Whats the deal with Nekos?

Where's Jig when you need her? I'm sure she could go on and on about what it means to be a TRUE Neko and how 99% of us are doing it wrong.

But, you know, I can't really answer that for you. Given the independent nature of cats, it means different things to different people. For me, I've just always identified with cats...when I was younger, my Mom bought me a cute little book called something like 'Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from My Cat.' She said it should be required reading for anyone who wanted to get to know me and she wasn't wrong about that. I went Neko after two months in-world and it was almost a relief, like I'd finally found what I was supposed to be in SL. I just feel uncomfortable and out of place without my kitty bits, which is why they generally stay firmly attached.

In any case, cats don't herd, and I'm not sure I'd consider Neko a 'culture.' We do what we want to do, and that's pretty much the extent of it for me.

I am not sure I could speak for Neko culture, like many things I think there are as many views on what it is to be Neko as there are Neko's... For myself, I am one of those with a "Neko look"..

Mine is rather a more purist form, and I adopted it because I both wanted to look great, and be left alone... And so far it has worked well.. I love the way I look, and 99% of the men just leave me alone.. I have yet to be hit upon when I am Neko.. That is how it started, as a way to travel places and not be bothered with the "you sex me now?" BS..

I have a golden spotted skin, ears and tail to match, 6" long talons, and wear daggers on my legs.. Otherwise I am not wearing much... I am a Panther Woman. I do feel very transformed when I shapeshift this way.. I feel very powerful and more than a bit wicked.. Oh I am also almost 8' tall.

Nowdays I tend to shapeshift when I am feeling a bit down, or feeling a bit put upon.. Once I have shifted my whole attitude changes. I feel strong, powerful, fearless. Anyone that messes with me will be eaten alive, as I toy with them, killing them slowly...

I love my ears and my kitty eyes. I very rarely wear a tail, it lags me and i don't like the way it breaks everytime I sit in a chair Also, it inteferes with my skirts.
i went neko because it makes me feel good. i didn't know much about the origins of nekoism at all, i just knew I loved the look and feel of it.
I feel naked without my ears though it means i can't wear earrings

i have loved cats all my life. I have always had a pet cat and cats seem to love me too. i love the cool way they treat others and yet they can turn around and be so loving.
To me, the qualities of a cat are sexy. But it is not for everyone and i accept that.
Despite the ears, I do not think of myself as very neko like.

i don't go for the alley cat look. i love the look, but it isn't really *me*. i love all kinds of clothes, and i tend to go more bright colours and retro(ish) than the grungy look.

i don't think it is the ears and tail tat makes someone hot or not. It is the confidence the ears and tail gives the person. The new way in which they put themselves across etc.

i have never had a temptation to go full furry either. i love my freckles too much

You only have to ask lol.

That reminded me of the first and only book i recieved from my Great Grandma. it was called 'The Mousehole Cat'. It was a beautiful book, very simple story and great illustrations. It is one of the only books i remember from being a little kid. I used to fall asleep reading the book over and over after she died, and I dreamt of my Great Grandma reading it to me, and the great storm cat, and of being a cat and curling up in front of the fire, safe and warm....

Anyway, it just reminded me of it is all

Try the Veal.

About time the ambulance line got some love.

Sorry, I had "Send an email every time time Trout tells a good one" turned off.

Yeah, I don't understand that either. It's one thing to have the grunge clothes and the look that is hot, but there's no way ears and a tail make it any better IMO. I think it actually detracts from the overall attractiveness of an AV.



Not exactly sure what your issue is with her, but I'm completely sure this kind of personal pot shot is unnecessary, and certainly no better than the snobbish attitude she was purported to have in a couple threads here.

I have no issue with her, it was simply a reference to her periodic compulsion to post regarding the 'right' way to be Neko. She HAS used the term 'True Neko' on several occasions, as much as saying that anyone who doesn't do it *her* way is not really Neko. She would have been all over this thread with her interesting philosophy, I'm sure, and that was really all I was saying.

You don't know me, or my intentions, and I really don't appreciate you assuming that you do.

Wasn't Neccos like the worst candy brand ever made?

Cats don't suck, their lips are the wrong shape.


But they sometimes bite...

What do you mean? Their wafers are made only from the freshest carefully prepared free range nekos!

Mini-Chalk Pies.

C-baby...there's a lotta stuff ya don't seem to KNOW! IM me in world, i'll spit shine and sparkle ya up! Put some ears on it! Write "Jumpy on top"!

Ann,I told ya once! Nekos call me CATNIP! Im started the hottes group oh lil nekos in all the mfsl! keep ya eyes peeled. I love nekos cause i love WHAT!

Meh.

That's MEEYOW! Beeyotch! Catnip, baby! Put ya ears on!
I M ME!

I also read it as Ricardo coming on to Jumpman. And Jumpman does keep dropping these disclaimers all over the place. He disclaims to much, as they used to say.

No, it was definitely 'meh.' And if you'd been paying attention, you'd realize I don't take my ears OFF, so telling me to put them on is nonsensical. As for the last item...never happen.

That is one reason I do put my neko look on..... think about it.

If you don’t accept me no matter what I look like I'll be heading for the exit and do so happily.

One of my favorite Super Bowl ads from a while back involved cowboys on horses "herding" cats. hehe

The fact that I do not dress grungy, or wear lots of tats, or the like does not cause me to believe that I am not a "real Neko" - which I note as there has been a mention of clothing being sold for Nekos that tends to run to the grungy/punky direction. So yes, I agree with that kitties being not herding animals (with exceptions, what is it, lions that travel in packs?; my own personal kitties sometimes sound like a herd of something or other when they run around, but they more tolerate each other than "herd together".

I also feel very uncomfortable wtihout my kitty ears and tail.

agreed I'm not in SL to learn new ways to be prejudiced. But to learn how to be more accepting. It's really a chore of my own spirit and the limitations i place on myself.

~Lana Tomba

And I tend to see grunge clothing and look to be detracting to the overal attractiveness of a person.

People just have different opinions of hot or not.

I rather like Neccos on occasion. Not really sure why. Hard to find, though, now-a-days.

It is somewhat amusing how Trout is drooled over, while Jumpman is . . well jumped on. Jumpman with his "sluts" and Trout with his "slut rating." Of course Trout is always going on about how much of a loser he is, while Jumpman is always going on about how just darn special he is and all that.

I never did like that spit word though. "She's the spitting image of her father!" What . . . someone spit and the spit looks vaguely like the father? And the girl looks like the spit? And spit shined to sparkle? Eww.

And I have never had my shoes spit-shined.