Theresa Tennyson
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10 minutes ago, UnilWay SpiritWeaver said:
That's not unlike the reaction one would get about a decade ago if they mentioned having good proportions or being closer to 1:1 scale for avatar height. People would pile on to attack whoever suggested the idea and start claiming they were being "persecuted" by the person for that person daring to have a different style of shape. It was comedic tragedy in how wild the reactions could get.
But now - SL is about evenly split between people making proportioned shapes and people not.
But that's also why I think the issue will take a lot of time to get across. Despite the fact that 'copy/mod' was actually the norm for SL for it's first decade when the vast majority of 'creators' were furries.
It seems to be changing though - this thread has been around almost a day and we haven't gotten the usual suspects who defend no-mod yet. Also, I've been noticing that modifiable vehicles are becoming a lot more common, especially from "big names." The Lusch/Szym/GEMC family of makers are mostly -mod now and there's actually a cottage industry of making add-ons for their vehicles.
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7 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:
One can always choose one's response - even if one has no control otherwise. (From general teachings.)
This is good thinking in theory, and in general, but a lot of the time the "choice" has already been made before the person consciously makes it.
I'm a pretty intentional person. If I hurt you, it probably was a case of:
1) I was trying to hurt you,
2) I chose to do the thing that hurt you most from a list of hurtful options,
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3) I probably made some sort of chart.
One of the things I had to learn about the world is that not everyone is like that. A lot of what people do is more or less by reflex. So, if someone else hurt me I shouldn't assume it's intentional just because of how my mind works. One of the keys to being resilient is to try separate yourself from what happened to you and look at it from the outside, and to see if it really means what it appears to when you're right next to it. Something that seems like a crisis or disaster can look much more manageable from a distance.
(This is a more subtle and enigmatic song than you might think from other versions...)
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20 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:
It is not clear whether the original "intended" topic was how Second Life can help one be "resilient" in RL, or how one can be "resilient" within Second Life itself, completely separate from and unrelated to RL.
Isn't that kind of like saying, "I'm not in my house, I'm in my kitchen"?
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4 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said:
I've created threads about all sorts of things. But I've noticed that whenever you encounter a thread of mine with more depth (related to how we relate to each other in SL usually) then you become disturbed.
How does that make you feel?
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1 minute 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?
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1 hour ago, Luna Bliss said:
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
Once upon a time there was a website called Television Without Pity, where people wrote snarky reviews of television shows.
One of the writers had an interesting variation on these lines:
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you may be the one screwing things up for everyone else."
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4 hours ago, Mr2Chill said:
"Should we limit Second Life to one IP address per household and prohibit the use of VPNs and alternate accounts? I think we should, because there are a lot of bad people using it. Alternate accounts are annoying as they can be used for harassing others and hiding one's true identity. Additionally, there are fake accounts on here like London City using alts to boost traffic numbers, which are not accurate anyway. Lastly, there are bad people using VPNs to invade the platform. Therefore, we should implement a one IP per household, one account policy to improve the safety and authenticity of the platform. What do you all think?"
4 hours ago, Wulfie Reanimator said:"Who are you quoting?"
I'm guessing something like ChatGPT, since taking away the quotes gets you...
4 hours ago, Mr2Chill said:also not quoting anybody i came up with this on my own !!! if u want people pay traffic should be Authentic not fake
The OP reminded me of the first affirmative from a high school debate, then it all went pear-shaped.
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2 hours ago, CaitlinParker said:
If Blueberry itself is pulling back from SL while making money in other virtual worlds, then that is a business decision.I'm guessing that they're not making that much to justify the sort of investment that was made. It sounds a lot like the hype for Second Life in the mid-oughts.
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1 minute ago, AzureWaves said:
She’s quoted. Did you read the article? Found in 2012 by…
That might be an alias, but the name of the RL person behind Blueberry is fairly well known and no secret, and that name ain't it.
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12 hours ago, AzureWaves said:
The departure might be related to Blueberry accepting $6 million in investors funding: https://venturebeat.com/games/house-of-blueberry-raises-6m-for-digital-fashion-in-the-metavese/
It's possible the investors decided to focus entirely on Roblox.
