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  1. I'll just do one more. Feeling inspired by this thread. I'll stop after this one...
  2. My two avatars are having a conversation in character - and getting increasingly annoyed with each other. (Prescott is thinking: "The lady sure got some nerve criticizing my new Cologne de Frontière Ouest while sitting there smoking herself... I'll put that cig out with a bullet next. Yes ma'am!")
  3. Very good point. Yes, that can be a sign. And it just hit me – I keep changing Evie's looks and hair, but Prescott has been more or less the same all along. He's so like Zebulon Macahan. And he needs to get out more. We used to watch the series "How the West was Won" back in the day and joke about the number of days between Zeb 's showers.
  4. I put my (old) age on my profile but I'm kind of on the fence whether to post RL gender. I'm not sure "RL gender" really matters. Sorry for the long post, I've tried to divide it into parts. I hope someone may find it reasonably interesting. RL Age - RL gender I posted my RL age (born 1958) and that's partly because I might not have all that much in common with 20-somethings and I really don't want to waste their time. As for gender ... well, I'm not on SL for sex or SL relationships. I'm mainly here for escapism and soul searching and some fun/virtual relaxation. I don't feel I owe it to anyone to tell them what my real life body looks like. It's not in super shape anymore, that's for sure... sigh... so I am a little bit vain since I like to at least feel pretty here. But both my avatars are frauds if we put RL in the mix... ...physically I am nothing like either of them. Body vs Soul I keep coming back to the old song "Body and Soul" (recommend Coleman Hawkins from 1939, it's on Youtube). Note the key word "and" in the title. I think many people are mixing up the concepts. And many don't seem to be able to separate the "body" from the "soul" which lives inside you - the soul being the "spiritual life form" which inevitably will leaves the physical body when our days on this earth are over. The body will wither and go back to Gaia. We don't know what happens to the soul. A Spiritual Paintbrush In Second Life, we have been given the paintbrushes to paint our souls. We can leave our earthly body behind and we can instead get a digital Maitreya or a Jake or whichever more or less perfect 3D body we like. The soul is the same. Does a soul have a gender? My take on that is that our souls - the inner spirit - is completely free of all that. It is much more than simply "male" or "female" or "trans" or any of the other earthly limitations and ticked boxes we carry around. Free. Inner Desires My female avatar is a "spirit painting" of my futile inner wish to return to the more carefree days I remember from the 1970s. Rolled-up jeans, great pop music and somewhat ridiculous clothes. I felt at home there. That period represents a form of security for me (Evie). Prescott (my male avi) paints a picture of something that happened even longer ago - to the "wild west" and a homestead or a wagon out in the wilderness. I don't think anyone ever asked Prescott if he is really a girl in RL. Gosh... I guess nobody dared! He seriously looks like the type that shoots first (no, not like that...! ) and asks questions later. Which one of these two avatars is the "real me"? Answer: both of them. Plus probably many more, but I have only explored these two... My main point We are all so much more than just a physical or digital body. We have bodies - but we are souls. SL gives us the tools to make a journey inwards, into ourselves, and see a glimpse of our own inner spirit. May peace and love be with you all.
  5. My personal take on this chess thing is that we are being played. I am putting forward a theory that people are being played against each other on a massive scale. Specifically, we are seeing the old technique of "divide and rule". The purpose, from my very personal viewpoint, seems to be: to keep people perpetually unhappy, demoralised and in-fighting between themselves. It's a rather sad outlook, I know. That's why I'm making this post - in the hope that I am wrong! Some groups I can think of being relentlessly played against each other are: men against women old against young black against white immigrants against residents LGBT against CIS homeowners against renters working people against unemployed "left wing" against "right wing" (a massive group) petrol car owners against environmentalists trans chess players against all other chess players... There are many more, but these groups popped into my head first. "Divide and rule" seems to be actively pushed by channels like television, newspapers, large marketing companies, politically driven vested interests etc. --------------------------------------- In the case of chess, I would like to take a closer look at the board/management of the Chess Federation. Who, exactly, took this decision to play one group of chess players against other groups of chess players? Where exactly did such an order originate? It must have originated with a person. Someone decided this. Who was it? That's where we should look. "We the people" should not get distracted into in-fighting. Look further. --------------------------------------- I also think this specific attempt at causing division among chess players (seriously...?) needs to be seen in a larger perspective. This "divide and rule" concept is going on in every corner of society. Someone wants things this way. Next question: Qui bono? Who gains? I do not have any answer to that. The road ahead becomes too foggy around that bend.
