[There can be only one...]

I play Eve as a game and they have a help channel staffed by vetted volunteers who will answer questions. I think this would be a good thing to see in SL especially if there was a centrally curated set of links useful to newbies such as "such and such places offers this to new accounts" an example being I keep a link around to a store that gifts 500l$ gift cards to accounts under 30 days old

Just to add yes I know there are ones like firestorm already. Eve however automatically joins new accounts to the group for the first 30 days and they keep an eye on the volunteers which is the difference

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[How many UK residents will be able to afford SL after Brexit]

Just now, LexxiXhan said:

You know perfectly well you didn't simply 'accuse Luna of being on the left'. You attached a value judgement in your wording. How close that comes to a personal attack is up to any moderator who chances upon it. In the meantime it would be better if we all took a little more care over the words we direct at others.

And where were you when Luna was stating that people on the right are all evil? Oh no where that is right. Yes I think the left are misguided...big deal that is a value judgement not a personal attack. Calling people on the right evil is a personal attack. Now go take a chill pill because frankly I dont care what you think of what I said

[How many UK residents will be able to afford SL after Brexit]

1 minute ago, LexxiXhan said:

While I appreciate you may have strong feelings about political topics, personal attacks are not only against the TOS, but also do little to support your credibility.

Accusing Luna of being on the left is a personal attack? It is a statement of fact evidenced by her postings on this forum. But if you think of accusing someone of being on the left wing of politics is an insult.....well what can I say

[How many UK residents will be able to afford SL after Brexit]

8 minutes ago, LexxiXhan said:

That's a pretty accurate summary, without being overly biased. Some UK folk would want to do deny racist motivations or having been manipulated, but let's not kid ourselves.

That is a totally biassed summary put out by an organisation that leans far left, just as all this crap about 20% of uk people are in poverty is. We dont have a far right government we have a centre right one. It is just the loony left like to portray it as such . Luna supports that article need I say more

[I’m curious how many of you posting here are actually still active in SL?]

Just now, Fauve Aeon said:

Er...I’m OP of this thread. 

yes I got it badly wrong somehow

[I’m curious how many of you posting here are actually still active in SL?]

1 minute ago, KanryDrago said:

I said op's profile that is sylvia

 

actually my bad I mistook sylvia for the op somehow, having one of those days I guess

 

[I’m curious how many of you posting here are actually still active in SL?]

Just now, Fauve Aeon said:

I’m not sure what in my picks gives you the idea I do or would want to ‘override the TOS’ but you can of course reply as you please. 

I said op's profile that is sylvia

 

[I’m curious how many of you posting here are actually still active in SL?]

Just now, Fauve Aeon said:

Then obviously it’s not a question that you should feel obliged to answer? 

I was about to reply and was typing then checked out the op's profile then changed my answer rather than just not bothering, she is one of those my picks override tos people and therefore a complete one of chaucers favourite words about female anatomy so left a snarky response

[I’m curious how many of you posting here are actually still active in SL?]

I don't see it as anyones business but mine and friends whether I log on to sl or not

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7 hours ago, Amina Sopwith said:

Does it help to think of this in terms of "costs", for want of a better word?

So the cost of allowing everyone a perfect right to protect their RL info, up to and including lying when their back is against the wall about it, is that some people will get catfished. I'm sorry for that. I'm sure that some of them don't deserve it. 

But the alternative is a system in which people are somehow obliged to give RL information because another resident wants it to protect their feelings. Do I really need to explain where that could lead us? Do you seriously want that to be your SL?

We can't have both and it seems pretty clear to me that the safe, sane and sensible option is the first one. Yes, it means people will get hurt and for that I'm sorry. The cost of not having the state dictate who you can have sex with is that people will have affairs and cause hurt and damage that way. But what's the alternative?

As before, set and maintain your boundaries and remember the nature of where you are, and the TOS you signed. It's no good claiming this is your match.com because it's not match.com. It's Second Life and you do not have a right to anyone's data.

 

sorry complete and utter tosh

if someone finds the information important you can answer or refuse to answer....both are honourable and the person asking then has good information...this person is x (where x might be gender or redhead or a fish or whatever) or the person refused to answer so they may be x or may not now I can make a decision

the alternative you propose is Yes I am x when you arent and you basically get someone into a relationship they didnt want to be and wouldnt have been if you were honest.

 

Having said that I will agree are you x shouldnt be a subject of questioning until things are getting serious

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Rangoon is in burma so assuming the dish is named after its birthplace then its not chinese food

[RIP The Saturday Geeks]

who are they? Why should we care?

 

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

1 minute ago, TDD123 said:

I regard her as not ( the extreme that is ) .

She's pointing out to the root of evil. If money get involved on either side it totally corrupts. This nation , and therefore the rest of the world, is not divided into left or right , but demand and suppy

And it's perpetually being fed from both sides. We are all a part of the same problem. No side is right. Or left. Or wrong.

and I haven't said the right is correct, I just combatted her view that the left is the moral high ground. As to her not being extreme you obviously havent been around her enough

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

1 minute ago, TDD123 said:

@KanryDrago : Sorry .. my bad.