It's interesting that none of the names of (RL) people quoted as being from the "House of Blueberry" were the name of the real-life person behind the SL Blueberry brand.
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3 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said:
I've already stated that it's fine if others want to relate in a stereotypical manner -- it's a free world.
With #2 it sounds like you're meaning griefing behavior where giving attention to bad behavior is satisifying to the griefer and so increases it? I don't consider relationship dynamics between others as any kind of griefing though, so don't see your point.
What's your definition of "relationship dynamics between others?" Because your post about ignoring things or saying "no" being bad advice seemed to be more of a blanket statement. A lot of times when those suggestions are made the behavior is griefing. Some time ago we had a venue owner who was being constantly griefed by one specific person and the owner put up Youtube videos about how hawribble the griefer was.
Surprisingly enough, the griefing didn't stop.
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1 minute ago, Arielle Popstar said:
Sensitivity training starts at home and would be best if started by the child's mother as she/he is the one most likely to be aware and impacted by it. So again the onus is on the female of the species to learn and teach reading of the room and how to be sensitive to an appropriate approach.
Theresa Tennyson looks up at Zalificent's post.
Mmm hmmm...
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11 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said:
Yeah I'll never understand this mindset -- the emphasis on advising a person to just block another or say 'no' if bothered by another person's behavior. On the forum many times a person who is bothered by another is even described as 'weak' for letting the situation get to them.
Being unwilling to discuss the behavior we don't like in others is tantamount to accepting that behavior. And much of that behavior should not be accepted and by doing so it gives license to its continuation.
Oh I get it in that sometimes that's all we can do (say 'no') as it's impossible or too difficult to change another, and so it's a quick way to control the situation. But we need to focus as well on the other party -- the one usually causing the problem in the first place.
Now how about these cases:
1) The behavior is unacceptable to you, but others find it completely acceptable.
2) The behavior is generally unacceptable but is being done specifically to cause a reaction, meaning that the reaction is encouraging the unacceptable behavior.
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28 minutes ago, Gabriel Isodo said:
Look at the skin tap. I have a BOM button that I use. But where is the Blend Button can you show me?
The button that says "None" in your picture. Each time you click it, it will change between "None," "Mask" and "Blend." Click it until it says "Mask."
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4 hours ago, Gabriel Isodo said:
I would like advice how to play SL. I notice that this game is hard.
* hard to start : hard to have decent avatar. The learning curve is very steep and noboy to help.
* hard to be social. How to get friends or playing with other. Impression that all player want to play alone
* In secondlife you don't have a second chance. That part is the hardest. Maybe this is the reason why many people start with a new avatar.
My question : what advice you can give me to have fun and play with pleasure ? I try hard to have a nice avatar and make friends and even play games. But I do many mistakes and people don't accept my mistake. I have to be perfect from the first time. I try try try but I think it is like I do 10 try and the 9th is ok. But many times the 1st fails is definitive.
Do I play too seriously ? SL is supposted to be a game. This game affect my mood. When I loose That affect me and My value of myself diminushed or digreas. I have the right word. My selfconfidence go down each time I do a mistake of I fail.
How to have less fails : I want to have 8 fails and then I success instead of 9. How to learn how to play? What is the correct way to play. Specialy socialy. Technicaly it is hard but I can learn it but socialy is the hardest part. Is it really a social game?
What is your advice? Stoping playing ? (if I ask that question it is because I want to play) - Making break I already did it ? Read documentation ? change my mindeset. I try to be happy and optimistic but when I fail how to be optimistic.
I notice also that very often I am lost in the game. I am somewhere and I don't know how to do how to play. It is like that I am lost.
I've noticed that you have a few quotes from "The Little Prince" in your profile, especially the chapter where the Prince meets the Fox.
Don't forget this paragraph:
“What must I do, to tame you?” asked the little prince.
“You must be very patient,” replied the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me — like that — in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day…”
Just reading what you've been writing, you seem like you come on very strong and people who you start to be friends with end up avoiding you. People who talk a lot and want a lot of attention, especially when they've just met someone, can be exhausting for a lot of people. Few people come to Second Life to be exhausted.