  6. Why are there even different classes between males and females in the first place...? One could argue that chess would only need one single class, open to all genders. Problem solved.
  7. It might be "political". You mentioned this guy was a libertarian something. If your views are somewhere on the other side of the spectrum, that might trigger him somehow. I'm just guessing - don't want to speculate too much. Differing political views is obviously not an excuse for bad behaviour. --------------------------------------------------- If this was me I'd probably put up a "ground level skybox" and simply block off his parcel with some nice background image so I couldn't see his place at all. Depends on how big your parcel is. I had a 4096sqm place once where I had a ground level skybox. I think 4096 is probably the minimum for a good result. Looking "from the outside in", my skybox was transparent (neighbours could see the place fine, but my avatars were never visible to avatars on neighbouring parcels). Being "inside the skybox", I had a beautiful mountain panorama which blended in with the hedges & trees around the edges of the parcel. I never saw the neighbours and I don't think they ever saw me.
  8. I seriously don't understand why some people just cannot leave others alone. It is beyond my comprehension. I feel for you, I really do.
  9. This. As for friendships, if I did accept them I also felt the need to "be there". To do the "responsible thing", somehow. The IM's within 30 seconds from logging on ... yes, can relate. The post describes the main reason why I finally did clear out the friends list. And stopped visiting most hangouts... And frequently logged off again... In a way it's a pity because I enjoyed open chat. But, I can't give away what I do not have.
  10. I wasn't aware of the Banana Fish reference. But I have now looked it up. I like learning about new things I did not know before.
  11. As long as you clearly define under your "1st life fin" whether you carry roe or milt in the real ocean. I do apologize ...
  12. It sounds like you didn't ask to get IM'ed in the first place. But then somehow you were made to feel like a "deceiver" - in a metaverse which is heavily marketed as "roleplay". SL sure can be a paradox at times. (Apologies if I have misunderstood anything btw.) I don't interact much either nowadays... Another song popped into my head: "Is this the real life... is this just fantasy...? Caught in a landslide... no escape from reality..."
  13. "Am I a boy or a lady, I don't know which..." ("Bobby Brown" by Frank Zappa) I have one male and one female avatar on SL. My female avi (this one) looks quite nice. And I try to be polite in chat. Sometimes it feels uneasy - especially if one of these "predator" guys show up and starts sending IM's and friend requests after two minutes. But that's just SL ... it is what it is. My male avi could probably have played a part in "Alias Smith and Jones" if anyone remembers that series (Pete Duel... why oh why...?). Am I female or male for real? Take a guess if you like. I don't really care what SL people "are" in real life. It's none of my business. I take them at face value. But sometimes it's pretty obvious - huge boobs is a giveaway lol. I just feel old and grey in real life. SL makes a nice change. Nobody wants to see my saggy ole' RL body, that's for sure... sigh... I've also become more of a recluse in SL as well. Maybe SL and RL really are the same...
  14. I've tried that. But with very limited success. I was only asking for directions... That's me on the left.
  15. I'm watching my jumping dolphins from a virtual beach. Made a little bossa nova tune and put it on the Soundcloud page: My SL looks (and sounds) like this:
  16. Thank you. No problems. I wasn't quite sure. All good.
  17. I realise that my earlier post (on page 8) was poorly phrased. My exact words were "Threads do seem to get locked." ---------------------- Correction: On page 8 in this thread, I should have written "Some threads do seem to get locked." ---------------------- It was not my intention to mean "every thread". But I could have phrased the post better. I have seen some threads get locked, including one thread where I had also posted. I was interested in seeing how that particular thread was going to develop. But since that other thread was locked, there was no further development.
  18. Well I for one only have one (1) account on these forums and have never posted here under any other name. I have one alt on SL itself but that alt is not on this forum.
  19. Threads do seem to get locked. I was about to post something in the "deserted Gor" thread ... but found it had been locked ... can't really see why, but hey, censors know better than I do. I've made a few posts the last few days but I also find myself thinking "what am I doing here?" In the real world there are now many areas where (poor) people are obviously not allowed to speak their mind. So they keep silent, because what else can they do? And they retreat to their own backyards (if they have one). In SL, we are probably retreating into personal bubbles too. Ban lines go up - in more ways than one. It is inevitable. I'll take the servant's exit when I leave...
  20. Maybe property inflation is creeping into SL as well... I've heard that in ancient times, like "pre-2008", people used to live in houses (instead of tents, caravans, cars, campsites or on the street).
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