kali Wylder
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It's Friday!
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Car battery is dead. Well duh, I haven't used it since March.
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1 hour ago, KateaSL said:
I look at profiles like everyone else and one thing that I have noticed is that guys have a lot of Picks of women saying how this person is there BFF or they are their ride or die. Women also do but they include women in that category as well. I have never see a guy put in his picks how "john" is a great friend and BFF. I wonder why that is?
I have.
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I loved the idea of witches, Wicca, magic ever since I was a little girl. I read everything I could find about it. As a teenager and into my 20s I dabbled in all kinds of new age cults and practices. It was a lot of fun. I still read tarot cards on special occasions. Sadly, I've never seen any evidence to make me believe that any of it was more than wishful thinking.
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5 hours ago, Drakonadrgora Darkfold said:
There are a lot of people both on the forums and inworld that act like this. anyone that claims there isnt is just a fool.
Depends on what you mean by a lot. It's a matter of perception. How many? Even encountering one such person is more than enough for some people. Others focus on the many other peeps who are not mean, and their perception is that yeah, there are some meanies, but there are so many good, nice, interesting people why let one (or a few) bad apple spoil things? There are many days when I don't encounter any meanness at all.
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4 hours ago, Dano Seale said:
Yeah it's ok Fairre, wasn't pointing fingers at you or anything.
There are many things about the US that baffles me....none more so than that!
well, the people in the electoral college are supposed to vote the way the people in the state voted; you get a different electoral college dependent on the vote the rest of us proles voted in. With some variations, some states have a winner take all rule and others get a percentage of electoral voters equal to the percent of them that voted that way. It's a terrible antiquated system and I don't know why we still abide by it. It reduces all are created equal to some are more equal than others.
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My boss sent me 3 cupcakes by Express mail! Our team had recently met a goal we'd been working on for the last couple of years. Now I've got a sugar rush because I ate 2 of them.
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11 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
The only way I could tolerate a room without windows having only one light is if that light fully lit up the entire freakin room. Or, I guess it could be a closet.
padded walls are nice
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After the seemingly endless bickering in the forums lately, I saw something that gave me hope yesterday. In of all places the pet peeves thread, I saw people who've been at odds with each other for as long as I can remember actually cut each other some slack. Finding our commonalities isn't easy. And after 3 months of solitary confinement it's a miracle. So anyway, I thought we could all use something new to talk about. So this is a thread where you can talk about things that give you pleasure. Can be anything, from seeing people declare a cease fire to finding some cool new place in SL that you hadn't seen before.
I'm glad that I tried out the new premium homes in Bellisseria. It gave me something new to do in SL and I really had fun trying the different home types and decorating.
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Just now, roseelvira said:
when i get upset i go watch the eddie izzard clips on you tube i love eddie izzard ,,, one of hubby and mine fav comics ////
I love him too. I remember when I first discovered him I could not get enough.
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When I look at this question in the context of the hundreds of people I've met in SL, I have to say, most people are genuine and decent. But there is that handful of total jerk-wads. I've only met a few really awful people. The ones that have zero empathy. The ones that always have an ulterior motive for anything they do. Mostly it's about perceptions of power. They think that if they succeed in making you believe in their false face, that it gives them power over you. It doesn't really but they get off on that feeling of power. I think it's kind of sad really. That need for power and control is almost always born out of deep trauma.
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My sister, went to the department store to check out the bridal registry of our niece whose wedding was coming up soon. When my sister returned from the store, she tossed the gift list on a table and declared, "I think she's too young to get married."
"Why do you say that?" I asked.
"Because," she said, "they registered for Nintendo games."
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15 minutes ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said:
I'm not sure, but I think the 500 posts thing is when you get to make yourself a custom forum status label under your name.
Yes Sylvia, you are correct, it wasn't so long ago for me so I remember.
19 minutes ago, Gatogateau said:Ooooh. Lookit! Pretty signatures! And look, I get one too! But I'm not at 500 anythings. So confused
I think you could put a custom sig a lot sooner, but I don't remember exactly. I know the 500 post minimum to change from advanced member to whatever you like because I played the game threads to bump my post count til I got to 500.
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6 minutes ago, Gatogateau said:
Sure, blame the cat. Isn't that always the way? I'm feeling oppressed. Help! Help! That's what I'm on about!
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my peeve is the lack of sensitivity of some posters, who rationalize their callousness by minimizing the impact it might have on others. Whenever I get riled up and want to reply in anger, I always stop and ask myself is this going to hurt someone? Am I willing to cause pain to others to satisfy my ego? I usually wind up deleting the post.
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I love blue. But that's not blue, it's full bright aqua. Not a bad color but it sure clashes with everything else. I agree with @Bree Giffen The old palate went well with the old bluegreen hand. it looks bloody awful with the new aqua hand. As for the new text, it's nothing special, not much to say for or against it. As for the launch, I'd give it a fail.
