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  1. Ayashe Ninetails
    Yep, because that's where it basically originated. The acronym/name may be somewhat recent (and how and why it became that, I do not know), but we used to basically call that "diversity training" back in the day. Companies (and schools and hospitals and universities and and and) eventually realized they had to diversify their workforce for a whole host of reasons - everything from countering ageism to ensuring there's pay equity to providing adequate family leave to understanding the importance of accessibility in the workplace (that's a biggie, and companies are still struggling with that). And speaking of which, before this thread flies off into another round of gender wars (👀), I'll also add that DEI does include age, veteran status, and people with disabilities. The culture of SL is a different topic, though. Similar, but different, as we'd no longer be looking at the organization (LL) and how it's structured, but the diversity of the platform itself. I do think LL does a good job of encouraging platform diversity, though - just looking at their site, promos, YouTube channel, Flickr and social media, blog, etc.
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    If you mean diversity within SL itself, then I wouldn't really call that DEI. Like the other words getting yeeted around in order to scare people and muddy the waters, they usually refer to something rather specific, despite the attempt by others to make us all freak out and fight as a distraction (without going into detail, one of the other boogieman words referred specifically to things primarily taught in post grad/law school, for example, but we see how that worked out). If you want my opinion on SL's overall diversity, though - it's meh. Better in some ways than others.
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    Against my better judgment to even engage with this topic, I'll just pop in to agree with this. It generally refers to corporate hiring, employee training and development, and promotion practices, so given that, it's more a question of how I'd rate DEI initiatives at LL itself. Since I don't have any insight to that or what their overall workforce even looks like, I'll refrain from answering.
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    Same experience for me as well. Most women I've known in SL and out are extremely bold and often the pursuer in these situations. Sure, they'd get lots of IMs, but if they really wanted to talk to a certain person, they were already headed in their direction anyway. I myself go back and forth with this. Sometimes more passive, sometimes the first to strike up a convo. It depends.
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    Yup. Allll the way back to AOL and IRC a/s/l days. Nuffin new, nuffin new.
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    I'm not even sure what's being argued in here anymore. *side eyes my coffee* Are we saying women don't receive lots of IMs from men or somethin'? We absolutely do (generally speaking). That's not even a new thing. It's been that way since I first skipped into SL in 2005. Hell, that's not even limited to SL. Go play any multiplayer game with a cute female character and see what happens. For the record, men get hit on a lot, too, but that tends to be a bit different and usually a bit more targeted. We get offered gold and mounts and item shop junk for no good reason, lol.
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    Thankya, Cinnamon! Yeah, a lot will come down to what type of look you want. In general, though, you can find androgynous clothing at AsteroidBox, TwoSided, Boys to the Bone, Red Girl, and Strunsh. Those stores typically have some items and outfits that come with both male and female body sizes. If you want a female body, places like Technofolk do tomboy looks very well. For a flat chest, your options are V-Tech for Legacy F or eBody Reborn, older V-Tech for Maitreya (not sure if you can still get that, though) if you want to wear older Maitreya Lara 5.3 clothing, Lara Flat (5.3) for older clothing, or Lara Flat X for newer stuff. Lara Flat X doesn't have a lot of support yet, but that may change as time goes on. Other flat chests exist, but you'll have a rough time finding clothing made for them. And if it all sounds confusing, don't worry - it is. It's a LOT, I know. Best advice I have - check stores (I recommend browsing in-world to take advantage of sales), find clothes you like, and figure out from there which body/chest combos have enough support for you to want to invest in.
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    I'm not sure what memory has to do with it. Gopi mentioned being hit on a lot with his female avatars and turning off his IMs to get some peace - that all sounded fairly recent by my reading of the first post. At any rate, as to attractiveness, you're asking me about what men find attractive? *gigglesnorts* I don't know, but I do know SL beauty standards have shifted a bit (don't they always?), so tall, lanky girls are kind of *out* these days. I doubt my old look would still be receiving attention right now.
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    You can get eyeshadow and eyeliner like that from just about anywhere. It's very common. Try MILA, Fontaine, Jack Spoon, Nuve, MJN, Velour, Goreglam, Samia, Sintiklia, Izzie's, Top1Salon, Alaskametro, Dotty's Secret, and Pout, for a start. Depending on your mesh head, you may also be able to get that look through your own HUD. Set the eyeliner on one layer, the shadow on another, and tint them independently via the color picker.
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    Lol, too right. There are plenty of fearsome creatures roaming around. Now that you mention it, though, I rarely see goblins at all. I think I've come across one.
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    Yes! THIS is a whole THING! I'm not surprised whatsoever about the centaurs. I've heard that before, definitely! 🤣 Also, male werewolves seem to be a fan favorite, as well, from what I've heard, lol. Minotaurs, too, I think. People are just silly, sometimes. I even got hit on (teasingly, doubt it was serious) on my frog, and the puns were sooooo stupid, lmaoooo.
