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    Any (Active) Lolita Fashion Communities in SL? (+ Interest Check)

    in Make Friends

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

    I think it's more about the 'adult' Lolita groups that comes to mind for a lot of people.  Lolita Dreams has been around for years with their questionably 18+ avatars.  At least for the West, Lolita has a less than wholesome association.  

    While I don't think the OP means it in any adult way, it is seen that way by many.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon

    The phrase "Lolita complex", derived from the novel Lolita, entered use in Japan in the 1970s, when sexual imagery of the shōjo (idealized young girl) was expanding in the country's media. 

    I'm aware of what many people in the west think, when they hear the name. Its understandable, to some degree. My response to belinda stems from my feeling that she is "misunderstanding" on purpose. Ignoring, that completely different things with similar names can exist without being the same thing. Insisting on ones position, even after the attempt of clearing up said misunderstanding is behond ignorant and silly. Its bordering on wanting to be offended and offend.

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    US Residents to begin paying Sales Tax

    in General Discussion Forum

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    11 hours ago, Anna Salyx said:

    We have a few incidentals that aren't called taxes but are in fact are functional are taxes that make up for it. So we're not really that much better off tax wise as some other countries with flat VAT taxes. My insurance premiums, deductible, and copay taken together (if i have a moderate amount of medical/dental/optical) events can come to around  to be a10 to 15% or more "tax" on my income for example and a bad illness could still bankrupt me (and heaven forbid I need an ambulance). (not really relevant to the sales tax talk but a point of perspective).

    Our health insurances feel like taxes aswell. They get deducted from the salary along with all real income related taxes before its paid out to the bank account. Of course, the given security is greater, than in the US (I can't be bankrupted directly) and the cost is lower in most circumstances.

     

    I am curious on the opinions of others about Russians who play SL and what if anything LL should do if anything?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Magnus McGettigan said:

    I am curious to know if anyone thinks LL will start banning Russian IPs since they log in from the country that is invading Ukraine?

    Hows that any of LLs business? They ban people based on ToS violations and logging in from an IP located in a country that engages in warfare is not a point covered under the ToS.

    4 hours ago, Magnus McGettigan said:

    I remember hearing stories in the past of other countries using SL for meetups to discuss things since it flew under the radar.

    That would be news to me. I would be -very- suprised if any country is that incompetent and weird, that they would do anything in SL at all. Its really not like SL is super attractive or needed for that kind of stuff.

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    Chastity within virtual worlds

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Bree Giffen said:

    It’s also a method of polling to ask people about others around them. It’s like asking, “Do you drive over the speed limit in you neighborhood?” Most people will say no but if you ask, “Do other people drive over the speed limit in your neighborhood?” People will say yes. 

    But there is a difference between "Do other people drive over the speed limit in your neighborhood?" and "What do you think about people who drive over the speed limit in your neighborhood?" I think thats what people had issues with.

    For me it was mainly odd how you threw all those very different groups into the same box and how having virtual sex was placed as not just normal but as such a centerpiece that does who don't do it would benefit from being in a different virtual world, where its not present, instead.

    I also think that viewing virtual sex as "the norm" leaves out the perspective that actually the majority of people outside second life and other, similar "bubbles/communities" might find the whole concept quite abnormal or strange.

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    wkenslav2

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Charalyne Blackwood said:

    Exactly how submissive? Slave? Pet? *taps my palm with a riding crop* History of service, references, etc... Don't keep me waiting *hold out shackles, makes winky face, evil chuckle*

    Be careful or they will be lining up at your door.

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    Most embarrassing SL moment

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    Its been years ago, but till this day, I cringe when I think about it.

    I always have voice turned off, but just like in Nicks story one day that feature turned itself on. I was in a (at that time) popular store for womens fashion. They had daily discounts on items, so you always had a couple of people hanging out. So I had an audiance to witness me "arguing" with my mom over lunch being ready (I was still living at home then and you know, mom cooks and you know, if you don't appear at the table in a split second for whatever reason, the next call gets shouted a bit louder and I replied equally annoyed). They all laughed at me.

    I didn't log in for two days after that and was paranoid for a while.

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    Oh my Gawd! - Totally unOfficial Pet Peeve Thread.

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    Another RL shopping peeve, that I didn't even know would be possible: Printing the shipping label way too early.

    So I ordered this big bag for traveling (it got rainbow dragons on it!) and recieved a shipping notification on the 26th. Their website estimates arrival time based on that, because the system thinks that this means shipping has actually started. But till today the tracking number still shows as just being registered. So now I have no clue when to expect my bag and have to check the tracking every day to see if shipping has *actually* started.

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    It's the year 2022 and ............

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Coffee Pancake said:

    Oh no .. the lag .. lets see who we can blame .. CONTENT CREATORS ! Ha ! That will show them.

    I'm not blameing anyone (Also just to be clear, because it pet peeves me right now: "Content creator" is not some elusive, secluded group. At one point we all could create). I'm pointing out that the nature of SL to let its content be entirely user created is a reason when it comes to lag. LL doesn't step in and doesn't view itself as a content provider. Thats why the SL standard body is what it is and why we are at the same time allowed to have all those systems. They are messy because they are unregulated, free growing user content. And since nothing comes from LL, nothing can be preloaded so it gets laggy, when you arive in a place full of stuff.

    Second Life is like a wild garden, that has been left to its own devices for almost two decades. At some point garden owner LL threw in some fertilizer and made sure their is enough soil and sometimes he would throw in some seeds to see what would grow out of them. Now its a jungle and it gets really difficult to reach anything within that garden. The garden owner could cut down some vegetation, but notices there are rare wildflowers growing among the weeds and some endangered species have found a habitat in the garden. And so he trades the comfort for the beauty of whats already there.

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    Music Club Peeve & A Bit of Overdue Ranting

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    On 1/28/2022 at 11:11 PM, Scylla Rhiadra said:

    I have a feeling that you're on European time, so this might not work . . . but The Mercury Room does wonderful vintage jazz on Sunday nights, starting around 7pm or 8pm SLT. Lovely people, LOTS of open chatter (mostly interesting and intelligent), no gesture spam, no begging for tips. Just really calm and relaxing and friendly, with great music and a 30s ambience. And @Solar Legion, anthropomorphic avatars are entirely welcome. (There are animated penguins skating around on the dance floor, as well a large stuffed moose and a bear. Oh, and Bernie Sanders.)

    Or, for more modern music in a variety of genres, try The Velvet. Again, lots of chatter, really friendly people, no begging for tips or gesture spam. They have stuff going on most late afternoons / evenings SL time.

    Yes, sadly I am on european timezone. I'm going to miss out on everything happening past 2pm SLT more or less.

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    Should I Stay or Should I Go

    in General Discussion Forum

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    1 hour ago, Sukubia Scarmon said:

    Thought they learned their lesson with that weird dragonlady. But granted, she had to wish for others to die first, so maybe that's where the line gets drawn around here...

    If Dragonlady is the threshold, we are in for a long ride. She was extreme even before that death wish.

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