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3 minutes ago, Beth Macbain said:
My pet peeve today is myself (and I'm sure I'm several other's pet peeve as well). As foul as these forums have been lately, and yes, I'm aware that I've contributed to it as well, I cannot stay away no matter how badly I want to. The forums have become such an intrinsic part of my day that actually logging into Second Life has become something I don't want to do. The forums have overtaken the actual platform the forums are here to support for me.
I'm peeved at myself for being here right now instead of inworld enjoying Second Life. I've considered asking the mods to perma-ban me, but I also know I'd end up just logging in on an alt like everyone else does. I wish I'd never made my very first post here and never become a part of this side of SL, but I've also made some incredible friends because of it as well, and I wouldn't trade that for anything.
I'm peeved at myself for how weak I am when it comes to these forums. It's especially hard to break the habit now when I'm forced to be at home so much of the time.
I'm not me when I'm on these forums. Yes, this is a slice of me, but I'm a pie with a million slices and this is just one of them.
Forums, I wish I could quit you.
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3 hours ago, Ceka Cianci said:
Mine wasn't about making fun of a religion..Even though there is room for humor in just about anything when done right..
It was about guy frustrated, still trying to do his job from home.
If it were about those that walked into the bar, we would have found out what happened..
someone walks into a bar is about as common as knock knock..
I just decided to put a spin on it and make it about the observer rather than those walking into the bar..
walked into a bar and said "Ouch!"
it was an iron bar....
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At the club where I am a host, there are only 2 forbidden subjects, Religion and Politics. Our 3 preferred topics are Food, Sex and Music.
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1 hour ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:
Humour and satire are entirely legitimate, if often misused and abused, tools to critique something that is deserving of criticism. Religion doesn't get a free pass: where it merits criticism, it should absolutely be subject to it, and humour is one appropriate way to do that.
Obviously, some people are likely to find that offensive. If the criticism is valid, then so be it: the onus is on them to show that the religion doesn't "deserve" it. Personally, I find the misogyny, homophobia, and racism embedded in many religions a completely valid reason to level humour and satire at them -- recognizing, at the same time, that no faith is monolithic.
But I wouldn't just ridicule an entire faith; I'd make it clear what it was that I found troubling or wrong about it.
I really can't see any justification or reason for offending people merely for the sake of doing so. In most Western countries, I can legally call a stranger on the street an "a**hole" for no reason whatsoever. Why would I do that? What's the point in being obnoxious merely because I can?
Surely the same sort of thing should apply to people's fundamental beliefs. If you've got an actual point to make -- if the humour and satire is a means to an end, the end being critiquing something that deserves to be exposed, ridiculed, and changed -- then go for it.
But if you've decided that your "right" to "be funny" is more important to you than how crappy you are making someone else feel, then I think it's you who are being the a**hole. I won't dispute your right to be an a**hole, but I'll sure as hell call you one: that's my right.
Think of humour as a weapon. Use it responsibly, only in need, and with an eye to not causing more damage than is merited by the injustice that you are targeting. Why hurt people who don't deserve it?
Yeah, I basically agree with you Scylla, but that kind of satirical humor is way too serious, not to mention the work; my humor leans closer to gentle irony, and I always try to honor Thumper's father's advice. 'Sides, I don't wanna hurt anyone.
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What are some of your pet peeves?
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I remember back when I was a newb I saw this sign at a club once that said it was hiring and so I applied. I had not been to the club before and generally didn't go to clubs much so I don't know why I wanted to do this at that time but anyway. I think there was a form on a notecard that I filled out. One of the questions on the form was can you emote? Well I didn't know exactly what they meant by that but I said sure I can. They gave me an interview and for a while it was very confusing. There was a bunch of them there and they never typed anything into local. I was typing away and nobody was answering me or even asking me questions. Finally figured out they were all using voice. I hardly ever used voice because one) I don't like to wear headphones and two) most of the places I frequented didn't enable voice. So I dug out my headphones and we continued the interview and they wanted me to demonstrate an emote. I totally failed. They didn't hire me. Prolly just as well.
At the Junkyard where I've been hosting for the last 7 years or so I never filled out an application. After I'd been hanging out there for about a year, Dina just added me to the hosts role and told me I could host if I wanted to just change the role in my tag. And she gave me a couple of notecards about hosting at the Junkyard. I hadn't even asked if I could be a host. About a month later I was there when the host of the moment suddenly had to exit to RL and asked me to take over for her. So I did. Before I knew it was the go to sub and then I got a few permanent time slots. Over time I dropped some of them so I wouldn't burn out, and now I'm down to just one a week. I don't do emotes. To me those things are kinda phony and annoying. I just greet and talk to everyone and make sure everyone is having a good time.