Comments on: Op/Ed: Finding Real People in Second Life http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html Always Fairly Unbalanced Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: muddybunny http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-70794 muddybunny Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:31:34 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-70794 I think we are at a stage technologically where we have to redefine friendship. I have RL friends and I have friends I've never met, and maybe never will meet. It doesn't mean I value them any less than my RL friends, I just value them differently. I made friends at school, I have made friends in pubs, I've made friends in the workplace, and now I make friends in forums, and in Second Life, they are as real to me as the friends I only stay in contact with on the phone. I'm just a bit more careful as to who I "friend" in SL; but most of the people I've met are fun loving, and caring individuals who may like running around with swords, and killing dragons, but who am I to judge, it's better than what a lot of people do in RL. At the end of the day, no one has to join Second Life. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm having lots of fun and not a PF in sight. I think we are at a stage technologically where we have to redefine friendship. I have RL friends and I have friends I’ve never met, and maybe never will meet. It doesn’t mean I value them any less than my RL friends, I just value them differently. I made friends at school, I have made friends in pubs, I’ve made friends in the workplace, and now I make friends in forums, and in Second Life, they are as real to me as the friends I only stay in contact with on the phone. I’m just a bit more careful as to who I “friend” in SL; but most of the people I’ve met are fun loving, and caring individuals who may like running around with swords, and killing dragons, but who am I to judge, it’s better than what a lot of people do in RL.

At the end of the day, no one has to join Second Life. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I’m having lots of fun and not a PF in sight.

]]> By: Just laughing My Ass Off http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7659 Just laughing My Ass Off Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:50:11 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7659 I love the irony here, that all you life-lacking griping twats are oblivious to. Your comments, each and every one, prove the very point of the article. You show your real, pathetic, bitching, whining, useless insecure selves here by posting how stupid Jess is for her article. Truth is, Jess is most likely the smartest of us all, and she certainly proved her point without even ever having to post a comment. You predictable trolls all proved her point for her like the bleating sheep you are. Have a lovely day. I love the irony here, that all you life-lacking griping twats are oblivious to.

Your comments, each and every one, prove the very point of the article. You show your real, pathetic, bitching, whining, useless insecure selves here by posting how stupid Jess is for her article. Truth is, Jess is most likely the smartest of us all, and she certainly proved her point without even ever having to post a comment. You predictable trolls all proved her point for her like the bleating sheep you are. Have a lovely day.

]]> By: Jessica Holyoke http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7658 Jessica Holyoke Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:42:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7658 When I wrote this piece, I believed that the comments would prove my point. I could point out the venom, but instead, I will point out that Gwyn came over and talked highly of her friend when she didn't have a reason to that I see or had any blatant ulterior motive. That's why Gwyn is a sweetheart and someone I am very glad I met on SL. With the world being what it is, watch someone pop on here to say that it was all very cynical and evil. When I wrote this piece, I believed that the comments would prove my point. I could point out the venom, but instead, I will point out that Gwyn came over and talked highly of her friend when she didn’t have a reason to that I see or had any blatant ulterior motive. That’s why Gwyn is a sweetheart and someone I am very glad I met on SL.

With the world being what it is, watch someone pop on here to say that it was all very cynical and evil.

]]> By: mootykips http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7657 mootykips Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:11:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7657 Heh..and what if...we're actually bugs..and the universe is a massive tablecloth..I mean..think about it dude....*hits the bong* Heh..and what if…we’re actually bugs..and the universe is a massive tablecloth..I mean..think about it dude….*hits the bong*

]]> By: Steve01 Denimore http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7656 Steve01 Denimore Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:43:58 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7656 We are only as real in SL as we decide to be...however the more time we spend with someone the more we learn about them, or at least what they tell us... We are only as real in SL as we decide to be…however the more time we spend with someone the more we learn about them, or at least what they tell us…

]]> By: templeton peck http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7655 templeton peck Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:43:48 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7655 "But even with profile pages showing very much of the person behind the avatar, I would say that who we meet on SL are more real than the people we meet in the physical world." Are you fucking retarded? Have you ever been outside of your basement? You shoudl really seek professional help. “But even with profile pages showing very much of the person behind the avatar, I would say that who we meet on SL are more real than the people we meet in the physical world.”

Are you fucking retarded? Have you ever been outside of your basement? You shoudl really seek professional help.

]]> By: Ben http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7654 Ben Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:18:29 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7654 Baron Cuttlesmith von Blogharder, Esqu, MD they're referred to as 'clubbers' Baron Cuttlesmith von Blogharder, Esqu, MD

they’re referred to as ‘clubbers’

]]> By: Ben http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7653 Ben Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:18:12 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7653 Far as I'm concerned, if you're gonna get to know someone that close that their size, etc come into play, then you should get to know them better before you meet them...but that kinda defeats the SL basis of "U wan 2 fuck" "y3s do m3!" Far as I’m concerned, if you’re gonna get to know someone that close that their size, etc come into play, then you should get to know them better before you meet them…but that kinda defeats the SL basis of “U wan 2 fuck” “y3s do m3!”

]]> By: Tom Joad http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7652 Tom Joad Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:44:27 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7652 @An Attorney The dissonance in your post is astounding, Mr. "Lawyer". @An Attorney

The dissonance in your post is astounding, Mr. “Lawyer”.

]]> By: Sigmund Leominster http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/01/oped-finding-real-people-in-second-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-7651 Sigmund Leominster Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:01:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=460#comment-7651 On the basis that it is almost impossible to "know" someone's real-life persona unless you go visit them, one way to avoid any feelings on uncertainty and get lost in the "Search for Truth" is to simply ignore real life altogether. Take the folks you meet in SL just as they are in SL and stick to that. After months of interaction, it's likely some of their real life personality will bleed through (as Freud said, "Betrayal oozes at every pore") and maybe - just maybe - you can begin to build up a picture of the "real person." Meantime, I get by quite happily knowing my friends are whatever and whoever they appear to be in SL and don't worry myself about what or who they are in real life. Of course, even in real life, can you ever "know" someone? Mmmmh. On the basis that it is almost impossible to “know” someone’s real-life persona unless you go visit them, one way to avoid any feelings on uncertainty and get lost in the “Search for Truth” is to simply ignore real life altogether. Take the folks you meet in SL just as they are in SL and stick to that. After months of interaction, it’s likely some of their real life personality will bleed through (as Freud said, “Betrayal oozes at every pore”) and maybe – just maybe – you can begin to build up a picture of the “real person.”

Meantime, I get by quite happily knowing my friends are whatever and whoever they appear to be in SL and don’t worry myself about what or who they are in real life.

Of course, even in real life, can you ever “know” someone? Mmmmh.

]]>