 

Still.

I havent said I am right wing I just am sick of extreme lefties claiming to be so cute and cuddly compared to the left when frankly they are actually just as evil as the extreme right. Yes I class Luna as an extreme leftie

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

Just now, TDD123 said:

I'd like to see him outdo your current president, tyvm.

Not my president I am not american

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

Just now, Luna Bliss said:

I'd say the left stopped working...they stopped protecting labor or the working class...they were bought out by moneyed interests.

Unfortunately the working class was duped into believing the right would protect them more, but it won't.  You only have to study the policies of the right in both countries to know this.

The problem is not a left-right fight....the problem is that the money is being funneled to the top as capitalism tend to do without enough regulation.  Money and power begets more money and power...due to its influence.

The left never worked, many communities were ***** holes and elected left wing representatives since world war 2....they are still ***** holes because the left arent interested in fixing them. The left have a vested interest in inequality as its their core point of existence...elect us and we will cure it....for some reason they never do I wonder why

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

5 minutes ago, Seicher Rae said:

Oy. We've been over this in this very thread. Which "left" are you referring to? Sounds like the ultra extreme, and the narrow, old definition. Go back a few pages, click on the link to the Stanford philosophy page and see how there are more than one types of "left" and "Socialism." By the way, if you want people to take you seriously, and I have no idea if you do or not, but when people are discussing things at a relatively high level, you might want to type in complete sentences with at least a nod to correct punctuation. Just a suggestion. You do you.

dont care about stanford university definitions they are american and you lot have wierd political views. 

Most of europe however has been a lot further left than people like obama, not extremist etc in the last 20 years and in that time inequality has grown, wages have stagnated and living standards have dropped. This is why most european countries are moving to the right electorally. The left simply does not work no matter how mild. Even sweden has lurched signifigantly to the right in its electoral patterns. No one who has lived under an extreme left government will vote for one, those that have lived under soft left governments are increasingly voting for more right wing ones as they realise the left simply doesnt work

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

Just now, Luna Bliss said:

We have to consider individual and group rights...going to either extreme is what causes most of the problems.  So it really doesn't matter 'who is the baddest...whether left or right'.

The left dont consider the individual because the collective is all, the individual doesnt matter whether they live or die as long as the collective becomes stronger....you are the borg

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

1 minute ago, Luna Bliss said:

Yep don't bite...it's typical for the conservatives to come in with an attempt to anger people through obnoxious comments, get a thread closed when they are being shown to be wrong.

Not a conservative I just know that socialism doesnt work, doesnt help the poor and impoverishes the country its tried in and means the poor end up worse off

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

2 minutes ago, Pamela Galli said:

Godwin.

shrugs elect bernie sanders I really dont mind the rest of the world will point and laugh at you when america crashes and burns and they start having to cut back on anything that helps the poor because there is no money left

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

Just now, Luna Bliss said:

Individual vs the group is always in tension.

I think we've gone too far to the right and need to dial it back to a more central position.

If you look at Bernie Sander's website, he is not recommending these extreme leftist positions you are citing.

Mao killed at a conservative estimate 30 million via starvation due to his policies I dont care about bernie sanders I dont care about your economically illiterate beliefs, the left are far far worse than nazis

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

1 hour ago, Luna Bliss said:

Wealth inequality in the US is at alarming levels, with unbelievably high levels accumulated at the top. I'm not sure how taxing the wealthy more than we are presently (even up to a fraction of the amount we have in the past) and feeding a starving child or providing shelters for homeless people equates to Mao, pol pot, Stalin, Lenin, Chavez, and Venezuela -- only in your twisted mind I guess.
Because you appear to be less aware than this coffee mug sitting beside me, and tend to see issues only in black & white, it would be useless to debate with you until you've done more studying.

And most of those left wing governments I quoted had a damn site more inequality.....the ruling elite lived in luxury everyone else starved

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

3 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

If you agree with Republican policies you're agreeing with abuse. I can agree to disagree on so many issues, but not about this one. When Republicans come into power programs for the poor are always cut. This means more children go hungry, more homeless sleep on the street,  and more lives are wasted without the resources to have a better life.

I realize many who vote Republican aren't aware of the cuts for the poor when they come into power, but it's easy to look up the stats. 
Even worse are those who believe the stratification is fair, who believe in a distorted 'might makes right' Darwinism where the poor deserve their plight.

I don't want friends who believe it's perfectly okay to abuse others.

And left wing governments have killed far more folk than right wing governments Mao, pol pot, stalin, lenin, chavez . Go talk to the people of venezeula and ask them how well left wing governments did for them so get off your high horse

[When Did it Become Acceptable to Bring Politic of Hate into SL?]

8 hours ago, Evah Baxton said:

What is God's love though? God's creation as we know it so far is wildly intolerant, sexist, immoral and violent. 

What did you expect so is she and thats why we love her