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Wulfric Chevalier
Give me a Fish!!!!
Join date: 22 Dec 2006
Posts: 947
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12-08-2008 09:59
let me finish this sentence for you falling in love with an avatar is desperate and tragic Why? The only way to fall in love with an avatar is if it never says anything, as soon as it does, you're dealing with a human being, not a picture on a screen. Now the avatar, the way it looks, the image it projects, may be part of what you fall in love with, but you fall for the person as filtered through their chosen avatar. |
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Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 5,664
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12-08-2008 10:33
Why? The only way to fall in love with an avatar is if it never says anything, as soon as it does, you're dealing with a human being, not a picture on a screen. Now the avatar, the way it looks, the image it projects, may be part of what you fall in love with, but you fall for the person as filtered through their chosen avatar. _____________________
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Ima Huckleberry
Registered User
Join date: 28 Nov 2008
Posts: 29
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12-08-2008 11:40
Damn, why do men have to be such jerks all the time?   One answer - WOMEN!  |
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MoiselleErin Teardrop
Fat p00n!t4r
Join date: 13 Nov 2008
Posts: 125
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12-08-2008 11:52
Damn, why do men have to be such jerks all the time? Did that guy really write that on an e-harmony application? hahahahah Too bad for e-harmony femmes, I imagine there are TONS of women who would say "hey alright! THIS is prince charming here... Ummm ifr anyone believes that, I would like to also negotiate a good price on the moon, I am selling it... |
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Love Hastings
#66666
Join date: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 4,094
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12-08-2008 11:56
Popped in late, and I see the OP question was edited out.
So let me just say this: the real problems start if one falls in love with ones own avatar.  _____________________
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Bella Posaner
Just say it how it is FFS
Join date: 8 May 2008
Posts: 615
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12-08-2008 11:58
No, I would never fall in love with an AV or anyone I didn't actually know in RL. I personally do not believe cyber love is real love, it’s just make believe.
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Key MacMoragh
grrr....
Join date: 16 Sep 2008
Posts: 659
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12-08-2008 12:23
No, I would never fall in love with an AV or anyone I didn't actually know in RL. I personally do not believe cyber love is real love, it’s just make believe. I said that too. |
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Jerboa Haystack
TGTKFMA
Join date: 23 Sep 2008
Posts: 2,283
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12-08-2008 12:26
Popped in late, and I see the OP question was edited out. So let me just say this: the real problems start if one falls in love with ones own avatar. No..no...no...Love. The REAL problems start if one's own avatar falls in love with one's own alt. --ahem...and the other 499 alts get jealous... _____________________
Well between your fingers and that magical device, you work wonders. TOTD: "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams |
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Wulfric Chevalier
Give me a Fish!!!!
Join date: 22 Dec 2006
Posts: 947
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12-08-2008 12:28
No, I would never fall in love with an AV or anyone I didn't actually know in RL. I personally do not believe cyber love is real love, it’s just make believe. There's a few married couples here might disagree. |
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MoiselleErin Teardrop
Fat p00n!t4r
Join date: 13 Nov 2008
Posts: 125
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12-08-2008 12:32
No..no...no...Love. The REAL problems start if one's own avatar falls in love with one's own alt. --ahem...and the other 499 alts get jealous... I cussed out my avatar once and she would not speak to me for 3 days. Finally I put a mullet hairdo on her and put her in a Camaro Z28 playing Lynard Skynard in an 8 track* and she broke down and and said "OK this is going too far!" We have had no problems since... *8-track - for the younger members, that was a type of tape that stored music. They sucked. |
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Jerboa Haystack
TGTKFMA
Join date: 23 Sep 2008
Posts: 2,283
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12-08-2008 12:37
No, I would never fall in love with an AV or anyone I didn't actually know in RL. I personally do not believe cyber love is real love, it’s just make believe. Oooh....Oooh...does this mean we can get all philosophical now? How do you "know" someone else? What is real? What is make believe? Do you exist, or are you simply a projection of my own existence? Wait....do *I* exist? No...I have ears, therefore I am! Yes, that's it! "But what is truth? not easy to define...we both have truths, are yours the same as mine?" - Pontius Pilate, "Jesus Christ Superstar" _____________________
Well between your fingers and that magical device, you work wonders. TOTD: "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams |
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Bella Posaner
Just say it how it is FFS
Join date: 8 May 2008
Posts: 615
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12-08-2008 12:41
Oooh....Oooh...does this mean we can get all philosophical now? How do you "know" someone else? What is real? What is make believe? Do you exist, or are you simply a projection of my own existence? Wait....do *I* exist? No...I have ears, therefore I am! Yes, that's it! "But what is truth? not easy to define...we both have truths, are yours the same as mine?" - Pontius Pilate, "Jesus Christ Superstar" I did say "I personally" so therefore that's my truth |
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Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
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12-08-2008 12:49
All love is make believe.
