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Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
Posts: 12,032
04-25-2008 08:15
From: Oryx Tempel
:) I'm not inworld atm; will be this afternoon. Send me a shout then.

Cool- I come inworld about 6 pm EST- I will look for you then :)
Isabeau Imako
P'tite Poulette
Join date: 13 Sep 2007
Posts: 2,335
04-25-2008 08:16
I'd just like to share one of my favourite commercials,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY&feature=related

Why? Cause it's Friday, of course!
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Just remember what my dear Grammy always says: "F**k 'em!"
Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
04-25-2008 08:18
From: Amaranthim Talon
In all fairness- In case Yosef does have an SL gf- we're just playing here. I met him in world and he was very nice.

Still do wish he would cook for me though .

I missed that the first time through. what are you trying to do, ruin me?
No SL girlfriend. I'm wide open. No one to tie me down.
And I'm not nice at all. I'm a perverted jerk! Hell I even have a paternaty case against me in SL right now!

geez .. "nice guy" ... that's the kiss of death! Like saying "she has a great personality" ...

:D :D :D
Maureen Boccaccio
TWJKFA
Join date: 28 Feb 2008
Posts: 14,484
04-25-2008 08:21
From: Isabeau Imako
Ooooh... Joseph is Philip. That explains a lot.


oooh....
/me makes "honey-do" list...
Dekka Raymaker
thinking very hard
Join date: 4 Feb 2007
Posts: 3,898
04-25-2008 08:22
ok serious post, I got Clinical Depression about 10 years ago, and it's been up and down since, mainly depending on deaths in the family, anyways the amazing job I had then was as a freelance graphic designer, but with the depression it all slipped away and then ended up employed thereafter. Previous to the depression I could do my paperwork with my eyes closed and post depression it just made me feel ill, so for years I have had a lot of avoidance regarding stuff like tax and VAT, well I sorted out the Tax for 6 years in January, the claim for £62,000 dropped to just over £6,000 which is now paid and dusted (only the last two years to sort out now) and today I sorted out my VAT and my figures say I owe £615, however the claim is for £94,000 and I contacted the solicitors who are representing the Revenue & Customs and they said if I didn't pay the £94,000 in 3 days they would continue the law suit against me for that amount anyways, well they can hold their breathe for that, but the good thing is, is that I've dealt with it, although it took me 8 years LOL :)
Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
Posts: 12,032
04-25-2008 08:22
From: Yosef Okelly
I missed that the first time through. what are you trying to do, ruin me?
No SL girlfriend. I'm wide open. No one to tie me down.
And I'm not nice at all. I'm a perverted jerk! Hell I even have a paternaty case against me in SL right now!

geez .. "nice guy" ... that's the kiss of death! Like saying "she has a great personality" ...

:D :D :D

OK, OK--- gee I am sorry :D Maybe I wasn't perverse enough myself and you felt a need to behave in public? Hmm- Note to self: Get Yosef alone first- then bring out the toys ;)
(muahahahahah)
Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
Posts: 12,032
04-25-2008 08:25
Congrats Dekka- on the sorting tax thing and on dealing with depression. I am sure that is a battle you fight anew everyday. *Hugs*
Sling Trebuchet
Deleted User
Join date: 20 Jan 2007
Posts: 4,548
04-25-2008 08:25
From: Yosef Okelly
I would think it would be the other way around.

Many years ago I was your typical biker. Long hair, dirty jeans, black tee shirt and leathers. When we would ride to Mexico we always got searched on the way back. I knew I would be singled out because of the way I chose to look. I looked like a druged up biker -- but then I was a druged up biker.

I made my choices know full well there would be consiquences and people would treat me different because of those choices.

I can't change the skin I was born in. Yet people will treat me different because of it. Try that for a lifetime and you can make some rash reactions to it. Like becoming a druged up biker for one ...


