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What are your favorite Food items in Second Life?
I don't have many, so am looking to expand my inventory. Most of my Second Life "builds" that I have purchased only come with "drink dispensers" (whether alcohol, or coffee, etc.)
Plus, people can post and discuss foods they "use" in Second Life, because in some cases, they cannot eat those foods in RL!
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Just now, Persephone Emerald said:
I'm peeved that we don't have an eyeroll reaction emoji.
Peeve: We all need to make @Rowan Amore do the "big eyeroll" so we can save that to our favorite pictures, and use it when needed.
But on Windows, you can use Windows Key + "." (period) then type in "eyeroll" to get the emoji (and enlarge it): 🙄
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I was sad to see nobody was following this thoughtful (thotful? Pooh's "thotful things"?) thread, so I followed it out of sympathy. I hope that makes the OP feel better.
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1 minute ago, BilliJo Aldrin said:
dunno about anyone else, but i dont eat food in second life
We need more toilets in Second Life. Or all our shape "sliders" will get stuck on "thicc".
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1 minute ago, Persephone Emerald said:
I think someone should start a thread about food in Second Life, how the food we eat in RL affects the food we like in SL. Do you eat different kinds in food in SL than you eat in RL? Do you eat food in RL that you can easily eat at your computer? Do you ever wear an avatar or outfit that depicts food in SL?
Any subject can be about SL if we torture it enough until we all want to scream.
You can also make it about resiliency in Second Life and food, at the same time.
In RL, I am unable to eat too many carbs or I get GERD; and I do not eat meat as I am a vegetarian; while in Second Life, I can eat all the carbs and vegetarians I want (despite their screams)! I find personal resilience in Second Life for my food trauma!
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The trouble with most threads like this, is they have an EXTREMELY tenuous connection to Second Life at best.
Proclaiming they have "depth" does not make it so, neither does asking analytical questions.
Possibly there is a GREAT solution, and that is to make it more about Second Life.
"I almost quit Second Life once, but I got better" - shows an example of when someone was resilient in Second Life.
"I lost my entire Second Life family over time, but I'm still here" - shows an example of when someone was resilient in Second Life.
"I lost my Second Life partner, I was sad, that is normal, but now I am all better" - shows an example of when someone was resilient in Second Life.
"I had RL troubles so could no longer afford my land in Second Life, but I am still here and happy" - while that has not happened to me personally, it shows an example of when someone was resilient in Second Life.
"I got banned, but those people were mean and unaccepting, unsupportive, so I am not missing anything" - while that has not happened to me personally, it shows an example of when someone was resilient in Second Life.
There is absolutely no need to go into analytical details. Unless, "analysis" is the real point, "scratching that itch". Needing to "understand"; to "explain everything; to sort everything out into "good and bad"; to find some root cause based in childhood trauma.
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3 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said:
Every second of your life is part of your journey.
I am reminded of, "every second of your life is sadhana" - an offering, or form of worship, etc. (if one makes it that way). In Second Life!
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1 minute ago, Kathlen Onyx said:
@Love ZhaoyingLOL and you were worried she was going to psychoanalyze ME.
Worse! We shall tie you down, and make you listen to someone read Kipling in an annoying voice. Then, we shall force you to listen to analyses of Kipling!! In Second Life!!!
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4 minutes ago, Kathlen Onyx said:
Thanks for clarifying. I just figured since it was said it must be true. The must have just pulled that out of a hat?
Possibilities for the "hat" are related to resiliency: I think, that when people are not resilient, they get defensive in Second Life. That's my take on it. (It is also a classic behavior of narcissists, to take criticism and turn it back on someone.)
But on topic for the OP:
Like when someone posts they will quit Second Life because they were exposed to something offensive - that is not very resilient. Or if someone will quit Second Life because they cannot make any friends (but apparently do not know how) - that is not very resilient. Or is someone will quit Second Life because they do not like something going on at Linden Lab - that is not very resilient.
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4 minutes ago, Kyrie Deka said:8 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:
Hey hey mama ("Black Dog")
Legendary!!
Tagged you in a Dread Zeppelin version in the "What are you listening to?" thread.
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5 minutes ago, Kathlen Onyx said:
I did know that the word psychology disturbed you. The word moist disturbs me so I guess I can sorta understand.
