Solaria Goldshark

Have you ever been viewing something on your computer screen and tried to cam about for a better view? Have you ever caught yourself striking a pose you thought resembled your avie's AO?

Kelli May wrote: "I came here to play at something I wasn't, and found out it was me all along" Beautifully perfect. What is it then, that keeps those things we are not from seeing the light of day as we travel through the reality of our lives? Why, I wonder, does it take something like this to discover our "authentic selves"

Madelaine McMasters wrote: This is one of those philosophical discussions that I truly enjoy, can approach from any angle, and may be absolutely pointless. Thanks for indulging me. ;-) I knew I liked you.

Good morning all! Happy Hump day! Peace!

Charolotte Caxton wrote: Solaria Goldshark wrote: Have you learned anything about yourself you would not have learned had you not participated in this experience? Yes. I have learned so much about myself by being given the freedom to be myself. Who I want to be, who I am, and who I still am even given that freedom. More so, I have been given the gift of being able to be spontaneous and anonymous, while still being true to myself, to other spontaneous authentic others. In some way I think you've hit on the experience on many. There are aspects of yourself that could not have surfaced if not for this. I like this part "authentic others"

Madelaine McMasters wrote: Solaria Goldshark wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: Solaria, have I learned anything about myself I'd not have learned had I not come to SL? I don't know. And that has made all the difference. Thank you for that post Madelaine. That was pure joy. I hadn't read that Frost poem for a very long time. At one time I would have said that the traveler was confident that the choice of roads was the right choice. Wisdom and time, and further ruminations of this Frost classic tells me that is not the case. Frost is my "stranded on a desert island" poet. I think he was poking fun at we who look back and make the nostalgic, romantic leap to suppose that even our most mundane choices are life changing. I'm sure there are people for whom Second Life has had a tremendous impact. I also believe that it's difficult to know which of us are those people. Although this place is called Second Life, in truth we don't get to run the experiment of our lives twice. But in many instances it (this) is that experiment. Setting forks in the road aside for the moment, for many, for some, or even for few, it is that chance..to experiment..to take an alternate path...and perhaps to learn things about yourself on a different road....a different role. I agree in full that we don't get to live our lives twice....I'll climb out on a limb and say that you're different for being here and have leaned something about yourself, even perhaps others, that you would not have if not for this....I'm pretty sure I have. Would I have learned these things if not for this? Perhaps not. I don't know.

Madelaine McMasters wrote: Solaria, have I learned anything about myself I'd not have learned had I not come to SL? I don't know. And that has made all the difference. Thank you for that post Madelaine. That was pure joy. I hadn't read that Frost poem for a very long time. At one time I would have said that the traveler was confident that the choice of roads was the right choice. Wisdom and time, and further ruminations of this Frost classic tells me that is not the case.

Hippie Bowman wrote: Circe Broom wrote: Hello all.. I am usually a forum lurker, but wanted to try out this new setup. So far, it looks okay, maybe better than before.:smileyhappy: Ahhhh! Welcome to my thread! Hippie hands Circe a drink, a bowl of popcorn, and points to a comfy spot near the fire! Peace! I remember seeing this thread when it started.....getting close to a year and a half or something. Please publish the Cliffs Notes to this if you are able.....or put a few more logs on the fire.....I have some 500+ pages to read.

Qie Niangao wrote: People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves. -- Ernest Becker I'd like to think so. But what about all the other realities created by those around us? Did Ernest Becker factor in co-creation? Am I still creating my own reality when it bumps into a opposing reality? I wonder if Mr. Becker thought the whole thing through to the end.

jwenting wrote: that's always impossible to answer with an affirmative. I don't know and can't possibly know what I would have learned and experienced had it not been for SL. It is a hard question to answer for sure.....when you think about what you'd be like if this thing or that thing never happened. Forks in the road, paths not taken....... Am I better or worse, for this road, or that road? Interesting to think about, but definitely hard to answer.

Syo Emerald wrote: Maybe me either.

