Met an avi with a greatly exaggerated RL
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
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03-10-2008 06:57
From: Snowflake Fairymeadow And also considering the fact that Seattle is known worldwide as a fashion Mecca, anyway. Are you sure they are 2 different people?
No offense to any Seattle fashionistas outh there, but the only fashion I associate with Seattle is plaid flannel shirts and fleece vests..... /me reads this post and gleefully starts packing her bags. FINALLY! A place where even *I* can look good! /me holds up trench coat and looks at it critically. Foo. This raincoat is SO last year...
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Cherry Czervik
Came To Her Senses
Join date: 18 Feb 2006
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03-10-2008 07:07
From: Fand Aeon I hate drama... Just walk away from her. She isn't a friend just a needy person clinging on. Amen! My SL is being pruned of people who are only there when there's something bad happened to them, but nowhere to be seen if they are happy. When I am sad I tend to just hole up alone and not bother anyone ... I can't be bothered with drama. Mind you, I tend to run like hell from people who state on their PROFILE about no drama as they are often the worst offenders in it's creation ...
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Cherry Czervik
Came To Her Senses
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03-10-2008 07:08
From: Gummi Richthofen (I knew the guy was a bit dense, but do you mean they have to colour-code the phones?) /me spits Diet Coke ...
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Kira Cuddihy
Registered User
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03-10-2008 09:01
From: Gummi Richthofen (I knew the guy was a bit dense, but do you mean they have to colour-code the phones?) Yes they do, but he is probably color blind too among a few other things. |
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
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03-10-2008 09:12
It isn't even an actual phone lol http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/10/spotlight/I'd remembered hearing something about this a few years back. |
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Michael Bigwig
~VRML Aficionado~
Join date: 5 Dec 2005
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03-10-2008 10:35
I haven't caught anyone in a lie myself...but I'll go ask my buddies George, Matty, and Brad to see if they know anyone.
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Snark Serpentine
Fractious User
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03-10-2008 11:13
The impression I'm getting from this thread is that there's tolerance for anything that could be construed as building the wall between online persona and real-world identity. That fictionalizing one's offline persona is seen as a serious breach of trust even if it's a lie by omission.
I have to ask, in what circumstances do any of you feel comfortable continuing or advancing a *cough* delicate relationship, when you catch the other person in an outright lie? I lost interest in any online "pursuits" some time ago, but SL pushes the boundaries of possible virtualization, so I'm honestly curious. Does the time spent together really make it worthwhile to attempt to repair and resume? Do you see chasing it as chasing the holy grail of "online made real"? Is it that it's all a fantasy anyway, so the lie doesn't matter that much? Or is there something I'm missing?
Also, a couple of things about celebrity gathered from friends who don't have to fight notability referrals on Wikipedia. People who depend on name recognition know to avoid "unveiling" online if they ever want to spend any time kicking back like ordinary people. It's a survival characteristic. Also, there's a real live human being behind each name that defies objectification. That applies to every player and demands everyone be judged on their own merits, so if you have a hard personal rule for dealing with people, either positive or negative, hold fast.
So I thought I'd throw those out there. My questions still stand.
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Kalderi Tomsen
Nomad Extraordinaire!
Join date: 10 May 2007
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03-10-2008 11:51
It's taken me a while to work through this and really understand how I feel, but here's where i am right now.
If someone doesn't want to talk about their RL to me, then I am totally fine with that. But be up-front about it - if I ask a question that you are uncomfortable answering, then just say that and I will respect it. Do NOT make something up for the sake of keeping me happy.
So I could potentially have an SL relationship with someone and know nothing about their RLs - I would rather do that than to think I know something and then later find out that it's a lie.
I have to say that this realisation is a relatively new one for me - still getting used to what it means to have an online avatar who isn't necessarily the same as the RL person....
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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03-10-2008 12:09
"I don't tell... Sorry (^_^)y" works with most people. (^_^)
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
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03-10-2008 12:17
hits all the Seattle Fash Bashers in the head w/ her inhaler 
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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
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03-10-2008 12:19
From: Maggie McArdle hits all the Seattle Fash Bashers in the head w/ her inhaler Are you a Model too? |
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
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03-10-2008 12:22
From: Colette Meiji Are you a Model too? no im a singer in a garage grunge band, i do a little modeling on the side for Tully's, and i'm a spokes model for Timberlands of Seattle...but don't tell anyone, i'm in SL to escape all that RL stuff and just be me... 
