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  1. Madelaine McMasters
    I gotta make this for myself...
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    I am as baffled by this RTFM behavior as you, but that's just how it works. Effort is more precious than time?
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    I'm clearly doing something wrong. I came to SL after reading a "Real Economies of Virtual Worlds" article in the Wall Street Journal that also mentioned SL's "red light reputation". In truth, that was also a significant attraction for me (still is, though I hide it so well even I can't find it). I pretty much dress and do as I please, and that seems to please very few others. I don't socialize much these days, but even when I did, I did not get much "attention". I'm probably more likely to IM males, as I spend most of my "away from home" time in sandboxes. If someone's creativity catches my eye, I'll engage. That has never resulted in a misunderstanding. My inner engineer shines through much more clearly than my inner lesbian Domme. Though my SL behavior and appearance don't elicit the kinds of responses I secretly wish for, that's actually quite fine with me. Sorting through the chaff is a burden I'm happy not to bear. I'm also happy not to discover I'm someone else's chaff.
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    The Fuhrer was shrewd and gregarious But his schemes were extremely nefarious Still the Nazis are fun To lampoon in a pun They're unkampfortable, but hitlerious.
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    What the hell, I haven't had 10 of either since I started here!
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    yes idk that i have no problem with any of the kind problem . I have friend he told me about what you said. I tell him that actually they should avoid virtual since it will more make them avoid peopke. we all know virtual imclude gakng online are dangerous. it addicted. and there are some people destroy their rl life for online life. The relationship between social anxiety and online socialization is complex. You and your friend are probably misinformed or at least underinformed... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260965/ My 14 year experience with SL residents who admit social anxiety or anxiety/depression in general, is that SL has been a net positive for them, lowering the risk of social engagements. To the extent the rest of us understand and empathize with them, we can hopefully help build their confidence and reduce their anxiety. In return, we get the benefit of their wit, wisdom, and perspective. I can meet gregarious people anywhere, sometimes without intention. SL and other online venues before it have been a valuable source of connections with people I otherwise might never meet.
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    I didn't post anything in that thread, and I only rarely post peeves in the current incarnation of that thread. I do like to rant about meaningless things, or even things I like, but have no serious complaints. I live a charmed life.
  10. Madelaine McMasters
    You're drinking liquids too close to bedtime?
  11. Madelaine McMasters
    I recall my childhood friends describing the seemingly ubiquitous "being chased by monsters, in slow motion" dreams. I have no such recollections. I did, in my twenties, recall a single vivid dream in which I had to roll up the cuff of my jeans three times instead of the usual two. I'm a short rural girl, so rolling up cuffs is de-rigueur. I reasoned that the third roll was an expression of my concern over growing shorter (which I'm doing at this very moment). One benefit of wearing high heels is that I don't have to cuff my jeans. That must be why I still keep a few pairs in my RL wardrobe.
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    Oh, the mendacity!
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    Any time I sad face there is a 95% chance it is tongue-in-cheek, not to be confused with a scorn laugh. Think of it as an overly dramatic lip quivering. I'm slowly working in mock sad faces, and never use scorn laughs. I think (hope) that my satire and mock sarcasm are well recognized, and I'm always looking for opportunities to push through to greater comedic heights. The potential for misunderstanding requires some care. I'm not at all confident I can clearly convey mock scorn through the "Haha" reaction, so I never use it that way and still rarely to convey my amusement (I'm working on that, it's harder than I thought). Mock sadness is less prone to misunderstanding, so I'm starting to play with it. As you have opined, humor is hard. It's also great fun.
