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  1. Persephone Emerald
    7/11 was originally open from 7am to 11 pm, but some close earlier due to the risk of late-night robberies. Many other stores close earlier for the same reason, depending on the crime rate where they're located. Many of the larger grocery stores in my city are open from 6am to midnight and will have one or more security personal on duty. Target (a large store similar to Wal-Mart) recently had police help in craking down on theft by customers. Daylight "smash and grab" robberies, especially of jewelry stores, have been up lately too. Food deserts are a real problem in low-income areas where people may not always have a car and public transportation might not run late or reliably.
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    He'd probably be upset that so many women actually run the Gorean sims.
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    Turn on "Show Parcel Boundaries".
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    Updated at Spoiled: Tentacle Body Wrap - in multiple mesh sizes
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    If we ever get good enough AI in SL, we could have an interesting version of Disney's Hall of Presidents.
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    The culture and governance of SL kind of mirrors that of the USA. It's capitalism overlayed on a very diverse, liberal culture. Thus, the founding fathers and Veronica Franco would likely notice the similarities and difference to the culture and politics of their own days. Franco would probably be thrilled to see the power and freedom that women have in SL, would love the easy fashion choices, and would be dismayed at the derth of intelligent discussion. Shakespeare and Mozart would probably be interested in our diverse music and simulated "theater" choices, but might be disappointed that performers don't usually get much feedback from their audiences. I think the founding fathers would be both fascinated and terrified by the diverse cultures of SL, shocked by the immodest clothing, and confused by our SL social norms (e.g. leashes on people, furries, gesturebating, and how people speak in local chat).
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    Heads up: If everyone who is not interested in a thread ignores it and doesn't post in it, it's more likely to sink to the bottom of the pile faster.
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    It's more like buying a chicken vs. buying eggs. If one buys a chicken, they're insured that they'll have "free eggs" (a place to live and rez stuff in SL), but they'll also need to buy a chicken coop and feed (tier payments).
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    This is a very legitimate fear, especially with your "free" land model. I can imagine some newbie "buying" land (free or cheap), without realizing that the true cost of owning land is the tier payments. They put some God-awful build and junk all over their land, such as packaging boxes and crap that spews particles and sound. The long-term neighbor has to put up with this crap (if they don't know how to derender it all). The newbie gets hit with a tier bill, abandons their land, and then the next newbie does the same thing. Rinse and repeat. At least having to pay upfront for land will make newbies think twice before buying it. Purchasing an annual Premium account saves one from having to pay constant fees to buy lindens to pay their rent.
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    This seems more like an AI idea than an SL one. I'd like to resurrect Torely Linden and ask him what would make SL more fun for newbies. As for RL people, I'd like to create some AI's of the United States founding fathers (those with the most written documents to draw from) and ask them what they think of the current state of culture and politics in the U.S.A. p.s. I'd also like to resurrect Veronica Franco with an A.I. to ask her what she thinks of our modern would, William Shakespeare to ask him what he thinks of our movies, and Mozart to ask him what he thinks of modern music.
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    I love click bait forum thread titles. That's why I read it. 🤣
  12. Persephone Emerald
    Asking "what if" is not the same as disclosing someone's secret identity. It's exploring the multiverse of possible Peter Parkers, not outing the actual Peter Parker in our Universe.
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    That's so we can emote about suspending our disbelief. 🙃
  14. Persephone Emerald
    Where will the Mediterranean Community Center be? There are train Stations and fancier boat rezzing areas at Kersplash and Seaweed, so these are my best guesses right now.
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    Just wait for a warm day & take her into the pool.
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    Friends don't let friends drink and DJ. Friends don't text friends when they know they're on a date or are "busy now" with another friend.
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    Fixed it for you. 😁
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    True. Warning: Be careful who you name, and no shaming allowed!
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    Just for fun, imagine one forum member were actually the alt of another. Example: What if Zalificent were the alt of Luna?
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    I think finding shoes that fit with a male avatar's pants is about as hard as getting a top and pants to fit right together for a female avatar. At least female jeans sometimes have boot fit that can go inside of boots and leggings can usually fit inside of a short boot. Once we try to fit pants with a taller boot, all bets are off though, unless the pieces are made to be part of the same outfit.
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    Mesh body (LaraX, Belleza Freya or Jake) = 1 point (hands & feet included) Mesh head, teeth, eyes = 3 points Hair = 1 point usually, max 2 points Body and Head HUDs = 2 points AO = 0 points usually (included in Firestorm viewer) Wolf AO = 1 point Wolf tail & ears = 2 points (feral or humanoid) Max points for my avatars naked = 11 Dress or Top = 1 point Pants or Skirt = 1 point Mesh Undies or Bikini = 2 points max Jacket or Sweater = 1 point Belt or other = 1 point Shoes = 2 points max Mesh Socks = 1 point Necklace = 1 point Earrings = 2 points max Bracelets = 2 points max Hat or Hair Ornament = 1 point RLV attachment = 1 point Mouth attachment = 1 point Hand attachment = 1 point Temp Hair or Clothing HUDs = 2 points max Max points for my avatars dressed = 31 Note: if your Collar is modifiable, you should be able to change the scripts in it.
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    In my type of workplace there are a few ways of addressing a problem, especially safety and compliance issues. 1. Telling employees to be more careful and to follow the rules. This is not very effective. 2. Firing the person who didn't follow the rules or who made a mistake. This is also not very effective, because others could do the same thing. 3. Making new, stricter rules. This is also not very effective, largely because people will circumvent rules if they seem to waste time, be inconvenient or to be stupid. 4. Putting in cameras to scare employees into thinking they're constantly being watched. This is fairly effective, but wouldn't work well in SL. 5. Putting in safety guards such as plastic shields. This is fairly effective, but can sometimes be circumvented. Being able to restrict who can come into a parcel or region is sort of like putting up anti-idiot safety guards. 6. Re-engineering a machine or restructuring a procedure so the potential problem no longer exists. This is the most effective way of solving a problem, especially if it's a recurrent one. If 0 second security devices teleporting avatars home were viewed by LL as a big enough problem, they could remove the ability for this to happen. There would be no need to report 0 second security orbs in Bellisseria and no employees would need to respond to such complaints, because the problem wouldn't exist. If newbie griefers are a problem in some regions, region owners can age-restrict who comes into their region. If the creation and selling of micro-parcels were viewed as a problem, LL could make it impossible to sell parcels under a certain size. If people complain about ugly or view-restricting objects, give them the ability to derender those objects.
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    Not evil. Just broken and not a good parent.
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    I have trouble sewing a button back. I can mend small tears and hems, but it doesn't always look great. My Mom taught me next to nothing about cooking, house-keeping or how to take care of myself as an adult. My Dad taught me how to hit a baseball, ride a bike, drive a car, and balance a checkbook. Girl Scouts taught me to cook, sew a little, and first aid. My Mom taught me to have a sense of humor, how to recognize a narcissist, and to hide my emotions from people who could hurt me.
  25. Persephone Emerald
    Maybe Orwar's father taught him to cook and clean for himself?
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