Nalytha

Being a model doesn’t look glamourous at all to me. To have your value be reduced to your age and looks? No thanks.

Why do you want to be a model? Is it to make lindens? You can easily make the cash to buy lindens much more effectively than trying to make them modeling. I don’t even mean just work more irl. You could sell some stuff you don’t use, donate blood or sperm or eggs, pick up an odd job on Craigslist. Time is money. You have the ask yourself if you want to put in serious hours for what amounts to few real life dollars.

End of year Inventory Management. Getting tired =/

This is my thought on the idea of annual not benefiting LL as much: I don’t have the numbers, but I’m sure they do... I would bet people who have the money to pay for annual in one lump sum are more likely to buy large amounts of lindens. IIRC, premium auto renews? It’s better to have someone accidentally pay for an auto renewal they forgot about that is $72 than for someone to pay for one month and cancel and never pay again. I have paid the annual fee for about four or five years, sometimes on multiple accounts to take advantage of the bonus sign up and group land bonus. Free Second Life memberships are part of the life blood that allows us all to enjoy this wonderful world. Even if they never spent a penny, their presence alone is their contribution. I can’t imagine just how much more empty SL would be if free accounts were penalized more. I know I’m what some would call a cash cow in games. That doesn’t bother me. We all work with our budget. The problem I have is when people who spend money look down on those who don’t — not understanding that non paying users actually do contribute in many ways — they help populate an otherwise lonely world. They provide the opportunity for you to encounter an engaging conversation. They provide friendship, entertainment, love. They might do word of mouth irl which benefits us all.

Ooooh! This totally makes sense.

I don't understand this. So, if you like what you see, they stay rendered. If you don't like what you see, you derender them. Are jelly dolls really that much more appealing than a mediocre avatar?

I actually read this whole thing. I feel like I should get achievement points for this feat. It blows me away that one person can encounter this much drama on here. If I want drama, I’ll volunteer to have dinner with my in laws. I won’t pay over $1,000 every month for it. That said, good luck with your clubs. May 2018 be an awesome, drama free, year for you.

You could try using applier underwear instead. It's kind of like a tattoo and so it doesn't peek through.

1. Log in to your account through your browser. 2. Click <Help> and then <New Feature Suggestions> 3. Suggest away <3

There is also an option to use WASD to walk. I believe it is in the settings.

Wow! You have done a stunning job.

Home decor is something I get really excited about. I have been a Premium user for a few years now. I stuck with the Linden Home for probably an entire year before I dared to venture out and tackle the info overload that is real estate options in Second Life. I have rented skyboxes, I've rented from private estates, and I've owned mainland. All of them have their perks. I am especially fond of a certain private estate because it is very large and has a neighborhood feel I haven't really seen matched in many others. I also like with that particular one that I have the option to pay however far in advance I'd like through out of world means, such as paypal or credit. That said, sometimes I take long breaks and it turns me off that sometimes I log in and my land has been rented to someone new and now I'm forced to hunt down a new parcel and spend an extra chunk on the first week's rent of that parcel. So, if we are talking from a pure money perspective, assuming you are premium, I'd suggest one of two options to stay on the lighter side of the budget: Linden Home or 512 Mainland. Linden Home is great to get your feet wet, but I really strongly suggest taking a look at the land sales. If you 'abandon' your Linden Home, you buy 512 of mainland for NO monthly fee. To make a bit sweeter, you can donate that 512 to a group you make and you actually end up with 563 allowance because you get a bonus from group land. I take advantage of this sometimes by having two characters have a premium membership, donating their 512 allowance to the group, and then I can go out in the mainland and buy 1126 of land, which means more prims! I actually just came back from a long break. I lost my lovely sunrise parcel on that private estate and I noticed the new renter is contracted for at LEAST two weeks. So this is what I did: I did a search in the land sales tab for all land under 300L. That gave me some 512 options that were as low as 200-300L. This is a one time purchase. As long as you are a premium member, you will not pay the usual monthly $5. So. I spent 200L on an ugly plot and then I put a skybox up that I bought for only 100L. I know skyboxes aren't for everyone, but I just wanted a cheap option to last me until I could find a parcel on the private estate I like. This skybox actually only takes up maybe half or two/thirds of my lot. I opted for small but cozy but I have a nice collection going of homes of all sizes. Even with the 15 LI cat, I still have 46 prims left. My home always has that cat slideshow of my rl cats <3 I don't like the fireplace, but it's the only one I have and I like the lighting at night and the cozy fireplace sound. I should stop being lazy and go out and buy one I like to look at though.

I've learned that everybody has their own reasons for coming to Second Life. Some just want to dance and have superficial conversation. Some could care less about shoes and want deep intellectual conversations.

I have had a lot of inventory problems today. Thank you Lillith for pointing this out. I didn't connect the dots.

