[What are you listening to?]

NLE & Roddy!

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8 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

You would certainly be a loyal friend!  What is someone else doing when they become your enemy....I mean how do you decide they are an enemy?  It's more than simply disagreeing with you right?

This seems very crucial to understanding civility in general, as we tend to treat our enemies with less civility than our friends.

That's actually very insightful. I can't go into specifics as that would be bringing personal disputes into the forums. So, only broad strokes.

Generally, my enemies have logged into second life every day, dreaming up new ways to stab back at me and i at them until they cracked and i won. basically, they didn't like me and i didn't like them and we let each other and THE WORLD know.

You can always google me if you want specifics. some of its still online. I'm pretty sure I've gone into great detail before.

 

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2 minutes ago, Nick0678 said:

People should learn to ignore, let go and move on otherwise they are wasting energy reacting to things/people of absolutely no value.

That is a waste of time unless you are a celebrity or a politician and it has a negative effect on your public image/career. It's pointless to be clingy or codependent on such things.

The sun is high and so am i.

Yeah, people like you should catch some shade lol. 

Everybody is an expert lol. 

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1 hour ago, Drakonadrgora Darkfold said:

This is how it should always be.. never completely or blindly trust anyone ever. 

The more they sound to good to be true.. the more they are not worth your trust or belief or friendship.

But...

There is an old saying... keep your friends close but your enemies closer. 

But...

This only really matters if you worry what  random people on the internet think about you. Otherwise just block them if need be. 

You can't be hurt or shamed by others if you are shameless.  Which takes time to learn to be. 

Well, I’m not a nice person. Never pretended to be. Never played one in a movie. What I am is REAL. 

I treat people how they deserve to be treated. That’s justly. 

If you’re my friend, it’s you and me, all or nothing against the world. Your enemies are my enemies. No questions asked. I don’t care if you’re right. I don’t care if you’re wrong. Your side is the ONLY side. 

Everybody knows that about me.  Now,  if you’re fake. Bad on the inside. A follower or weak. Jumpy might just burn a little to bright, for he IS the Sun 🌞, smiling down on every one.  Best look for some shade hahaha 

[How tall is your avatar?]

Who knows. The slider is all the way up. Only REALLY old like class of 2003 toons were short when I started. Everybody had the slider all the way up. Linden Lab was cracking down on a lot of child avis in sex sims; so, nobody really ran around in short avis. No real reason to change.

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I'm getting outta here before I get in trouble hehehehehehe

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3 minutes ago, Paul Hexem said:

In world, people can be ejected/banned by any old schmuck that has the money to pay for the land, for any reason whatsoever. That's a little bit of incentive to behave. Here on the forums, only breaking LL's rules gets you in trouble.

Much more latitude here.

You behavin' Paul?

(I always lie and say I am when folks ask me :P)

[Be Careful When You Submit Support Tickets]

You can contact Linden lab and get your abandoned land back THEN sell it and downgrade lol. Geeze Linden Lab isn't exactly what I'd call heartless. You did it wrong is all. You agreed to the renewal and YOU forgot. Handle your business. You wasting time looking for virtual hugs in the forums.

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52 minutes ago, Jordan Whitt said:

You make it sound like people congregate and lurk around here, plotting in numbers to jump out and attack people for little or no reason.  Having the same opinion as someone else does not make them a group of people up to nefarious purposes.

There is only one person I know and talk to regularly on these boards and whilst we may agree on some things, they have not taken part in the more "colourful debates" I have found myself involved in.  The people who have participated in those - I have never met, and never spoken to beyond quoting their posts and agreeing with their words. 

Individuals are able to come to the same conclusions and agree on the same matters.

The Hive Mind speaketh lol.

[Curiosity about why people are here in the forums.]

1 hour ago, Lindal Kidd said:

You mean Chris?  I don't know either, but since he hasn't been seen in years, I suspect he lost to his illness.

Yeah...yeah. Chris. I had hoped better for him...

[Curiosity about why people are here in the forums.]

I came to the original forums in 2007 for the sole purpose of spamming links and advertising my new magazine (at the time). I didn’t know you couldn’t do it (I’m sure SOMEBODY snitched me out to the people lol).  

I stuck around made a bunch of friends and enemies. One of my biggest enemies became a good friend. (I joined the Forum Cartel Lol). I hope he’s doing all right. I haven’t asked, dreading the answer really. He was always kind of sickly. 

The forums are home to a good community. The Hive Mind has no place here. Folks can agree or disagree and not fear being censored 🤬 . It’s a good place  

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On 8/3/2020 at 3:47 AM, Bagnu said:

I have honestly have never experienced anything inworld  as truly uncivil as what I have seen here in the forums. 

Neither have I. I’ve been inworld on the same sim, in the very presence of some of my worst enemies; and, they’ve stood there, quiet as a mouse...scared to talk.  

These forums aren’t so bad. Linden Lab is pro-active in their moderation. Often times they are even just. 

Like I told ya, keep doing you. Stay true to yourself. Stay REAL. Not everybody is gonna like you. Not everybody is gonna be your friend. Nothing wrong with an enemy or two. 

The people nit picking your posts have problems all their own. Some are friendless. Some are riddled with envy. Some are bored lil busybodies. Regardless, you win by staying true to YOU.  