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    Yeah, BUT, a lot of it comes down to a combination of avatar appearance and sometimes profile. Some looks tend to get hit on more than others, too. If I go out somewhere with my friend in a human avatar, she'll get hit on once or twice (or more), but I will not. Her avatar is more traditionally attractive and definitely more on-trend (shape wise) than I am. Look at Flickr or the weekend sale ads - yeah, like that. I'm tall in Maitreya with natural curves, a small chest, tomboyish, and very alternative. She's shorter, very curvy/thick (GenX Curvy I think, or Reborn, I dunno one of those), long hair, and very classically pretty. She's just more inviting, methinks, than the chick with full body tats and a dozen rings in her face. 😂 Prior to changing my human look, back when I was just mildly alternative and a bit more feminine, we'd both get hit on - often by the same dude simultaneously (lol). I eventually made the decision to do a makeover because the IMs in general were just too gross past a certain point AND they were starting to come in when I was at home on my own private parcel, so guys were definitely fishing through groups looking for random women to message. I also noticed a sharp drop-off just by adding "genderfluid" to my profile for a bit, before the makeover. I was curious if that'd make a difference and yeah - IMs died entirely, so I could have technically just stopped there, but yolo, shaved mah head anyway. 😏 I'll also say you can be TOO pretty for IMs, too, if guys feel you're intimidating in some way. Avatar type can matter somewhat, too, depending. Very pretty fantasy avatars may or may not get hit on. Furries do (can confirm, lol). Anything a bit too extreme, though, like the weird stuff I tend to run around in - not a chaaaaaaaance!
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    I never took stock of which clothing I own has autohide, so I don't know which stores do it. I believe Bartimeu does, but don't quote me. I'm also not sure if they create anything for Jake as I'm Legacy. Though it's important to note - if you use outfits to change, autohide isn't always going to be reliable, either. I've had to tweak things manually when swapping avatars via Outfits on occasion. Autohide is not really something I've ever felt was necessary, though. Fiddling with alphas is just part of the game, unfortunately. No clothing can account for the entire range of avatar movement, and my avatars move a LOT due to me liking very active AOs and dances. I still may have to jump in and hide parts of my shoulders, chest, or back, despite the top hiding the more necessary areas automatically. HUDs do make the process considerably easier, though. I have no desire to mess with bodies that solely rely on alpha layers. That's TOO fiddly for my liking.
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    Works for me! I like being in the aisle seat so I can scope the cute guys on the plane without having to find reasons to get up and walk around like a dork. 😂 Peeve: I miss traveling. I haven't been anywhere in YEARS. Unacceptable.
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    You're taking me, right?
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    Yeah, that seems a bit extreme to me, too. I typically welcome random IMs, though funny enough, I never get any anymore. The last time someone jumped into my IMs was like a year ago and I was a deer at the time. He just wanted to compliment me on being cute, which I didn't mind one bit. That avie IS damn cute. 😂 My human female avatars are never approached these days, so this isn't something I have to worry about anymore. Back in the day, I'd get some obnoxious IMs here and there, but once I started wearing more piercings and tattoos and shaved hairstyles, men are no longer interested. Well, maybe it's the jacked up eyes and skull tattoo on half of my face. Whatever. It works. I'm happy. The fastest way off the random IM radar - head/face tats.
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    Yes and no. You have to buy feet that are rigged for the body you're wearing, or else you'll get unsightly gaps/mismatches. Slink can no longer be purchased. For human feet, I only know of some high heel feet for Jake. Everything else I can think of would be for animals/furries/fantasy avatars (paws, hooves, bird feet, dragon/lizard/raptor feet, frog feet, etc.).
  18. Ayashe Ninetails
    Well that's horrifying! This also reminds me that I haven't really taken a good deep dive into an apocalyptic book in a long freakin' time. Ballard's The Crystal World is the last one that unnerved me. I read King's Cell long after that, but that one was just silly. Opening sequence was kind of fun cheese, though. I do have some fun books I still need to poke through. Peeve: remember when Ebay had great sales on paperbacks often? I bought a bunch back then. Feels like ages ago!
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    It needs a more exciting plot. Something something, falling into a well, something something.
  20. Ayashe Ninetails
    I was SO peeved!!!!! I got NOTHIN'!!!!!!!!! 🤣
  21. Ayashe Ninetails
    Nope. Not that either, LOL. From Blavity: On a Twitter thread about the coronavirus vaccine conspiracy theories, one woman floated the idea that Dec. 21 would feature Black people gaining special abilities. Black folks on Twitter not only roasted the woman for her outlandish theory but turned it into a meme that spawned days of top-tier jokes. Even Missy got in on it, lol.
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    No no, not that. Nooothing to do with that. LOL, the superpowers bit. 😂😂😂 It's possible you missed it since that was a very inside joke, LMAO. I do remember quite a few people being completely lost as to what 99% of those tweets even meant. 🤣
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    Lol, that's cute, BUT...this eclipse has nothing on Dec 2020. I dunno if you remember that, but those memes had me falling out of my chaaaaaaaaair. There was another event where some guy predicted the end of the world. Can't remember when that happened, but Twitter was completely out of pocket that day, too. 😂 Today's memes feel so mid! I'm gonna need Twitter to wake up a bit.
  24. Ayashe Ninetails
    I get what you're saying. Queen does feel like a pretty big improvement in a lot of ways. It's just I was able to achieve such an adorable (and somewhat unique) look with Freya that I just can't get with any other head. It's mostly in the nose and cheeks, I think. Not to mention, male Freya was kinda hot, I'm just sayin... 👀😂 I still might throw it into rotation despite how much I loathe that HUD. Maybe it's worth it to get my old face back on occasion. Maybe, lol.
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    I've been mostly ignoring it, but I am sad to report the social memes aren't even funny. Twitter fell off! They're usually way more on top of this stuff.
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