I was trying to explain Facebook to my daughter, and she said that if people her age — which is almost four months — were to use a social networking site, it would need different categories. Instead of “Friend,” it would offer “People I Recognize,” “People Who Smell Like Someone I Know,” and “Stranger Danger!” Instead of a keyboard or mouse, the interface would rely on gripping and slurping, and applications would allow one to “Drool On” or “Smile At” their contacts. Membership would include delivery of a waterproof computer cover of some kind.

Wii, however, she picked right up on.

1. Do you have Wii Sports? Does your daughter beat you at boxing in spite of you logging in many more hours of practice? Does her silence in the face of your loss feeling like taunting?

   These are important questions for today’s fathers. Several years from now, support groups will find themselves addressing these very questions.

   
   

   — Keith · Jan 14, 12:55 AM    #

2. Suh-weeet.

   
   

   — jane · Jan 17, 08:31 PM    #

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