsible.
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The title is intended to lead you to believe that if she hadn't been playing Farmville, she wouldn't have killed her babby.
 
I love threads that derail and turn into "LAWL MEDIA IS SKEWING INFORMATION TO MAKE YOU READ IT".

On topic, crazy bitch.
 
Another rare moment where I'm in total agreement with Stern!

ZT, this isn't the same thing as that CS stabbing thing. The guy got pissed because of something that happened in the game. This article does not say that something in Farmville made her angry. It was just the fact that the baby was interrupting her activity.

In addition to Krynn's post, the title of your thread basically says the same thing:

"Woman Kills Baby Over Farmville"

Playing farmville could have been interchanged with any number of activities that she didn't want to be interrupted in. It has no significance in the story. It's like writing a story about a car crash where the driver was drunk, but then putting something like "Drunk driver in convertible crashes". The fact that he was driving a convertible has no link to the why it happened. It was just circumstantial.

What is special about farmville that made her shake a baby to death? It's just poor journalism.
 
I guess she changed her mind about her priorities. "You know, having a kid wasn't such a great idea after all - it's kind of annoying - let's send this one back to the essence."
 
No dead baby jokes? I are dissapoint.
 
The fact that she was playing a video game might have been relevant had she been playing the Wii and instead waggled her baby to death.

Also, I had no idea babies were so fragile. I guess you learn something new every day.
 
What an attractive eye she has.

Her right eye is like, "Yeah, I feel great! I can conquer the world!" and her left eye is all, "Yeah, call me when you're done with that."
 
Raziaar said:
What an attractive eye she has.

Her right eye is like, "Yeah, I feel great! I can conquer the world!" and her left eye is all, "Yeah, call me when you're done with that."
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Aren't you always annoyed when we posted things like those awkward family photos so we can laugh at them? I guess now you are starting to see things in a different direction.
 
Actually her eyes are normal, it's just that her left eyelid is swollen. And that tends to happen if someone's been crying a lot. Maybe that's not the case, but that was my first impression upon seeing the photo.

As my contribution to the Farmville relevance hissy fits -- when I read the title, I seriously expected the story to be something like "the baby got on the computer and deleted her Farmville account," so I'm going to have to be on the "No Farmville wasn't actually that relevant to the story" side. Although I do also see ZT's point, as the only other ways to write it would have been "Woman kills baby for being distracting" or "Woman kills baby over something stupid," which are too vague or oddly worded.
 
If only she was playing a violent video game, all that anger and frustration could be vented in-game. I blame casual games for dead babies.
 
kineaesth said:
What about "Woman kills baby during Farmville"
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Well that just sounds awkward.

*shake* *plant crop* *shake* *water crop* *shake* *visit friend's farm* *shake* *shake*

Haha this thread is so horrible.
 
Also, in a way it sounds like the baby is somehow physically involved within Farmville. As in, "woman kills man during sex."
 
PvtRyan said:
The fact that she was playing a video game might have been relevant had she been playing the Wii and instead waggled her baby to death.

Also, I had no idea babies were so fragile. I guess you learn something new every day.
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For the first few months you have to hold a baby's head up when you hold it, or make sure its head is always level with its body, or its neck will snap because it has such weak neck muscles. That's how fragile they are. You would be too if most of your bones were made up of cartilage. O_O

And the bitch is crazy. Just look at her. Her FACE has split personalities. There should be a personality test before you're allowed to pro-create.
 
If she were playing Minecraft instead the baby would have lived....just sayin!
 
You know, I was kidding when I said I didn't know babies were fragile. I was not under the impression that they're made of rubber and can be thrown around like ragdolls.

Image relevant:
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I feel sorry for the baby, because of it's mother's idiocy it has been cheated on life. & that's sad.
 
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