I Love Voice, Don't You?

What attracts me is not for you to decide. Personal taste is personal. It is not sexist or racist for me to decide I don't find pygmy hermaphrodites attractive, it is just my taste. Don't decide what should work for others.

well... I can go with that



*blinks* what groups are YOU a member of?

are these furry pygmy hermaphrodites?

You sticked your noise (maybe even literally) into things you didn't wanted to stick it?

Remember dear, you were the one that started throw rocks in this thread.

Morwen

Yes, it can be that too. and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

Some people like virtual worlds and 3D art. Where better to meet a like minded person?

I know quite a few people that have met in SL, got together in RL and lived "happily" ever after.

I once had a RL girlfriend that didn't like virtual worlds and 3D at all. Well as you can probably guess, the relationship didn't last very long

I know another couple RL horror stories as well.

Those who want SL to be 3dMatch.com with Dr. Phil Linden - should be careful how they proceed.

Another really bad Internet case is that guy who used chatrooms to line up RL visits .. then used GHB on the women. He raped at least 8.

Exactly. SL is something different for everyone. It's so many things to so many people and we need to respect that what we might be using it for is completely different than what someone else is. No one is using SL correctly or incorrectly. They are just simply existing in an environment.

As far as using voice to identify genders, I figure my desire to know someone's RL gender, age, or any other personal information doesn't override someone else's desire to remain anonymous. If I can't deal with that anonymity, then it's my problem, not theirs.

We had some bad stories like that over here as well recently. People should be darn carefull.

Morwen.

I like you already

I'm sure there are plenty of horror stories. I know of many success stories too, albeit in other virtual environments, as I'm still newbish in SL. Funny, I also know of many stalking stories and foul relationships and success stories in RL too. Caution is good advice in any relationship/encounter, virtual or real.

II agree with you to an extent - This is how I see the situation -

You are right in that you are entiltled to date who you want to, including RL characteristics. Its not for others to decide.

If voice and a certain amount of real life disclosure is what you need. Thats fine too.

As long as the Woman is fine with that without being coerced.

The problem is if a woman you were sort of interested in said "No." and instead of just letting it go and not dating her, you were to start hounding her or telling people she was a Man, or Married or all sorts of other things that you have no idea are true.

Now I am not saying you would do those things if a Woman you were interested in said "No", but I do know people who would. Those are the ones that I think cuase people to foster this resentment and say things like you dont have a choice who you date.

I think people should be careful regardless of where they met. I don't think a 3Dmatch.com would be any worse than the 2D regular one.

You seem to be suggesting that 3D somehow makes things more dangerous.

As I said, it depends very much on the people involved and how they approach SL (ie, whether the RL characteristics of who they are playing with matter to them, or whether they take things as they see them in SL and leave it at that). People are all over the map on that, and there is no "one size fits all". The problem I have with the OP is that it makes a blanket statement about how awesome voice is, which seems to me wrong because it, again, suggests a one-size-fits-all approach. If the OP cares about someone's RL gender, and wants to use voice to sniff that out, this is fine with me, but it doesn't mean that (1) everyone cares about the RL gender of the people they encounter in SL or (2) everyone thinks voice is a wonderfully useful tool.

No, the Cubs never won the series here. They're still the same ol' lovable bunch of perennial cellar-dwellers they always were.

Everything is a variable... except the Cubs.

Hey now... the Cubbies are only one game out of first.

Nancy Cartwright. She does a lot of the voices

No .. only that making SL into 3Dmatch.com makes SL a little more dangerous.

I think it would be pretty much like the 2D version.

It is potentially dangerous - all Online to RL dating is.

RL dating is to, to an extent, however, it generally doesnt involve travel to places where you dont have any sort of support structure/familiarity.

as someone who lives spitting (sorry for the image) distance to wrigley field...

there are only three constants .. death, taxes and the cubs not winning the world series.

Good point. The travel situation certainly adds a bit to the risk factor I suppose.

Make sure you spit when the wind is blowing out.

actually .. i'm east of wrigley .. so i need the wind blowing IN .. hehe.

Would depend on where she wanted your lugey to go...

Such info Egon... is making it easier for someone to stalk you. East of the ball park... one step closer.....

(joking)

Lol

Someone out there's gonna wanna be your Annie Potts


(am I the only one who thinks ghostbusters with his name?)