Littlevapidone's tummy wants to talk!

Alright, I have to admit that I find the pregnancy simulator objects to be deeply weird, but I figured to each her (or his) own. And then, tonight, I ran across one happy bellybaby that announced in IM every kick, tickle, hearing of the mother's voice, food craving, and even the time until the birth (I guess so that I could mark it on my in-SL calendar of Events I Will Never Attend) - and that resisted all attempts to mute it!

Is being profoundly creepy in public an ARable offense? And what's the alternative? "Pardon me, but would you mind terribly telling your pretend fetus to SHUT THE HELL UP?"

Eh, I guess I should just ignore it, but other suggestions are welcome as well.

How did you try to mute it?

Are you talking about muting sounds, IMs, or what?

Did you mute the owner?

I found myself the other day wishing I could mute objects by creator. The Batman moaning singing cube prompted that wish.

I just rezzed a box and put a timer event in it that IM me every second saying "I am anoying you."

When i right clicked and selected mute, it didn't stop it.


When I muted it by name, it did mute it.

These "tummies" were not programmed with todays's "Anti green text" climate in mind. Frankly.. I think ALL of that stuff ought to be funneled to the weaerer ONLY (I mean.. Joe sitting 12m away can't tell that your baby kicks in RL.. unless you say something like "ooh hunny, the baby kicked".. And why would Joe care if some woman 12m away is craving strawberries?

It should in fact be a secret, that only the mother knows, and can share if she wants to.

Unfortunately, the only way to get that message to the authors, is to find them, and tell them that their "llSay" text is a bit inappropriate in today's climate.. and that llOwnerSay would be a much more desireable approach.

That's odd that you couldn't mute it. I've been pretty successful muting them when I've wound up in their viscinity.

I do agree completely with Winter - that sort of thing should be privately directed to the owner. The general public doesn't need to be spammed with that nonsense.

-Atashi

I think I have more 'mommy bellies' on my mute list than actual people. After the joys and trials of an actual pregnancy, I'd really rather not hear someone's virtual pregnancy. Not to mention that they contribute to a lot of chat spam, which makes it hard to keep up with actual conversations.

I appreciate that the Virtual-Mommy-to-be wants the world to know how happy she is, but if people can't tell by the proper roundness, then they aren't going to get the hint with a cast iron clue stick. As it is with RL

Although if we could do this in RL, where Mommy's belly announces to the world that "Mommy is craving a bag of Ruffles with cottage cheese," or something equally/more embarrassing, there might be fewer pregnancies.

i think it's also partly a "look at me" behavior.

There are simply places and times where this intrusion on chat is not appropriate and flat out rude. The only positive side is they are drawing a line so far...lets hope we never see the more detailed aspects of pregnancy....

The bellies are a total cry for attention. We see your popping out belly, its adorable, but please....we are not near a fridge, or kitchen, when out in public....no one is carrying around all the things these women crave. No one would know when baby is sleeping soundly or hears mommy, not even mommy. Just because a baby is still doesnt mean they are sleeping after all.

When you are at someones wedding, and pregnant, would you loudly announce to the entire guest list that your baby has kicked or that you are not feeling well...or that you are craving something in the middle of the ceremony? No..see, at this point the attention isnt supposed to be on you, but on others. Turn the chat off

This also raises a disturbing question. Where the heck are all these kids, 50% seeming to be TWINS, after they are born??? I have seen a few people carrying babies, but my goodness. What super nanny agency is out there that rarely anyone is seen with their kid after they are born?


Edit to add; Ive for some reason never been able to mute these things properly, cant figure out what I am doing wrong. They honestly are ok for a lil while, but I dont think anyone would complainif they were set for the owner only to hear. Or, better yet, is there a way to give them a 'hearing' list so daddy can listen to all the prenatal joy but the people around them do not? Hummmm.

I wouldn't.

I don't think they are ARable, any more than any others ("Mmm! This rutabaga is tasty, Random Avatar!", or "Another One's shin trembles as you touch it".

Being a kid means you also often end up around a lot of pregnant mommies in game. I suppose dat's no surprise, an kinda an occupational hazard of being a kid in here, toos. I've never understood why they hadda be so noisy. Then again, I've never understood excessive amounts of bling, either.

Most, if not all of those, should be mutable, though I suspect doing so might also mute the mommy, too, jes like muting !quit-spewing spambots ends up with the owner of the thing muted for me sometimes too.

Ironically, while the prim baby stays around for a week or two post-pregnancy, and gets shown around far and wide, they also usually get left in inventory and never appear again. Some do make "rooms" for those babies (assuming they have the extra prims to do so, or the need outweighs dat), and some adopt (or at least try to: I've not met any kids who've told me they did dis, though I have seen folks advertise for dis) some of us kids to take the "part" of their newly-born prim baby.

(An frankly, we're waaay more fun then havin talkin' prims!)

Meanwhile, those who make them really *should* consider changing their code to something for the mommy-to-be, an not for everybuggy to hafta hear. If the avvie with it wants to let other people know their baby is kicking or content, really she should be the one to tell people, not her tummy.

Mari

how about a woman who is preggers using spammy Excite attachments?

Some people are into that.

I do find the pregnancy spam to be exceedingly creepy. Talking food amuses me. Occasionally talking primmy bits make me giggle. But seeing repetitive chat about baby kicks and mommy's cravings kinda sends a chill down my spine. Don't ask me why, 'cause I ain't figured it out.

so how about this scene

2 mommy to bes visit the daddy to be for a picnic - all with excite attachments - with scripted food, In this case Spam sandwhiches. Things get naughty when someone clicks too much. Eventually at the heat of the text flying explosion, both expectant mothers go into scripted labor.

OMGS teh green spam!

I think there is a correlation between the excessive use of bling and getting pregnant in SL .... it seems to be the same people.

Just wait until she actually gives birth to the prim baby. She'll have some kind of breast feeding device that spams chat also.

Please no, last thing I need to see all days is...

"Mommies nipple just split."

"Baby just puked on mommies breast."