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Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 5,664
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12-08-2008 12:49
Oooh....Oooh...does this mean we can get all philosophical now? How do you "know" someone else? What is real? What is make believe? Do you exist, or are you simply a projection of my own existence? Wait....do *I* exist? No...I have ears, therefore I am! Yes, that's it! "But what is truth? not easy to define...we both have truths, are yours the same as mine?" - Pontius Pilate, "Jesus Christ Superstar" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb_9uH-ELJE _____________________
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Jerboa Haystack
TGTKFMA
Join date: 23 Sep 2008
Posts: 2,283
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12-08-2008 12:50
I did say "I personally" so therefore that's my truth Oh goodie...we do get to play. Is truth subjective then? If I say "I personally believe the speed of light in a vacuum to not be constant", does that mean that it is true? But closer to topic, what does "actually know someone in RL" mean? Can you actually know someone else? Or is it possible that you can only think you know a person, until some other truth about them is revealed? We can, after all, only draw a picture of a person based on what they choose to show us. If they choose to conceal import things...our view is skewed, and we don't "really" know them at all! --your turn --_____________________
Well between your fingers and that magical device, you work wonders. TOTD: "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams |
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Love Hastings
#66666
Join date: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 4,094
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12-08-2008 12:55
All love is make believe. Am not. _____________________
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Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
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12-08-2008 12:58
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Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 5,664
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12-08-2008 13:00
Oh goodie...we do get to play. Is truth subjective then? If I say "I personally believe the speed of light in a vacuum to not be constant", does that mean that it is true? But closer to topic, what does "actually know someone in RL" mean? Can you actually know someone else? Or is it possible that you can only think you know a person, until some other truth about them is revealed? We can, after all, only draw a picture of a person based on what they choose to show us. If they choose to conceal import things...our view is skewed, and we don't "really" know them at all! --your turn --_____________________
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Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
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12-08-2008 13:02
It's like asking for proof that you can trust someone. If you need proof there is no trust. If you do not have faith, there is no love. Once it becomes quantifiable it looses it's purpose. The only real and true love is love that doesn't care if it exists or not. If it must be proven then you have missed the meaning.
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Love Hastings
#66666
Join date: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 4,094
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12-08-2008 13:06
The only real and true love is love that doesn't care if it exists or not. Am not! _____________________
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MoiselleErin Teardrop
Fat p00n!t4r
Join date: 13 Nov 2008
Posts: 125
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12-08-2008 13:07
If they choose to conceal import things...our view is skewed, and we don't "really" know them at all! --your turn --I have always said that the deepest level of "knowing" someone is if you ever have to live with them for more than a few days. On the web - we create our own idea of who or what they are, and that "ideal" is never much different than the perfect avatars we see all over SL. This image is also based on what they tell us... RL friends - We get to know the good things about their personality and maybe some of their lifestyle. We also know what they really look like and smell like. Living with - THIS is when we get to see someone's bad habits. YOu then know the good and the bad and can make a REAL solid decision on if you truely like them or not... At this point, they can no longer hide if they are jobless and smell like B.O. and a brewery and empty the fridge as soon as it is full. I am every bit as guilty of this but here is the thing - if someone IS on SL every waking moment, what fun would it be to live with them? I mean at the RL wedding, would they have their laptop playing SL? Gotta think of these things... |
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Jerboa Haystack
TGTKFMA
Join date: 23 Sep 2008
Posts: 2,283
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12-08-2008 13:10
And if you fall in love in a forest and no one is there to hear it is there really a sound? Of course! For me...The beating of my heart vibrates in the misty stillness, it's energy carrying my love to the mighty (and now still standing) oak. It's core matches the beat of my own, until the whole forest is alive with the fullness of my heart's true desire. The cacophony rises, until on a wave of pure emotion it break free from the confines of leaf and limb, hurrying on it's way to the gentle ears of my beloved. (and since I said "For me..." it is my truth! )_____________________
Well between your fingers and that magical device, you work wonders. TOTD: "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams |
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Jerboa Haystack
TGTKFMA
Join date: 23 Sep 2008
Posts: 2,283
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12-08-2008 13:11
It's like asking for proof that you can trust someone. If you need proof there is no trust. If you do not have faith, there is no love. Once it becomes quantifiable it looses it's purpose. The only real and true love is love that doesn't care if it exists or not. If it must be proven then you have missed the meaning. Prove it! _____________________
Well between your fingers and that magical device, you work wonders. TOTD: "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams |
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Bella Posaner
Just say it how it is FFS
Join date: 8 May 2008
Posts: 615
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12-08-2008 13:11
I have always said that the deepest level of "knowing" someone is if you ever have to live with them for more than a few days. On the web - we create our own idea of who or what they are, and that "ideal" is never much different than the perfect avatars we see all over SL. This image is also based on what they tell us... RL friends - We get to know the good things about their personality and maybe some of their lifestyle. We also know what they really look like and smell like. Living with - THIS is when we get to see someone's bad habits. YOu then know the good and the bad and can make a REAL solid decision on if you truely like them or not... At this point, they can no longer hide if they are jobless and smell like B.O. and a brewery and empty the fridge as soon as it is full. I am every bit as guilty of this but here is the thing - if someone IS on SL every waking moment, what fun would it be to live with them? I mean at the RL wedding, would they have their laptop playing SL? Gotta think of these things... Totally agree with you, living with someone is the only way to get to truly know someone. My best friend of 12years and I, bought a house together, I thought I knew him, but there was a lot I didn't know until we lived together for a while.....we're still best friends  |
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Lexxi Gynoid
#'s 86000, 97800
Join date: 6 Aug 2007
Posts: 3,732
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12-08-2008 14:04
I'm pretty sure my avatar is in love with me. I can tell because she looks at me in that special way when I focus the camera on her, and because she's always happy to do whatever I ask of her, without hesitation (lag notwithstanding). She even manipulates objects many times her size without even breaking a sweat, and you know that's gotta be hard work. But she never ever complains. If something's important to me, she just takes care of it. Yup, she loves me. Mine always looks at me with a "what the f do you want now?" look on her face. _____________________
Her Royal Highness Buttercup Meow the XXI
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