Comments on: Op/Ed: Looking in the Mirror

By: Two Worlds

Two Worlds — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:56:18 +0000

Guys I’m not sure if you know this, but being emotionally and personally invested in a fake virtual world and fake virtual appearance might not exactly do wonders for your social life or physical exercise. Most normal people tend to finish up this phase right around age 15.

By: Two Worlds

Two Worlds — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:51:34 +0000

NEWS FLASH: People who spend too much time in a virtual game may not get any physical exercise at all, and consequently may be morbidly obsese. Additionally, new research finds that the sun might be really hot. Details at 11.

By: Pappy Enoch

Pappy Enoch — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53:29 +0000

I ain’t delusional, Moses. I bin tu the doc an’ had all my shots so the sores cleared up rite qwik.

Still, you ain’t seen Jumpy’s butt yet. Sum’fin that fine cain’t be fake! I ain’t had no luck wif gals so I mite as well settul fo’ Jumpy, a papur bag, an a can o’ Crisco!

Ain’t that what SL am about?

By: moses

moses — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:06:57 +0000

if pappy enoch is a resident, i hope i do not meet him. and i think it is mootykips that is delusional.
mootykips is a fake name of some one that is making comments on some fake stories in some fake news paper about some fake world. so you can jesus christ about it all you want. so, like all of us if you give a fig about a fake place then you are delusional also. like me.

By: Alyx Stoklitsky

Alyx Stoklitsky — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:26:18 +0000

>I had a break up last week with someone on SL

I stopped reading right there.

By: mootykips

mootykips — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:39:19 +0000

> In SL I run around, play En Garde, go dancing at least once a week, take to the skies to battle Air Kraken, all highly “aerobic” activities. In RL, My typist’s activity is mainly confined to occasional lunchtime walks at her desk job. When in SL she sits and chats, or occasionally props up her monitor so she can stand and chat.

ahahaha oh god you people are delusional, “my typist”. jesus christ.

By: Pappy Enoch

Pappy Enoch — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:42:02 +0000

I are the drop-dead, spittin’ image o’ James Dean IRL. I wrassles polecats to stay trim an’ slim.

Since the purty gals won’t ready fo’ me in SL, I bekum a fat ol’ Hillbilly.

PS: I are nekkid in a platick chair rite now, dreamin’ of Jumpman’s butt. Hoo-whee! Jist a-thinkin’ about it made me so skinny I had to eat me a box of Ding-Dongs.

By: Lacie Babenco

Lacie Babenco — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:12:21 +0000

I have to make one suggested change to what Bunny just said. A close SL friend and I used to talk of ‘balance’ often between SL and RL. We both had the huge time suck of being new in SL.

What she said was that it’s about how we integrate SL into our lives. Is it a large part of your life and you proudly integrate it in with what you do? Or, is it something you totally try to separate? Integrating it seems far more healthy than trying to lead a total ‘double life’.

Of course, you can have so many things that you can’t in RL when you log into SL but still, the point is, do you let each enhance one another or do you try to replace one with the other? It’s pretty easy to get seduced by what SL offers and allow it to take over to the point where you lose respect for some of the important things of life.

So yeah. Bunny is totally right – do the important things in RL first…be social and be ALIVE! Take a healthy approach and avoid excess – works in both lives. Good article – good to get people thinking about this.

By: moses

moses — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:31:34 +0000

well, only thing i can see as a good part of second life is chances to do what i can NOT do in real life. in second life i can fly, build huge rockets, set people on fire, live in the sky in a lantern. but my shape is chosen so none would bother me. you will think no one will say any thing sexy to a chubby little girl with horns but…..ya. even in goguen sand box.

By: Sigmund Leominster

Sigmund Leominster — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:10:40 +0000

Here are some tips for working out in RL while enjoying SL:

1. Use a wireless mouse. When the batteries die, you have to get up and go for new ones.

2. Indulge in a little cybersex. Fapping burns calories – although I know of no learned studies to say how long you have to fap to burn 100 calories. Perhaps Jumpman can help with this statistic.

3. Surf naked. Exposed flesh will dissipate body heat faster than covered, therefore adding to the calorie burn.

4. Use a plastic chair. Being naked and fapping on plastic will make your ass uncomfortable and sweaty, ergo, you will move your butt on and off the chair periodically.

5. Spend time at a Techno club in SL. Research shows that people can’t help moving when they hear throbbing beats so while you are at a club, you will unconsciously be working out.

6. Read Herald comments. Typically these get people angry and lead to an increased heart rate. If you are so angry you have to reply with a 3000-word essay, that’s also going burn off calories.

You could, of course, take up a diet in real life and do lots of real exercise – but then again, who am I kidding.