Have you learned anything about yourself you would not have learned had you not participated in this experience?

JeanneAnne wrote: JulesMatriarchy wrote: I hereby propose the following amendments to the SL TOS. It should be forbidden to: Post, display or transmit Content that is obscene, misogyny, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; Post, display or transmit any material, object or text that encourages, represents, or facilitates sexual violence and abuse against women. Let's start the debate. basically .. i think that whatever you find objectionable is your own business .. live & let live .. if you dont like something dont do it & dont go to sims where it goes on .. just mind your own business Jeanne This is the right answer Jeanne. What we have here are people making an agreement to participate in certain activities which are objectionable to some onlookers. The onlookers are not part of the agreement.

Thank you resident Martian....it's nice to see that extraterrestrials are a friend of labor, even though many terrestrials are not.

Zaphod Kotobide wrote: Is this the place where we gripe about how the old forums were so much better? No...that was the past...welcome to the now. Look forward, be brave, have courage.....learn to let go.

bejjinks wrote: Are you making up evidence to support what you want to believe? Are you dogmatically holding on to what you believe and refuse to look at evidence that suggests you might be wrong? I have examined the evidence for myself. I have taken the responsibility and in wisdom acknowledged that I don't have all the answers. So you could be wrong? Are you making up evidence to support what you believe? I especially love the part where you say you don't have all the answers. Intermission One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. it is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous. (So the old bamboozles tend to persist as the new bamboozles rise.) [Carl Sagan, The Fine Art of Baloney Detection] In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. [Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP keynote address] Without using coercion, perhaps you'd be so kind as to bestow upon us simpletons this amazing evidence you have for us to examine, since as you say, having examined the same evidence you have we would come to the same beliefs as you have. The entire flaw in your position is that troublesome issue of "Belief"

No. Many women choose to engage in this activity. They do not have to. They have their reasons for doing so. And that is their choice.

Belief in a thing tends to make a person deny any evidence to the contrary. It is as one says...."a beautiful armor"

MuffinUnsane wrote: So what phrase or slogan do you find annoying? : o Forum specific: "I'm back to SL and looking to make friends." just saying. it is what it is. kthxbi LOL

Aurelia Lionheart wrote: Facelights should be banned! I'm still seeing spots from this encounter. And I'm still wondering why they are still offered. I've seen lighthouses that don't render as much light. I could turn it off on my end but I like seeing local lights, just not a walking, talking beacon of light. For lighting without face shadows, and for those using Firestorm, I like windlight "CalWL" as my go to setting. I do like to leave region settings on just to see what lighting people choose to present their sims.

MoiselleErin Teardrop wrote: . BUT the grand problem - now I have that stupid song stuck in my head. It's not the song that would have been stuck in my head. I might have been asking if they were blueberry, or banana pancakes. The cow head seems quite normal, but the type of pancake is the real deal breaker.

Drake1 Nightfire wrote: aCK, ACK ACK ACK ack, ackack. I will never forgive you for that.

Kaidin Ulrik wrote: ... your topic caused people to stray off of talking about anything you had to say..... Pretty much the straying off topic started with you. Most people took the time to respond with an opinion, whether they agreed with it or not. Such is the wonderful thing about a conversation; It starts somewhere and can lead anywhere. What's obvious to me is that you clearly are bored or you wouldn't have started a thread about how bored you are with conversations on the forum. I'll gladly take it over there if you want to go tit for tat on unrelated comments and digs as to how poorly I've framed things.

Kaidin Ulrik wrote: tahahaha, this is true, my point was that the creator did a horrible job in trying to create conversation... this looks like a giant slam!!! Don't look now, but there is a converstion going on. You can participate or do some chest beating about how this is a giant slam for you. But it's not, and I'll tell you why...brace yourself for it.....are you ready? If I got easily offended, or took things personally, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

Kaidin Ulrik wrote: it hurts to try and read all the remarks on this one.... very few actually agree with the thread topic =x Imagine how dull life would be if everyoned agreed.