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Snark Serpentine
Fractious User
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03-10-2008 12:23
From: Imnotgoing Sideways "I don't tell... Sorry (^_^)y" works with most people. (^_^) I imagine things can get a bit dicey as an eternal child what with dodging all the, er... (>*_(/ O_O)/ |
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
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03-10-2008 12:23
From: Maggie McArdle no im a singer in a garage grunge band, i do a little modeling on the side for Tully's, and i'm a spokes model for Timberlands of Seattle...but don't tell anyone i'm using SL to escape all that fame... Do you play Online games 16 hours a day / 7 days a week and do all that stuff? |
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
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03-10-2008 12:31
From: Colette Meiji Do you play Online games 16 hours a day / 7 days a week and do all that stuff?  how'd you guess?
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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Colette Meiji
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03-10-2008 12:36
From: Maggie McArdle how'd you guess? Dang it, now I know 3 computer expert/gamer freak/Models from Seattle. |
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Snowflake Fairymeadow
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Join date: 21 May 2006
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03-10-2008 12:41
From: Maggie McArdle hits all the Seattle Fash Bashers in the head w/ her inhaler /me ducks, orders you a subscription to Vogue and calls the "What not to wear" team to your house. |
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Snark Serpentine
Fractious User
Join date: 12 Aug 2003
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03-10-2008 12:41
From: Colette Meiji Dang it, now I know 3 computer expert/gamer freak/Models from Seattle. They're the second biggest export for Oregon and Washington state, right behind sawn timber. |
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Snowflake Fairymeadow
Registered User
Join date: 21 May 2006
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03-10-2008 12:43
To be fair, you Seattle fashion people do get credit for having the very first Nordstrom.
<3 Nordstrom
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Damien1 Thorne
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03-10-2008 12:44
From: Colette Meiji Dang it, now I know 3 computer expert/gamer freak/Models from Seattle. They are all Bill Gate's alts  |
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
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03-10-2008 12:49
Hey I am sure there are plenty of models for various things in Seattle!
I just doubt they are computer expert hardcore 16 hour a day gamers is all
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
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03-10-2008 12:49
From: Snowflake Fairymeadow To be fair, you Seattle fashion people do get credit for having the very first Nordstrom.
<3 Nordstrom YEAH!! Seriously, Seattle isnt that bad when it comes to fashion, true by the time it hits us its over, but we do have our own unique style, kinda Hippie meets Money meets crackhead.....yeah and in case ya was wondering, Seattle invented multitasking, so its possible Colette (said tongue in cheek)
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
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03-10-2008 13:01
From: Snark Serpentine ...(>*_(/ O_O)/... (>_< .... not looking .... (>_< |
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Trout Recreant
Public Enemy No. 1
Join date: 24 Jul 2007
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03-10-2008 13:20
From: Maggie McArdle no im a singer in a garage grunge band, i do a little modeling on the side for Tully's, and i'm a spokes model for Timberlands of Seattle...but don't tell anyone, i'm in SL to escape all that RL stuff and just be me... Don't forget the Birkenstocks with socks and the skirt worn over pants. That last one boggles my mind. I'm either a globe-trotting millionaire recording-artist who won the Nobel Prize and has a degree in astrophysics, or an average looking, overweight goof who struggles to make ends meet some months, but usually still manages to enjoy his life quite a bit. One of those two. You guys decide. I vote for the latter because it's less work for me to pull off. I didn't even get good grades in earth physics. Astro-physics is going to be way outside of my range.
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
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03-11-2008 07:57
From: Trout Recreant Don't forget the Birkenstocks with socks and the skirt worn over pants. That last one boggles my mind.
I'm either a globe-trotting millionaire recording-artist who won the Nobel Prize and has a degree in astrophysics, or an average looking, overweight goof who struggles to make ends meet some months, but usually still manages to enjoy his life quite a bit. One of those two. You guys decide. I vote for the latter because it's less work for me to pull off. I didn't even get good grades in earth physics. Astro-physics is going to be way outside of my range. Hmmm Say "billions and billions" one time, it will help us figure out which you are. |
