Tolya Ugajin
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1 hour ago, Selene Gregoire said:
It would be ironic (situational irony) if LL discovers that all along it wasn't basic accounts spamming the events so much as it was premium accounts.
I doubt we'd ever know. LL can be very closed mouthed about such things. Still, the irony would be rather delicious. 🥧
The irony would be extra delicious, since they should have been able to determine that before they put the policy in place.
"Irony: the opposite of wrinkly" - from a random profile I read.
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I would be immensely interested to see how many of the people complaining that this very minimal fee (10L is less than a nickel per event) will "bankrupt" them support mandatory health insurance, mandatory paid sick leave, $15/hr minimum wages, etc. in RL which have literally forced RL businesses to close up shop and cost real jobs and livelihoods, because the response to RL businesses when THEY complain they cannot afford the added expenses mandated by the government (and LL is the government of SL) is generally along the lines of, "well, if you cannot afford it, you should go out of business anyway".
LL is a business, with employees to pay, infrastructure to build and maintain, utilities bills, rent, and a whole host of other expenses, all to provide you with a world to enjoy and, in the case of club owners, create a business and possibly make a small profit. They provide you a service (event listings) that they previously provided for free, and are now charging a very minimal fee for it. Welcome to the reality of running a business. The service they are providing is clearly of value to you, or you would not be squawking about it. Why should they not charge for providing a valuable service? If the service isn't worth 5 cents, don't use it. There ARE other ways to advertise your DJ's and live singers and clubs (such as group notices or the ever popular have your DJs mass message and spam TP everyone on their friend list).
Or do what I eventually did - close shop and escape the never ending drama and hassle that comes with owning a public venue in SL. Gotta say, I loved SL more than ever once I did that.
(I'm sorry if this comes across as *****ish - I don't mean to be a *****, I just naturally am).
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SL will always be what it always has been. Primarily a place for socially awkward or isolated people to come to try and live a "normal" life, or people who cannot live out the lives the want in RL. All the business, content creation, etc. are merely part of that, or exist mainly to support that customer base.
Having 40K+ users logged in at once more than 15 years after it hit the attention of the masses demonstrates just how appealing such a place is.
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4 hours ago, Prokofy Neva said:
Some blathering nonsense
Let me make this simple for you, Prok. What happens between 2 consenting adults is none of your business.
The article linked to referenced 9 studies over decades. You didn't bother to read it because you feel safer in your willful ignorance.
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Because there isn't much point to it. Besides, this video is a jackass interviewing a corksoaker so not a good example.
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7 minutes ago, Erwin Solo said:
"if anyone imagines a way to make it even more so, I am sure the idea will be implemented quickly. "
If literally free virtual sex won't do it, we'll have to find a way to get them free beer - but real beer, not the virtual kind.
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15 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said:
You do realize that your bushes are gonna get trampled by the scavengers that come to clean the carcasses, don't you? And if the bushes are right next to the front sidewalk, you risk sucking bones into your snowblower.
Push the corpses into the neighbor's yard.
I don't have a sidewalk, and the front door is far enough from the road that the feral cats in the neighborhood will have disposed of the carcasses in a timely fashion. Plus, I can stop feeding the cats for a while.
If they've been watching me as well as they claim, they'd know not to bother me before my 3rd cup of coffee.
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I snap the disk in half and use the sharp edge thus created to sever their carotid artery, push them into the pushes to bleed out, close the door, and return to watching Bourne Identity.
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A Tuvan group called Yat-Kha. Sounds a bit like a band in Hell with a demon-frog as its lead singer. One of my current favorite songs, although I like The Hu (similar genre) better.
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Heyyyy there's reputation points?
Dammit!
Now my competitive nature has kicked in and I must be #1!
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Log off and attend to first life?
Seriously, though, most of my time on SL is spent just relaxing with my fiance playing games and chatting. Most of the time we wander away from home we're just disappointed.
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13 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said:
Scylla, trolling!?
That's so totally, unbelievably, laughably off the wall.
Yes, she posts here a lot. And most of her posts are insightful, clever, and downright funny.
I am not one of Scylla's Forum Warriors, but if I ever find a recruiting office, I'm joining up.
Wait, Scylla is still alive?
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2 hours ago, Prokofy Neva said:
Because there is no free press inworld or on the forums.
With a free press, you could report on violent and terrible behaviour freely, and call out people and businesses by name, which is not allowed on the forums.
You could copy chat and publish it.
These are basics that would be required to raise public awareness and consciousness about reprehensible activities such as "capture roleplay" or worse. It shouldn't be socially acceptable to simulate rape.
Nor could there be, and asking for one is simply foolish. The SL world is "owned" and there is no way a truly free press could exist when quite literally the printing presses and airwaves are owned by a vested corporate interest. If your misguided crusade against Gor were to result in a significant loss of premium members, you can bet the "publisher" of your little free press would shut you down right quick.
You don't want a "free press", Prok, you simply want a bigger soap box on which to stand to spew your viewpoint and to "shame" those you disagree with. Very Stalinist of you.
