To AR Is Human . . .

[Love Zhaoying]

9 minutes ago, belindacarson said:

you're so welcome, I even entered you into world spammer of the week

The following is a joke: If I knew it was a competition..! 
..is joke!

[Persephone Emerald]

2 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

Or, you know . . . ARs? The topic of this thread.

Weirdly, Belinda's post is one of the most on-topic ones for several pages.

I think we probably reach a point in the "to AR or not to AR discussion" where there wasn't much more that could be constructively added. The remainder of this thread has been entertaining though.

IBTL  😁

[Love Zhaoying]

On topic: I have a suggestion on how to avoid the temptation to engage or AR: Take a skin, wear it over your skin. Magic: thicker skin!

I'm wearing one right now. 

[Rowan Amore]

25 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Thank you for your interesting and well-thought consideration!

Guess someone ARed.that quote!  😂

[Scylla Rhiadra]

5 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

On topic: I have a suggestion on how to avoid the temptation to engage or AR: Take a skin, wear it over your skin. Magic: thicker skin!

I'm wearing one right now. 

I think it's unfortunate, but true, that to some degree a thick skin is a prerequisite of any kind of involvement in public discourse.

And it's not just a question of being able to shrug off abusive comments. Sometimes being shown to be wrong about something . . . hurts! Learning hurts, sometimes!

It's sort of like being a soft target. If you're rigid, you're prone to more damage.

[Rowan Amore]

Must be cat pic time again.

[Love Zhaoying]

1 minute ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

And it's not just a question of being able to shrug off abusive comments. Sometimes being shown to be wrong about something . . . hurts! Learning hurts, sometimes!

It's sort of like being a soft target. If you're rigid, you're prone to more damage.

Perspective is important, too. 

Joking or abuse?

Disagreeing or insulting?

Chatty or Spam? 

If disagreement was read as being attacked, then of course there can be a tendency to lash out at anyone who disagrees, misinterpret reactions, need the last word, etc. I fear there's an "escalation" that happens with some people, leading to AR's and/or "threads being successfully concluded". 

Euphemisms are our friends!

[Scylla Rhiadra]

1 minute ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Perspective is important, too. 

Joking or abuse?

Disagreeing or insulting?

Chatty or Spam? 

If disagreement was read as being attacked, then of course there can be a tendency to lash out at anyone who disagrees, misinterpret reactions, need the last word, etc. I fear there's an "escalation" that happens with some people, leading to AR's and/or "threads being successfully concluded". 

Euphemisms are our friends!

That's another good point. It's also about reading carefully, and, I think, trying to give the benefit of the doubt if there is any ambiguity.

I try to do that. And occasionally, I even succeed!

[Arielle Popstar]

12 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

I think it's unfortunate, but true, that to some degree a thick skin is a prerequisite of any kind of involvement in public discourse.

And it's not just a question of being able to shrug off abusive comments. Sometimes being shown to be wrong about something . . . hurts! Learning hurts, sometimes!

It's sort of like being a soft target. If you're rigid, you're prone to more damage.

It is a rare thing to see it acknowledged though even if it happens. Usually both sides just tire of the debate and drop it.

[Love Zhaoying]

Just now, Arielle Popstar said:

It is a rare thing to see it acknowledged though even if it happens. Usually both sides just tire of the debate and drop it.

I learn a lot from your posts. I hope others do as well. Nothing wrong with spurring debate!

[Scylla Rhiadra]

1 minute ago, Arielle Popstar said:

It is a rare thing to see it acknowledged though even if it happens. Usually both sides just tire of the debate and drop it.

Well, if a debate becomes particularly heated, then acknowledgment can be especially difficult.

I can name several things that I have been educated about here over the years. Things I now know that I believed and argued that are wrong

[Silent Mistwalker]

1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said:

South Pole BIG!

There is no south pole. The earth is flat just like in the pretty picarature.

Edited July 16, 2022 by Silent Mistwalker

[Silent Mistwalker]

32 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

It's sort of like being a soft target. If you're rigid, you're prone to more damage.

Depends on the target and the weapon of choice.

 

[Persephone Emerald]

13 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said:

There is no south pole. The earth is flat just like in the pretty picarature.

Then were does the ocean water go when it gets to the edge?

For that matter, where does the water go in SL when it gets to the edge? It has to go somewhere, or else something is keeping it in place.

[Love Zhaoying]

1 minute ago, Persephone Emerald said:

Then were does the ocean water go when it gets to the edge?

For that matter, where does the water go in SL when it gets to the edge? It has to go somewhere, or else something is keeping it in place.

I read a bunch of places, the jokey comment that if the Earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything off by now.

[Scylla Rhiadra]

7 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said:

Depends on the target and the weapon of choice.

 

I'm the one on the right. The one that looks as though it just crawled out of bed.

[Theresa Tennyson]

6 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said:

Then were does the ocean water go when it gets to the edge?

For that matter, where does the water go in SL when it gets to the edge? It has to go somewhere, or else something is keeping it in place.

The theory is that Antarctica forms a wall of ice to keep the water in like a big peach tree Petri dish.

[Silent Mistwalker]

2 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said:

Then were does the ocean water go when it gets to the edge?

For that matter, where does the water go in SL when it gets to the edge? It has to go somewhere, or else something is keeping it in place.

It's frozen so you don't fall off. Or didn't you look at the pretty picaracture. (picture + caricature + character)

As for SL, it doesn't matter because there is an invisible wall before you get to the edge. 

 

[Silent Mistwalker]

4 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

I'm the one on the right. The one that looks as though it just crawled out of bed.

That's because I pushed you out. 

 

 

 

 

 

Of the barn! 😋

[Silent Mistwalker]

5 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said:

It's frozen so you don't fall off. Or didn't you look at the pretty picaracture. (picture + caricature + character)

As for SL, it doesn't matter because there is an invisible wall before you get to the edge. 

 

 

 

Once again, in slow motion.

 

GAUGH! It was supposed to be an edit!

Edited July 16, 2022 by Silent Mistwalker

[Love Zhaoying]

7 minutes ago, Theresa Tennyson said:

The theory is that Antarctica forms a wall of ice to keep the water in like a big peach tree Petri dish.

Named after characters on the Dick Van D show! Arrgh!! It's the guy's name! The profanity scrubber is not very useful in this instance. 

Edited July 16, 2022 by Love Zhaoying

[Akane Nacht]

6 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:

For that matter, where does the water go in SL when it gets to the edge? It has to go somewhere, or else something is keeping it in place.

a friend of mine claimed there are whales there at the outer edge. 

[Love Zhaoying]

1 hour ago, Akane Nacht said:

a friend of mine claimed there are whales there at the outer edge. 

Maybe they trusted the old maps with "Here there be monsters".

[Love Zhaoying]

10 hours ago, Rowan Amore said:

Guess someone ARed.that quote!  😂

That's weird, I can't find a couple of the original posts that I quoted and politely replied to, thanking them for their feedback. I guess it is possible they asked the moderators to delete their own posts?

Irony: trying to discuss forum AR's civilly, but karma and dogma intervene. There's a thought: we can only do what we can. (Sounds like a de-Yodafied quote.)

[Silent Mistwalker]

10 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Maybe they trusted the old maps with "Here there be monsters dragons".

 

Just for fun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_be_dragons