Avatar discrimination

No, I haven't. I suppose I hang out with a better class of degenerates.

It's what's inside the box that counts... grin

Maybe legs (and other attachments) pop out as needed?

basing what you do on whether or not others do it seems like a pretty boring (not to mention pointless) decision process.


SL is social media, people associate with those that they appear to have something in common with, they ignore or avoid those they don't, unless given a reason to. non-verbal communications are important.


you aren't the first, you won't be the last. trust me, it's only a hair more unique than a rezzed cube.


non-verbal communication, again....


all social grouping have unwritten standards, apparently you failed to live up to those standards...


frequently, the difference being that I know why and it doesn't bother me.

instead of forcing others to conform to your world view, or worse cutting off almost all non-verbal cues (which comes off as some sort of emo cry for attention) perhaps you should try entering into their world, adding your own twist, and if you find you don't like it, you can always move on? or simply do what most everyone does and find the social grouping that can appreciate (or at least tolerate) your vision.

and really? you chose an almost imperceptible means of communicating your imagination in a place that has near limitless possibilities for expression, and were surprised by the negative reaction. that kind of thing might fly with an art school professor, but in social circles it reads like you are boring, dull, and not worth talking to.

In my experience you certainly do.

It would be loathsome if LL set up separate SL's for variously shaped and colored avatars. It is wonderful that we have such fantastic diversity here.

If someone in the real world or in SL wants to set aside their own personal property for the purpose of excluding people singularly or in groups, I might feel superior to them, but I'll defend their right to do what they want so long as they remain discreet and discrete.


All in all it's easier to avoid or ignore people who hurt your feelings than it is to change the world so that it never happens.

It's not a shameful thing to be a box. Consider other famous rectangular containers in history and literature: Creighton Abrams, Sidney Carton, the Bachs--J.S., J.C., C.P.E. and P.D.Q.; Boxers both Barbara and Simon & Garfunkel. Some boxers are shorts too, but nobody holds that against them. I like to keep my shorts close against me but I digress...

The problem lies in being a box in a bag world. It is the essential conundrum of fitting the square peg into the round hole, writ large. It contains multitudes.

Prejudice exists, but not only against boxes. Indeed, many see bags in a bad light as well. Recall the Velarans, who called human beings "ugly bags of mostly water".

In the end, it simply is not enough to be a candid wrapper. Tis a poor workman who blames his tools, and if all you have is a box, then everything begins to look like a cornflake. We all have our dreams--and Punky's was, indeed, to be a cornflake, floatin' in his bowl, takin' movies...relaxin' awhile, livin' in... but I digress.

Oh yes, dreams. We all dream of a world where everyone is accepted anywhere, any time, by everyone. We all dream of a virtual world where we can make the rules to be just as we would wish. The one thing we just can't seem to do is combine those two dreams into one. Can we?

Usually not if more than one person is involved.

And if it were it would be irrelevant anyway. As Chris pointed out there is nothing inherently wrong with discrimination. We speak of people having discriminatory taste as a a positive. There is nothing inherently wrong with denying access to one's private property based on the subjective choices of the property owner. Night clubs do this all the time in real life and it is often a fundamental part of their business model, ditto for some restaurants. Further, in the OPs case, avatar shape is as malleable as and is the equivalent of clothing in real life. It is no more than a chosen expression of self on an extremely individualistic level. It is not an immutable characteristic such as race, gender, age, sexual orientation or gender identification that exists for individuals in real life, nor is it something fundamentally more institutional such as religion or culture. I doubt there is a nation in the world (aside from ones with totalitarian governments) that would force someone to allow him access to their property in an analogous situation in the real world. His POV is a bit self centered and short sighted.

Bingo!!

And so like many who choose to be different for the sake of being different.......and wonder why being different brings them problems of being accepted by the folks who choose not to be different.

Funny or pathetic..........I'm not sure which but I usually lean toward the pathetic.

Boring.

ok - this is Xmas season, boxes are in demand.
That bein' said, club owners have a right to dictate what kinda folks/avies they allow in.
At telehubs though, a cardboard box would intrigue me, and, we'd chat

THIS is the key point, and what differentiates between legitimate "discrimination" (i.e., you must wear a tie here, you can't be a box) and illegitimate and indefensible prejudice (We don't serve blacks here).

Happy Boxing Day!

The few times I've gone to Zindra I went disguised wearing a pink camouflage box. You couldn't see anything of my human avatar under the box.

If one only wants one's specific invitees on one's property, one should not open it up to the public.

A cardboard box is more interesting than Frankenbarbie.

Perhaps others' objections are not because you are a cardboard box, but because you are Emo ("Fragile - Handle With Care".

And are you one who also would piss and moan about ban lines?

Would a temp rez box be stamped Perishable?

Unless a resident is using their avatar to cause a distruption, I'm unclear why it would be in a business owner's interest to ban anyone based on appearance.

I occasionally walk around with an ice block on my head. Theoretically, that could be perishable.

:^) That's brilliant. Especially if it also is melting.

A desired mood or image for the place of business that the owner might want to create or maintain.

Just one reason.

I don't recall ever complaining about anyone's ban lines.

That's good........niether do I. But saying someone should close their land or place of business to only "invited" guest if they want the option of rejecting some based on some criteria that you feel is not fair is pretty dictatorial in my view. It's their land or place of business, they can decide.......not you or anyone else.