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    I don't have time to go digging at the moment, but I learned about an "upside down" research project (Russian, I think?) when I was a child. IIRC, students were provided with inversion glasses, which they wore continuously. For the first couple/several days, they were severely disoriented, managing navigation by touch. There was no gradual improvement during the day, but on the fourth (making that number up) day, they awoke to find their vision had return to normal. Their brains had "rewired" overnight. Upon removing the glasses, they were once again disoriented and the "fix" was again implemented overnight. This is consistent with the experience of a colleague who suffered a detached retina, which was repaired via laser "welding". The day after his surgery, he described a severely warped world, in which "right angles no longer exist". This was the result of his retina being distorted during reattachment. He was told that the distortion would eventually correct, but with no additional detail. I theorized that he would go to sleep in the next few days, worrying that improvement was not coming, then wake to discover everything was fine. That's precisely what happened.
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    Projection! Or a reasonable extrapolation of my curiosity into the absurd, which is where I love to play.
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    To some extent, isn't your wish my command? Doesn't that hold true for everyone I meet?
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    Though I am certainly quite interested in how the brain operates, and am wary of any technique that alters it (including formal education), I wouldn't say I don't like such techniques. I'm a huge fan of formal education! I'd also be willing to enter a well constructed clinical trial of psilocybin. My optometrist, sharing my endless curiosity about the brain, has (only half jokingly) asked if I'd be his clinical trial buddy if such an opportunity presented itself. I accepted. Many years ago (20 at least) I read of the case of a young California man who'd spent excessive time playing a headset immersive VR game,. He eventually developed cognitive problems that interfered with his daily life. A subsequent examination revealed he was having "flashbacks" similar to those experienced by those who'd taken "acid trips". Since then, evidence has grown that exposure to hallucinogenic imagery, whether via immersive computer visuals or drugs, causes the brain to wire new neural pathways as it attempts to make sense of the stimuli. Perhaps first named "The Tetris Effect" it's now referred to as "Game Transfer Phenomena". It's worth keeping this in mind as we stand at the leading edge of a potential VR age. I've been commingling SL and RL memories for years and would be cautious about immersing more deeply in VR. Still, I can imagine very much liking that immersion. Education, VR, psychoactive drugs - if you add daily living to the mix, that's four methods of brain alteration that I'm wary about and interested in, three of which I have and continue to enjoy. I don't recall my dreams, so don't know if SL presents in them. I do know that my SL and RL memories do commingle, not to any worrisome extent, but enough for me to remain wary.
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    You're crap at it.
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    I have some SL guidance for you, Sippie. Post more! SL pearls are cheap.
  20. Madelaine McMasters
    Now that's an entrance, Catfish!
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    Hi, Dream! Having nothing to say has never stopped me. It already being said has never stopped me either. There, I've set the bar low enough you can get over it. But, if you just like to read, I'm not the only one here that can't be shut up.
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    I was suffering during the whole video too, luckily the poor guy didn't get hit by any car I've had two encounters like this. The first was on I-94 between Milwaukee and Chicago, mid-day. Two ducks and their chicks decided to hitchhike. I stopped my car, straddling the left two lanes, and flagged down a car to straddle the right two. After several minutes of honking, quacking, yelling, laughing and general madness, we got the tour party turned around and off to safety. I don't think I've ever seen so many smiling faces on the Interstate. Some years later, at night, I encountered a magnificent snapping turtle trying to cross the Milwaukee River via bridge. I'd been bitten and tail whipped by one when young, and wasn't looking for a repeat experience. I tried to coax her off the bridge with my feet, but she wasn't having it. It was just a matter of time before a drunk came along and killed us both (that's another story), so I called 911 for someone with gloves. Two squad cars later, after trying to figure out where she wanted to go, we got Ms. Wiggly to the river bank. I'll never know for sure if we'd got her to her destination, or back to her starting point. Think twice before accepting my help. I imagine the beaver in that video escaped without harm. S/he was probably in only a bit more danger than the person wielding the camera, and possibly as oblivious to it. Every day I see new road kill, or evidence of predation in my yard, I am thankful I'm a human.
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    Are we gonna have to have a Triumvirate of the Adorable, too? I'm not giving up that appellation without a fight.
  24. Madelaine McMasters
    Amelia, we were beginning to think you'd never join us! Welcome aboard!!! ...nails your shoes to the forum floor.
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