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Ever wonder what spending too much time playing SL could do to you? Take a look at the above video. Second Life provides some sort of escape for all of us, but there comes a time when we need to disconnect from the world of avatars and reconnect with our RL selves. Remember camping and hiking and swimming?
Sure, Second Life gives us amazing homes, the ability to defy physics, the chance to create without buying expensive materials first, but that doesn't mean it has to be our constant obsession. Real Life gives us the chance to challenge our bodies and minds, connect with others on a face-to-face basis and breathe in fresh air rather than the stale air in our homes.
So, instead of turning into the blob in front of the screen who is featured in the video above, try logging in to RL a bit. Like with SL there are technical issues, but chances are you'll never be ruthed or find your hair, shoes and jewelry lodged in your ass. You may even rediscover your family, friends and even your pets. It's worth checking out. Withdrawal is likely, but after a week or two, you may discover that you like it.
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I think the best way to judge a person's rl is the amount of time they are logged in and their obsessions to continue to build a virtual enviroment way above the normal for fame and recognition. I call these people 24/7ers. Possibly they are unsocialized for whatever reasons but it isn't normal for anyone to spend 24/7 in sl. Next time you come accross a 24/7er in sl you know to expext something like this probably exists behind the av.
Sl is fun and sl is addicting but there are limits and moderations to everything we do and we all have to be in rl too. Scray shit 24/7ers. What really is behind that av?
...Now you know why google is a popular place to pick up a new profile pic.I am always leary of the ones that have a desire to show a rl pic in sl. This makes me wonder too.
LOL hilarious.
When the game becomes an obsession for example buying sim after sim you are trying to compinsate for something rl doesnt or is availabe to you. This is he breeding ground for unsocialized people in rl. Most of us log in have fun. To the top commentor about 24/7 people in sl. I have to agree with you it is a sure sign of something really lacking in your rl and flags should go up.
I said this from day one, I pick my girls in rl not sl. I need to see first hand what I am diving into. Sl looks and is alot of fun don't get me wrong but there is alot of missing information before meeting someone in here.
Chomping away a XL pizza and downing 4 2 liters of coke because I can't miss a min. of sl. Get a life. Take time in rl and enjoy your rl too. Sit down have dinner, call a friend, go to a movie and live a great first and 2nd life. Moderation.
Yeah there are some real underachievers in rl in sl. But hey wtf and atleast they are getting off on something.
The people that spend alot of money in here and not working for success are the ones that compensate for small rl cocks and no lifers.
online addictions exist everywhere and not just sl.
take for example the kinsters that spend every waking hour *submitting* to online Dominants. Log off and find a hobby!
Wow, I mean WOW =D when did we get portals into WoW and There, and IMVU?
I guess I have been spending too much time in RL this summer. =D
When I was sixteen, I became famous online. I was what they call a "chatroom god". I went from being the kid everyone ignored, receiving 0 emails a month, to receiving a 500/month email avalanche from around the world. From the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Asia, even from a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Sea. And it was all fan mail. I had my own glossy website stuffed with photographs of me. Everyone wanted to be my best friend. And more than a few wanted to dive under the bedsheets.
I loved it. I was the centre of attention. When I "walked" into the chatroom, it was like John Wayne going into a Wild West saloon. Lights, camera, action! You could touch the hush, the tension, and then the sudden release when I came out with my first wisecrack of the night. I was unstoppable. I was immortal, forever famous.
I was online all night until dawn. In the chatroom or answering emails. After three months I realised I had gone from being a kid with no life, to being a kid with no life. I was tired, nothing else mattered, RL was a ghost landscape to me. So I pulled the plug.
Overnight the emails stopped. Inside of a week the people I thought were friends had disappeared. At sixteen I learnt a lesson that has served me well, as much as you strive for online fame, when your "sell by" date has passed, it's as if no one had ever heard of you. It's virtual reality, it's only pixels.
If I am asked who my heroes are, or my role models, I can't answer them. Because I know that all gods have feet of clay. Do a small act of kindness each day, online or offline, make people think, smile or learn. If you see someone behaving badly, cut them down. Make a difference by being there, and seek no reward. That's what real fame is.
Patty got us thinking: After a detailed survey we have found that hours spent on SL does relate to penis size. The formula:
Hours on SL /2 = Penis Length
I was surprised too, but it is indeed accurate. I average 20hrs per day.
^;^
ROFLMAO Adian
Linden Labs should use that formula as a marketing ploy.
Every situation is different, so lumping everyone who spends a lot of time on SL into one group or everyone who posts their RL pic in their profile (mine's posted) is dangerous. This post is just a way of saying we shouldn't neglect our RL for the sake of SL. The two can exist together and enhance each other.
Retired God, your comment is wonderful. It's great that you learned that early. Some never learn it. Thank you for sharing.
I also believe someone who plays sl from morning to sleep their is something really lacking in this person rl. Maybe he does look like the picture above, who knows. Fame in sl doesn't feel half as good as being famous or achieving in rl. Simply stop and smell the roses sometime.
It very clear some people in sl have way to much time on their hands. Even if I had the time I would be in rl.I also find it silly sitting in virtual letting your only life pass you by.
....Ok everyone it's me snagged. Deme I told you to keep my rl pic private. LOL. For me this is actually sad that some people and it's very clear who feel that sl is the only way to interact with people on a daily basis or this may be the only place they feel validated as a human being. I suppose however they choose to live their rl life is their decision but sitting behind a computer screen playing sl everyday all day isn't living.
I'm sorry, Ammon, but I didn't tell them it was you. You're the one who let the cat out of the bag...lol
...please no names but I do agree with you as well.
..... goodness, I wonder where you'd all be if not in SL? Oh, naturally, here! Yes, obsession can be a very difficult thing to shake off, especially online in any environment!
spats drink out. This was the funniest video I have ever seen about sl. Maybe me be single is a good thing.
LOL priceless vid, that is so going onto my SL TV
sl is fun but there but like with everything comes the word moderation. There is no way you can have a productive rl life if you spend all your time in sl. I am very skeptical of the 24/7ers,lol so funny. I never heard them call this before.You'll probably end up with an adult in dipars if you date a sl full timer. You know anyone with mental issues are the last to know of their illness and have no concept. Don't reveil any information rl to anyone and have a good second life.
When anyone starts believing sl is real I'd start running. This video is the funniest thing I have ever seen but is so true. People that build a rl life in sl and it consumes their time all day and all night they are hiding a very serious problem in there rl. I don't want to know their problems and don't give a shit. Just stay the fu*ck away from me losers.
Oh yes, I know him. In fact I think most men in SL are his twin. Lucky me too, I have met all of them. Whole damn family of pretenders.
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