Phil Deakins

Some newer Earthlings avoid Klingons S P A C E

Except you said that "it's an AWFUL summer. Only "mad dogs and Englishmen" would be out in it." And you didn't grant my wish!

Probing round oceans becomes exhausting S H I P S

full back

Granted, but the rest of your life will be terribly boring. I wish that Love would realise that it's the midday sun that only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in

Granted, but it she only cleans robots. Its what robot cleaners do, y'know. I wish it was summer.

Five rabid otters terrify homes M A N I C

Some leopards expect easy prey TIGER

Wrist watch

Table lamp

I believe that you are mistaken about most here not undstanding about supplementing an RL income. I imagine that everyobe understands it. But it's far from the point. The point is that, if SL prices matched RL prices, then shopping would plummet to be relatively negligable, and the SL population (those who actually continued in such circumstances) would hardly buy anything at all, and the majority of businesses would be a great deal worse off. The OP's idea seems to want real businesses for real wages here in SL. But that isn't what SL has ever been about, even though a few have actually done it - I was one of them. One of the biggest beauties of SL is that anyone can start to create or entertain, and start a small hobby business - just for the fun of it. Anyway, I think the whole thing is a silly idea

Shoe tree

I didn't read the whole thread but, imo, the idea is nonsense. SL is an enjoyable pastime, and often a hobby. Businesses in SL are hobby businesses, and time spent doing them is hobby time. Yes, a few people are successful enough in their hobby SL businesses to make RL livelihoods from them, and can even (usually foolishly) quit their RL jobs to pursue them, but that's only a very few people. The result of matching up SL hobby-working time to RL livelihood-working time, and charging the equivalent of RL amounts for the labours, would be to kill off most of the spending in SL and, consequently, most of the SL businesses, imo. Some exceptions would be doing things for other people, such as scripting and making meshes - things that take RL non-hobby time.

Binary tree

Apple pie

Fast car

food store

Knuckle under

tennis ball

tunnel vision

That's what the OpenSim grids are.

ground zero

High noon

Smart ass

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