The word "psychology" does not disturb me, I am however disturbed when someone make each and every thread about psychology!
I should probably NOT post Bible verses, as some people are likely to think I am not serious and thus report my posts, as they have done in the past. Those people do not respect the beliefs of others! I guess not everyone is resilient.
I think Frank Zappa embodied "resilience" as I see it in Second Life, in his song, "You Are What You Is":
Do you know what you are?
You are what you is
You is what you am
A cow don't make hamYou ain't what you're not
So see what you got
You are what you is
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13 minutes ago, Kyrie Deka said:16 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:
Neil Young's advice,
Hey hey, my my.
Peeve: Hey hey mama ("Black Dog")
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There are lots of Bible verses about "Resilience", and some are Psalms - which is generally considered poetry.
Would anyone mind if I were to share those?
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Just now, Scylla Rhiadra said:
Which is why I think "resiliency" is the least interesting thing that this poem communicates.
A leetle beet of cherry-picking there, yup.
Like, if "The Hollow Men" were said to be about "whimpering".
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10 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:
This thread doesn't need to be about racism at all -- that's a subject that was introduced by BJ. It's a red herring.
Insensitivity? Maybe?
I think the good bits I quoted above are very good bits indeed, and I hope they do embody at least some of how I behave in SL.
I just realized - isn't analyzing poetry within your professional area, English Lit.? The entire thread is a challenge!
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6 minutes ago, Kyrie Deka said:
You defined "free world" by your thinking, not mine.
Peeve: I just want to follow Neil Young's advice, and keep on rockin' in the free world!
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2 minutes ago, Theresa Tennyson said:3 minutes ago, BilliJo Aldrin said:
Im familiar with this poem, because we had to memorize it, i forget which grade but it was in primary school, Im thinking maybe grade 4 or 5, way back when heritage and tradition were not dirty words.
I suppose today school children are more likely to be taught a poem about the fifty genders.
And they complain a lot about things, don't they?
Here's another example of how to relate this to Second Life:
Billi Jo suffered through memorizing the poem in RL, but was resilient and turned out the way they did anyway in Second Life!
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2 minutes ago, Kathlen Onyx said:
Well when one can't derail another thread create your own I say.
The challenge with these threads is to keep them "on topic for Second Life".
Here's an example attempt:
In Second Life, one's resiliency is inversely proportional to the number of Alts they use.
In Second Life, one's resiliency is reflected in the number of people they block.
In Second Life, one's resiliency is not related to their behavior.
Resiliency is only related to Second Life if one is applying RL "pop psychology" to Second Life.
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2 minutes ago, Theresa Tennyson said:
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you may be the one screwing things up for everyone else."
I think it was in a Heinlein novel I first read, "If in panic or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." A lot of Forum people remind me of Heinlein characters.
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7 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said:9 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
So by that line do you think he means people who only dream without actually doing anything? I for sure see those peeps in SL anyway.
I think people in SL who are dreaming, are mostly AFK and asleep in RL.
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1 hour ago, Luna Bliss said:
I just encountered an interesting experience @ The Wisdom Circle in SL today where a poem was shared, discussing 'resilience'.
We all encounter difficult experiences in SL -- what helps you cope and develop resilience? Do you recognize patterns in the poem that relate to how you manage difficult situations in SL, and/or do you have coping strategies of your own to share?
Remember to stick to coping with difficulties in SL only. Here's the poem:If By Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,And—which is more—you’ll be a [resilient person, my friend]
I could not find any connection to Second Life in this poem.
And I tried!
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Just now, Scylla Rhiadra said:
Yeah, that's kind of the point I was making near the end of my first post on this.
I don't buy that "nothing can hurt you" in SL. Nothing can physically hurt you, but we've all experienced, or witnessed, very real hurt happening here.
And I don't myself believe that merely "suck it up, buttercup" is an adequate response to that when it happens.
Yes! A very contentious statement indeed.
Perhaps that is the point of the OP, to create contention and arguments?
I think this thread is very traumatic. So far it has touched on racism, insensitivity, etc.
Is "resiliency" one of those coded complaints about Millennials that you see everywhere?
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Resiliency In Second Life
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Done!