Akane Nacht

Boy did this thread take a funny turn! Btw if you have the Karen haircut, you're a Karen. Sorry, that's meme law. Nothing to be done I'm afraid, but wait til the meme subsides or your hair grows out.

I took a long break from looking at these forums, simply because I had other stuff to entertain me, and when I returned the other day it was pretty much same stuff, slightly different talking points. People like to vent, but getting caught up in it can fuel and amplify anger. A few take a more positive spin and try to encourage laughter. I wouldn't get too upset about it, just take a break, do something fun, and come back later if you want to. Anyone who is flaming other people is in a dark place, and that's sad but not a lot you can do about it. Considering what 2020 has been like so far, this forum is actually a pretty tame online hangout. One can hope people would be kinder to one another but.. eh.. that's people for ya. Peace 🙂

some years from now...

actually, on forums, it's just hilarious. 😁

nice shots. re. the line, did you perhaps catch the edge of a transparent top of the flowers?

Like Leonard said: "there is on both sides of this struggle, men of good will.. that is important to remember" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHAHt2Hv_DI (mind you, haters gonna hate anyway)

This^ I started a shop in 2009 with a group of friends I met in-world, each with their own particular talents. We did all sorts of things - scripted weapons, cosplay, kimono, roleplay accessories, whatever interested us. Mostly we goofed around, decorated the shop and chatted with customers. My contributions were very simple items, and the really old stuff I give away for free. The mesh items are by one of our group and other makers, and I textured them just for my own fun to wear. I wasn't inspired to learn to make mesh clothes myself. It didn't cost me much at all. I'm always rather (pleasantly) surprised when people buy my stuff, as it was made solely for my own fun. My 2 cents - Dive in, have fun, see where it leads, and start small so you don't feel pressured to recoup your costs.

meditating at hikaru onsen this is the natural light setting

it used to be a real problem (jk - it's an attachment someone gave me long ago)

This is life on the internet. So use the privacy tools available and be mindful of your online presence. Google yourself and see if there are any links to personal details you would not want widely known, then plug the security gaps. Seed some false info out there to confuse people. Be cunning and full of tricks... no wait that's Watership Down... No they don't, but they have been very silly and suffered the consequences.

No, common sense. Be careful what you divulge to strangers on the internet.

Even when it does cross over to RL, it's like: "I gave out all my personal particulars, RL address, phone number, password and credit card number and now someone is stalking me! How can this be??" Here's to a wiser 2020 on the internet. 😛

I 💜 hydrangeas

Singapore 🌴

Life expectancy where I live is creeping into the 80s (even 90s-100s age band are growing), so the Govt decided to make us all buy mandatory life annuities at age 55, using our personal "pension" accounts that we add to while working (these accounts are also used to buy housing and pay medical expenses, so it's not just pension). Not a bad idea actually.

I see a snowball fight in your future... (taken at Blodfjellet Port) I

I'm of the generation that had pen-pals growing up. They were real, and sometimes you hit it off and become friends for years and sometimes you don't. Same with online friends - I've known some SL friends for over a decade, and some gaming friends for years too. We chat on whatsapp (just like my friends who live nearby as we are lazy to meet up). In short, sure we're real, just exploiting tech cos plane tickets are expensive.

This is nothing new. I think they are still debating whether the RMS Lusitania was carrying munitions or not...

I'm sure I dropped an earring around here somewhere..

Use what comes natural. Where I live there are a lot of native Mandarin/Hokkien/Teochew speakers. "He/She" gets mixed up quite a lot in English conversation (I've no idea why, linguistically, as my knowledge of Chinese is scant) so it doesn't bother me if they goof up.

at Kinglet Sound. I love snowy scenes 😊

ok, I'll bite!

hehe thanks. I hung up my katana long ago, but I do have gestures we used for fights. Mine was a cute curtsy with accompanying text in English and Japanese. If I can find it in my inventory we can swap. 😉

Back when Combat Samurai Island (combat game) was big in SL, we wannabe samurais would show up at our favourite place, run up to someone we saw idling and say "wanna spar?" then we'd whip out our blades and go to it. When the battle was over we'd always end with "good fight!" We were a very polite, bloodthirsty little group. That's pretty much how I approach debates on forum; at the end of the day it's all in good fun. Maybe I just need to say "good fight" more often. 😀

I've never heard him denigrate anyone on the basis of race, gender, or any other factor outside of a person's control. The crappy opinion I had in mind was something completely different that I personally disagreed with, and had nothing to do with gender, etc. Since you don't know anything about the guy (and this is a side issue to the thread) I won't go into details. Hope that answers your question.