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22 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said:
No, it infers why do some people grow up and others don't. Some learn to deal with life on life's terms and others choose to remain a snowflake, ready to melt at the slightest hint of a challenge.
Theresa Tennyson considers a new SL business where she sells nice rounded rocks about the size of a fist and sheets of window glazing.
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13 hours ago, Marianne Little said:
Is it only me who find all the last names available, not only these, childish and anime-ish?
You mean like, "ever, in Second Life history"?
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2 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:
Georgia (the country, not the US state) blatantly ripped off England's flag and made it their official national flag as recently as 2004...
Didn't England rip off St. George first?
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6 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:
Oh, there are still some out there including my own in a box somewhere in RL...
I bet when her friend heard her say, "Tonight we're throwing away the Geneva Convention," they were expecting something completely different.
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8 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:
I'm not sure what to make of the arrows.
Perhaps there were no actual arrows involved, and the arrows are merely symbolic.
There were arrows involved, but they should be where the "+" between England and Scotland are. By the time Ireland was in play, they probably were mostly using firearms.
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34 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said:
It's just like "very" then, an overused qualifier that adds no actual meaning, with the exception that "quite" sounds pretentious when used by someone who is not English.
Y'all are trying to make me say something salty today, aren't you?
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4 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:
As an amateur vexillologist myself, the Flag Institute is quite correct about the Union Flag's status and usage.
The Union Flag (as it is correctly called) was originally created purely as a Royal Navy flag to identify King Charles I (1600-1649) ship's at sea, by including the patron saint crosses of his kingdoms of England and Scotland. The Union Flag was originally designed to be flown to identify Royal Navy ships and not as a national flag, which is a much more recent idea.
The rules about the Union Flag are quite clear and strict, the flag is NOT an official national flag, as the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland is NOT a country and NOT a nation, it is a Sovereign State. No act or law has been passed through the UK's Parliament or been given Royal Assent to make the Union Flag an official "national flag".
From it's use in the Royal Navy, it is the other countries of the world who have seen this flag on British ships over the centuries who have incorrectly assumed that the Union Flag means "the British flag". It does not. The Union Flag is still a Royal Navy flag, which is correctly flown from the jack staff at the bow of a vessel, but only when the vessel is in port or alongside.
It is forbidden for civilian or commercial sea vessels to fly the standard Union Jack at sea, or while berthed in a port. Alternative flags are used instead, the Red Ensign for civilian vessels and the Blue Ensign for government owned vessels (excluding Royal Navy vessels).
On land, the Union Jack is treated as a regimental war banner and used by the British Army. The army's variant has a narrower shape than the usual Union Flag.
The British monarchy grants permission for national organisations the rights and usage of the Royal Navy's Union Flag to represent the UK in a world where most countries have their own official national flags. But the Union Flag is still a Royal Flag, not a national flag, as the UK is neither a nation or a country.
Theresa Tennyson attempts to track down her right eye, which just eyerolled so hard and fast that it literally popped out. Now she has to try and find it with no depth perception. Thanks. Thanks a lot...
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11 minutes ago, Artorius Constantine said:
^ This right here was my first thought. I now have to go through hundreds of mesh items, rez them on world, compare the LI to the listing and if (changed), change the listings, LI counts and sales pictures because I as well, put the LI in the main pic. I guess I'll stop that practice, that made things easier on the shoppers, since it will now cause me a whole lot of extra work.
If the download weight is the deciding factor for land impact it would have changed if the object was resized anyway.
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3 minutes ago, Zalificent Corvinus said:
I was talking about this to a friend last night, who saw the change a week ago, ( owns an RC channel region ).
The reasoning for the "free gift" is, to me, more newsworthy than the actuaal noticable change.
We give you 15 % lower LI on some mesh because...
"The need to waste additional LI on extra lights and PBR probes to stop our busted-ass PBR-fail making your house build interior too damn dark, will eat all the extra LI we gave you for free."
Yeah, I heard someone was going to send Linden Lab an angry letter about it but they broke their neck falling downstairs because they were walking around their house with the lights off.
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