The thought that I had when posting was:

1. If someone discriminates against you because of your race/nationality/religion, then it's basically their problem. You have no options to change. It's black and white (so to speak).
True - their discrimination may give you hassle, but there's nothing you can do about it. You have a choice of either feeling oppressed or thinking FU.
Their discrimination is not directed at you as a full person in your own right.

2. If someone discriminates against you because of your choices, then it's a mutual problem. You have options to change. There are shades of grey.
It is possible that the situation could be changed by one or both of you reflecting on the situation and adjusting choices/opinions.
Their discrimination *is* directed at you as a full person in your own right.

For some people, (2) might feel worse than (1).
This would be because they might not take impersonal hatred personally.


"Many years ago I was your typical biker. "
And maybe not now by choice, but your skin colour would still be the same.
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Isabeau Imako
P'tite Poulette
Join date: 13 Sep 2007
Posts: 2,335
04-25-2008 08:28
From: Dekka Raymaker
but the good thing is, is that I've dealt with it, although it took me 8 years LOL :)


Congrats on dealing with all of this! Who cares how long it took... You must feel 'lighter'. As for the £94,000, that can't be right. If you're sure you got your figures right, just keep on communicating with them, and their mistake will surely be obvious to them in time.
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From: Macphisto Angelus
Just remember what my dear Grammy always says: "F**k 'em!"
Dekka Raymaker
thinking very hard
Join date: 4 Feb 2007
Posts: 3,898
04-25-2008 08:30
From: Isabeau Imako
Congrats on dealing with all of this! Who cares how long it took... You must feel 'lighter'. As for the £94,000, that can't be right. If you're sure you got your figures right, just keep on communicating with them, and their mistake will surely be obvious to them in time.

I used to earn a lot, so it's based on those earnings up to this day. However those earnings stopped in Dec 2001.
DaQbet Kish
cautiously reckless
Join date: 22 Jan 2007
Posts: 1,064
04-25-2008 08:39
/makes my contribution towards seeing this thread pass the 2000 mark by the end of the day.

carry on :D
Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 5,664
04-25-2008 08:41
Good morning everyone!
From: Isabeau Imako
I'd just like to share one of my favourite commercials,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY&feature=related

Why? Cause it's Friday, of course!
I like surprise endings. This is a clever ad.


From: Dekka Raymaker
ok serious post, I got Clinical Depression about 10 years ago, and it's been up and down since, mainly depending on deaths in the family, anyways the amazing job I had then was as a freelance graphic designer, but with the depression it all slipped away and then ended up employed thereafter. Previous to the depression I could do my paperwork with my eyes closed and post depression it just made me feel ill, so for years I have had a lot of avoidance regarding stuff like tax and VAT, well I sorted out the Tax for 6 years in January, the claim for £62,000 dropped to just over £6,000 which is now paid and dusted (only the last two years to sort out now) and today I sorted out my VAT and my figures say I owe £615, however the claim is for £94,000 and I contacted the solicitors who are representing the Revenue & Customs and they said if I didn't pay the £94,000 in 3 days they would continue the law suit against me for that amount anyways, well they can hold their breathe for that, but the good thing is, is that I've dealt with it, although it took me 8 years LOL :)
It sounds like you have worked pretty hard and made a lot of progress. Bless your heart. Here's hoping it gets easier and easier for you.
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Kaimi's Normal Wear

From: 3Ring Binder
i think people are afraid of me or something.
Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
04-25-2008 08:46
Sling,
I do agree with your points and the last thing I want to do is get in an argument that really does not matter. It's like asking which is worse, drowning or sufication? They are both pretty sucky and the results are the same. If I had my way, I would neither drown nor suficate.

And I would rather be accepted as I am despite any differences whether chosen or not.|
Maureen Boccaccio
TWJKFA
Join date: 28 Feb 2008
Posts: 14,484
Kentucky Derby
04-25-2008 08:50
So...the Kentucky Derby is one week from tomorrow. Anyone here a horseracing fan? Personally, I don't follow horseracing too much, but I am often asked to give my picks for big races. If I am watching the race, I choose based on how pretty the horse is, and what silks they are wearing (wait...silks???? My mind boggles thinking about horses wearing SL silks...:D), but if asked to choose a horse, I look for "food horses", that is, horses named for food items.

