Pamela Galli

This forum is never short of hubris but, man, this one deserves some kind of special prize.

Peculiar that nobody including LL agrees with you. But forge ahead clinging to your belief anyway.

Yes.

People suffering from the Dunning–Kruger effect are intensely annoying.

Hardly a day goes by that I don’t have to explain why the Casper redelivery terminal does not show the customer’s every purchase. and these are people who have been in second life for many years.Most are also unaware that they can re-deliver to themselves through the marketplace. They just assume that I have some record of everything everyone has bought over the past 15 years. * Actually I do have a record of everything, because I download transactions, but not somewhere publicly available like the redelivery terminal.

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Plenty of people both there and in the US and elsewhere admire Putin because they admire authoritarianism and despise democracy. Plenty of political leaders and media opinion influencers have for years and even within the last week expressed their respect and admiration for him (as well as their contempt for Ukraine). Ukraine is the current tip of the spear in the battle between authoritarianism and democracy but The battle is being waged worldwide, including in Russia.

IM. Because I can read and respond offline. And because I have a record of the convo. My user name is No Notecards Please. Still get ‘em tho.

I specified “to me”. You (and others) may learn nothing from people in SL but I do.

Hey I know that guy! Small world.

My understanding is that you need more than one person in order to make a generalization. (See: The Great Gasby.)

We talk funny here, y’all.

I zthink the reason we cling to it, is that it corresponds more to body parts: thumb, foot, big step. No clue about mile, or weights.

I don’t know what Gas Monkey Garage is,, but yes to the rest. Almost all large cities are Democrat.

First get rid of all those extra vowels.

Somebody had a smart teacher!

I learned that Brits have turkey for Christmas dinner. And that Brussels sprouts must be on the table for Christmas whether they are eaten or not. And I learned how to make a Christmas pudding (in SL).

I have been in forums for a long time, starting with Usenet. But most forums are about some topic you are expected to more or less stick to. Or are so non moderated as to be unusable. This forum, and inworld, there is no overall topic. It’s a big living room. You talk about almost anything. You learn where people are from and how they see things. What I have found most interesting is how the US is perceived by those outside, which of course varies from person to person. It is astonishing to me how minutely aware of American culture and history many non Americans are, compared with how aware most Americans are of the nuances and history of other cultures. It’s so interesting, for example, to hear how non Americans view Americans’ current battle to preserve democracy. While we could find ourselves being kicked while we are down, and maybe deservedly so, we find that is not so often the case.

While you are at it, come over here to the US and teach the same lesson. Also about your and you’re, their, they’re, there, its and it’s. And SOOOO much more. Europeans speak and write English better than we do.

To me the most fascinating and valuable thing about Second Life is how it brings people from all over the world together to share perspectives and insights about different cultures. What insights about other countries/cultures have you had due to SL?

It’s much less so than in the past. I used to pay 295L per region, now after discounts and fee reduction available at the time to everyone I pay 179L. Also I now pay higher marketplace commission and higher fees to cash out.

Convinced by what? Conspiracy theories? The FOIA doesn’t apply to private businesses or individuals. You can’t get private information from your next door neighbor or work colleague.

I am pretty sure I am not the only one who suspects some people might not be having SLex because they are already having plenty of RL sex. I guess they might call themselves “satisfied”.

But Google is forever.