"From 1973 through 2008, nine surveys of women's rape fantasies have been published. They show that about four in 10 women admit having them (31 to 57 percent) with a median frequency of about once a month. The actual prevalence of rape fantasies is probably higher because women may not feel comfortable admitting them. "
It took me under a minute to google that information, a very minimal amount or work to find information from a credible source on a subject you seem to be incensed about. Perhaps you should try it before condemning people. The percentage of women with rape fantasies is around 10 times the percentage who identify as homosexual, yet to you it's something to be publicly shamed. Why? 40 years ago, people like you did exactly the same to people who came out as gay, and here you are engaging in the same thing. Fortunately, most of us have evolved enough to not condemn people for engaging in consensual actions that do not affect us.
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Tilted towards feminine? I suppose it depends on how you define "tilted".
Setting aside the speculation about a large percentage of female avatars being run by male RL humans, there certainly seem to be more female avatars than male, but most of the biggest places cater to the sexual appetites of men.
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/me plans to change his name to Trumpus Buttwipius Maximus
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On a side not, I find it hilarious that I was bleeped, so let me see if it will put through the following
"I got my biometric assessment done today. As part of that, my finger got pricked. I really hate the finger **bleep** test"
Next time I'll just say schlong.
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That's a lot easier than my way - I use multiple computers in homes and hotels all over the country. Plus my phone. Anyone thinking they have "my IP address" will be sorely disappointed.
*hugs for Maddie*
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It sounds to me like you've made up your mind and you're not really asking a question, you're just asking to have your viewpoint affirmed.
If you think it's a ToS violation, then AR them. End of story. At the end of the day what we say is immaterial and won't get you off this evil ban list thing.
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In my opinion, no, this is not a ToS violation.
If I have a group of friends and business associates, and I say, "Hey, this guy is a **bleep**" that is my opinion. Am I not entitled to my opinion? Am I not entitled to share my opinion with people I decide to associate with? I think I am. I don't see anything in ToS that restricts me from sharing my opinion.
And if I carry this forward to "and I think you should ban him", why is that a ToS violation? It's still my opinion. I'm still entitled to it. If you think it's a violation of ToS, then I have news for you - it happens at clubs all over ToS every day. One club visiter will tell another "oh wah wah Susie was mean to me, you should ban them!" It's called drama. Welcome to SL.
Now, your problem appears to be that this security system allows me (assuming I am a "field officer" or whatever) to ban people at someone else's sim.
So?
Any land owner can give rights to anyone they choose to add people to the ban list for their land. This is no different. If I give Bob rights to ban you at my club, guess what? Bob can ban you on his own discretion, and that's not a ToS violation. If he meets you at another club, decides he doesn't like you for some reason, and then bans you at my club, well, guess what, that's between he and I. This system you describe sounds like it merely automate the process. Ain't tech grand?
Now, I'll use your own words to demonstrate why this is not a ToS violation.
"It is absolutely the land owners prerogative to ban someone, justly or not."
If I and 50 other land owners all decide to share each other's ban lists and all agree that everyone banned on one sim will be banned on all sims, then, as you say, that is our prerogative. This system you describe means I and the other 50 land owners have all put together some automated means to do something we are entirely entitled to do - give 50 other people of our choosing the ability to add someone to the ban list on lands we own. That's not a ToS violation. It's a benefit of owning our own land.
You forget something - it is not a violation for a land owner to impede or interfere with your normal use or enjoyment of THEIR land. It is THEIR land. They paid for it, and they pay for it every month. If they choose to be jagoffs and randomly ban people they've never met, that's up to them.
You are not being "harassed" "defamed" or "libeled". Your privacy is not being invaded. You have not been threatened or harassed. You've been banned "justly or not" by someone who has been authorized to ban you.
This part of the ToS is about stopping people from doing things like adding "Colby Firehawk rapes kitten in RL, here's his RL email address" to their profiles, and similar things. THAT would be a ToS violation. This system doesn't sound like it is. Asinine, counterproductive, and indicative of stupidy, sure, but not a violation of ToS.
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My opinion is that your definition of "community" is as broad as calling all of humanity a "community". It's semantically reasonable, but unrealistic.
In terms of the people of SL as a whole, it's the same as it ever was, although the immature, juvenile nitwits who use it as a playground to grief others are less common. Mainly, I assume, because SL is no longer new, exciting, hip, or, frankly, interesting to that type of person. Which, I suppose, is a good thing.
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This is my sim. I am God here. FEAR ME, PUNY MORTAL!
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amarock Amat wrote:So a question for folks, I have been mulling the idea about possibly holding a fundraiser, as some know college is expensive. I have some folks saying yeah sure you should, others saying its greedy to hold a fundraiser for yourself. I am kinda mentally torn on what folks feel about it. I know am in the hole with college and jobs not exactly easy to find,is it shameful to hold a fundraiser for yourself?
My kid's college, when she starts in 2 weeks, will cost fifteen million Lindens per year, including room and board.
Please send your donations to Tolya Ugajin. Thanks you.
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You can take the path I took in that situation.
Divorce.
Now, you have to decide if it's worth half your stuffs. But, if you don't take that advice, then maybe you should try making her happier before she takes that advice first.
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/me lines up seventeen small catapults. Once they are set in place, he takes seventeen cases of various expired pies, opens them, and piles them into the catapults. Once all are cocked and aim, the trajectories carefully calculated, he runs down the line, laughing maniacally and hitting the releave levers, sending wave after wave of pies at her.
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DISAPPOINTMENT IN CHARGING TO USE THE EVENTS CALENDAR
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