Does SL have a race track, or would those have gone by the wayside when gambling went away? (I am not inworld, or I'd check via search.)
Damien1 Thorne
Registered User
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 4,877
04-25-2008 08:54
From: Maureen Boccaccio
If I am watching the race, I choose based on how pretty the horse is, and what silks they are wearing (wait...silks???? My mind boggles thinking about horses wearing SL silks...:D) ...


I'll never be able to watch that race again without thinking about that. :D
Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
04-25-2008 08:56
I picked up a pony AV last night. Should I try and get some silks for it?
Keira Wells
Blender Sculptor
Join date: 16 Mar 2008
Posts: 2,371
04-25-2008 08:57
From: Isabeau Imako
I'd just like to share one of my favourite commercials,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY&feature=related

Why? Cause it's Friday, of course!

Awesome Commercial ^_^
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Maureen Boccaccio
TWJKFA
Join date: 28 Feb 2008
Posts: 14,484
04-25-2008 09:00
From: Yosef Okelly
I picked up a pony AV last night. Should I try and get some silks for it?


I would be happy to go shopping with you! Any colors you prefer? ;)
Trout Recreant
Public Enemy No. 1
Join date: 24 Jul 2007
Posts: 4,873
04-25-2008 09:05
From: Oryx Tempel
I have blue, purple, gray, and gold skins. I love them all and I wear them often. I get hit on less when I'm wearing them, which is sad because I feel exotic and sexy in them.


I've seen you in several. You are exotic and sexy in them, so I'll hit on you to make up for the idiots who don't.

I'm a guy, so maybe it's different for us, but I've never had any problems when I've been wearing non-white-male skins or weird avatars. If nothing, I've gotten more compliments and had more people strike up conversations when I'm wearing a weird avatar than when I'm in my normal skin. In SL, of course, there are no limitations like in RL, but if someone treats you differently for having a skin that is some other race than Caucasian or a non-human skin, then that's there problem. To hell with them - they wouldn't make a good friend anyway.
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Maureen Boccaccio
TWJKFA
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04-25-2008 09:10
I just *know* this thread is going to hit 2000 while I am at our staff luncheon...
Dakota Tebaldi
Voodoo Child
Join date: 6 Feb 2008
Posts: 1,873
04-25-2008 09:10
I must admit that I tend to get more people choosing to interact with me when I'm in my bee avatar, or my cubes or glowing-orb-of-energy avs, than I get when I'm in my typical avatar.
Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
04-25-2008 09:11
12 more posts to go
Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 5,664
04-25-2008 09:12
From: Maureen Boccaccio
I just *know* this thread is going to hit 2000 while I am at our staff luncheon...
We're getting close.
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Kaimi's Normal Wear

From: 3Ring Binder
i think people are afraid of me or something.
Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
04-25-2008 09:14
We could push a little harder
Sling Trebuchet
Deleted User
Join date: 20 Jan 2007
Posts: 4,548
04-25-2008 09:15
From: Yosef Okelly
Sling,
I do agree with your points and the last thing I want to do is get in an argument that really does not matter. It's like asking which is worse, drowning or sufication? They are both pretty sucky and the results are the same. If I had my way, I would neither drown nor suficate.

And I would rather be accepted as I am despite any differences whether chosen or not.|


No argument.
I just float the ideas.
I don't have a preference for either form either :)
(death or discrimination)


I have in the past been the subject of some vicious treatment because of my nationality. That however was something that I could easily walk away from, while thinking "assholes".
I have also been attacked for my opinions and choices. Ditto, although my opinions and choices are always eligible for modification.
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Maggie: We give our residents a lot of tools, to build, create, and manage their lands and objects. That flexibility also requires people to exercise judgment about when things should be used.
http://www.ace-exchange.com/home/story/BDVR/589
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