Today is inventory management day. I'm actually generally very good at inventory management, but once in a while it needs a deep clean. For every category of inventory, I have a folder called 'Probably Not'. A few times a year, I go through my inventory and if I don't LOVE that item right now, it goes in the Probably Not folder to rest. An alternative to deleting things. I also go through my trash folder and delete MOST things. But I leave some stuff in there in case I want to retrieve it at some point.

Do you, Boo.

I don't actually believe those are satisfactory classifications. I merely counter that those definitions are a bit more tempered than some of the other ones seen in this thread.

Decorating this lovely house from Trompe Loeil that I just picked up at the Uber event. Only $L450 and fits snugly on my 512 plot. My neighbor's house is peaking from behind in case it's not obvious. I love the shape of this little place.

I was simply trying to point out the humour of the situation when we look at it from each point of view.

Why not use actual definitions instead of convenient ones? Atheist: a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods. Theist: a person who believes in the existence of god or gods. Agnostic: a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable. FWIW, I used the squatting on the fence analogy with my husband. It turns out I sounded just as sneering and derisive as you claim they sound sitting there. Some Atheists think Agnostics are smug about not knowing... some Agnostics think Atheists are smug about knowing something they can't know.

I've haven't tried many drugs. I have done Salvia Divinorum though. That definitely takes you somewhere else, for a very short time. I like it because the effects wear off quickly. I'd like to try other things simply because it amazes me how limited our mind is by chemistry. Mess up that chemistry for a bit and see what happens. I've suffered from depression my entire life, so I've also been exposed to many medications. It was my experience with Wellbutrin that really opened my eyes to how sensitive we are to chemistry. A drug given to me to treat depression actually put me in sort of a psychotic daze. I don't really know how to explain it except that only a very, very tiny part of me had enough sense to ask my husband if the thoughts going through my mind were normal. Needless to say, he had me quit it immediately. I'm also getting off of progesterone right now, which I've been on for about 15 years -- half my life. I'm just now understanding the profound impact of hormones. Something most women don't really think much about when taking birth control. I'm experiencing some drastic changes in my physical and mental being. All of these experiences to say that these things have reinforced in me the idea that my "free will" is an illusion to some extent, though I'm not sure to what that full extent is. Edit: Re the perks of religion: I've heard that Mormons live a long time. Not because of a belief in God, but because the way their organized religion is structured, it puts a strong emphasis on relationships. People age and stay connected and simply aren't lonely. The idea being there is some connection between this and average life span/health. Instead of joining Mormonism, I think I would rather start a commune.

Years ago, I stumbled down a rabbit hole on Youtube and found a video. I'm not sure if it was a conspiracy theory or not. It claimed that we have found a gene that predicts our tendency toward religious fanaticism. It's been a long time since I saw the video, but I think the gist of it was that this knowledge could be useful in fighting things like ISIS. But I didn't care about that so much as it intrigued me that there might be a grain of truth to my guesses that there might be some biological root for religion or at least religious tendency. Honestly, part of me wishes I could buy into religion. It doesn't always feel good to be the outsider. I don't feel smarter for it. It just leaves me wondering if I'm the crazy one at times.

Having run this local freethinker group, I've seen a lot of interesting families. We have one Atheist married to a Hindu and they have their child attend a Christian school. I guess love really transcends a lot of stuff. I know from talking to them that they temper their child's school teachings with open dialog from both of them at home. I guess some might say this is too confusing for a child, but she seems to be very loved and open minded. She thinks the stories they teach her at school are really "cute". She's six. I have no kids, so it's easier to manage a relationship between myself being Atheist and him being Agnostic. Does it get frustrating? Sure. We mostly don't talk about religion. It amazing to outsiders how much an Atheist and an Agnostic can argue. But when we talk, we do try to keep it civil because once we fail at that, we completely lose the other person. I get that you are talking about a specific type of person, but it sort of comes off like you are talking about all Agnostics.

@Madelaine McMasters, I just want to say a lot of what you have written resonates with me. I also am skeptical of "free will." So much so that it forces me to sympathise with some folks than many don't think twice about -- addicts, sociopaths, pedophiles, etc. I do think there is a balance. I might wager I believe there is a tad more free will than you do. But I'm not sure if that's just me being over optimistic. I don't believe a pedophile can change their thoughts. I do believe it's within their power to not assault children. I believe it's a crazy type of restraint that perhaps most of us will not understand. So I yeah... I totally went there. I just realized that's probably going to open me up for some negativity. But hopefully you understand what I'm saying. I feel like there has to be a religious gene, because I too was a 'problem child' in the church. I asked too many questions and as young as I can remember -- preschool -- I was told "that's just the way it is." To me, it's obvious that I was born a skeptic and it's taken me a long time to realize not everyone is. To me, that supports my opinion that our free will is more limited than most think it is.

My idea of "living ethically" is to put more good in the world than bad. To give more than I take or at the minimum try to give as much as I take from this world. It's theologically neutral. Anyone can do it. As to what's "good" and "bad," that's left up to interpretation. However, for me, I try not to overanalyze it. Does it harm me or someone emotionally or physically? Many actions have an answer that isn't hard to figure out.