By knowing  exactly who and what you are and NEVER apologizing for that no matter how uncivil people are is the very definition of “having a thick skin.” That’s how you crush your haters FLAT. 

[Why is it so difficult making friends here?]

Now. I’m gonna get back on topic and explain exactly why people have trouble making friends (and enemies) in Second Life. Y’all ain’t real. Y’all running around hiding behind the technology, pretending to be what y’all THINK other people think is cool. Be your self. Some folks will like ya. Some folks will hate ya. So what. Be good to your friends and bury your enemies. 

Many of y’all are scared of drama. Drama is merely a disagreement, great or small. No one agrees on everything. Shying away from conflict is a form of self-abnegation. You kill a little bit of yourself on the INSIDE, every time you fail to assert yourself. If you hiding out in a skybox in Second Life, you’re really hiding out in a shadowy little corner of your own mind.  

You can wait for somebody to hand you a participation trophy for just showing up, or you can snatch the crown off some dummy’s head and be a KING...among men.  The choice is yours. 

[Morality is different in SL vs RL]

3 minutes ago, Jordan Whitt said:

Just wow!  It is not your place to demand apologies on behalf of anyone.  

She is an escort.  YES WE KNOW!  It's ALL she could talk about for a while.  And no-one cares!  It's never been a problem that she is an escort.  The problem is in what she said and continued to say despite being told it's annoying and it's offensive.  How many fornicating times do we have to say that?  

And @Bagnu, be careful who you choose to have in your Second Life.  Wee Willy Winky (whom I have ignored) does not seem to have your best interests at heart if he is wanting to make your behaviour worse.

 

Nah, YOU"RE annoyed because she's HAPPY. SOCIAL. and makes friends with ease. So, you nit pick her on the forums. Save the fake outrage.

And see Pearlie Girl. I told ya.

Jordan GET somebody in YOUR SL before ya judge me hehehehehe

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25 minutes ago, Chroma Starlight said:

Maybe this is related with the general topic of people taking offense--- wouldn't it be better to refer to people experiencing disabilities as a class in a manner that doesn't hammer in hard that they are not people; they are disabled people. I mean, you could always just choose to instead let them focus on some other aspect of their existence than that thing, right?

I got a friend in SL that cant move nothing but his head (swimming accident). We went to war with a dummy who threatened him. said he was gonna track him down and ROLL him down a hill in his bed. Told me, ME he was gonna come to my house with a baseball bat. I told him if he show up at my house, him and that bat gonna have TROUBLE getting out MY yard.

This fool had money too, lawyers, investigators at his disposal. Had actually tracked down a fool or two that had stolen his ip. Me and my friend weren't scared. And HE couldn't move nothing but his head. We buried that clown that threatened US in a neat lil hole. IN PUBLIC. And this famous good guy dummy called MY FRIEND every offensive thang you can THINK of that you could call a guy that can't move nothing but his head. On TWITTER. ON FACEBOOK. In the Alphaville HERALD.

I can provide LINKS.

My friend couldn't move NOTHING but his head, but he was tougher than ALL ya'll.

Square business.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, FairreLilette said:

I don't want to ignore, Bagnu, so don't lump us all together into one who participated in this thread.

First off, I thought someone was stringing her along with "oh my, you're so wonderful, my everything...my reason to live...make me feel human" crap.  

Second off, Pearl needs to understand that I'd venture to guess most disabled people have as good a chance as anyone at having a fulfilling sex life and many do.   So, however, she got the idea into her head that she is doing her profession to help disabled people is utter crap too, and offensive as it's not based on any truths.  I simply asked if she could stop saying it as she has no authentic interaction with anyone disabled.  If she could just leave the disabled out of it, I'd appreciate it.  

Why she just can't say she will...I don't understand that?  It's rumors and not from interactions she's had with disabled people.  She should use I statement and talk about herself.  

I call b.s. Look aint NOTHING wrong with ME and a "how ever ya wanna call it" person aint ran through the certified thoroughbred dime-pieces Jumpy KNOWN for clippin" SL and RL. Which brings us BACK on topic. The REAL you OUTS in Second Life. You can't hide who you really are. it outs.

If you a lil nerdy dweeb inrl its outs . That's what you are gonna be insl, no matter HOW cool you might think you are lol. It OUTS.

Ha ha ha ha

 

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3 minutes ago, Bagnu said:

This one lost me. Being a a part of the "invisible minority" makes me me understand  what prejudice is like. Not as well as someone who is is visibly different, but I can empathize.

Perlie girl, don't follow her down that rabbit hole. Next, she'll be trying to convince you that you posting in the forums is like smothering puppies. hahahahahahaha

One word responses are best....like "sap"

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8 minutes ago, Chroma Starlight said:

Well, you know, they say the pen is mightier than the sword.

I actually agree with you on that Chroma, always have. You gotta have a thick skin tho. Everybody is not your friend. Very few people play nice in the world. You gotta stand up to these people. You can't just cry "foul! I'm offended."

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2 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

Words are enormously powerful things; they have consequences. This is especially true in an online or virtual context, where language, often stripped of nuance and context, is the primary means by which we engage with each other. And it is so easy to hurt people with it, even inadvertently. Hurtful language here can have the impact of a punch in the gut.  I've experienced such pain, and, on occasion, I've made a mistake, and inflicted it on others. When I have, I hope I have apologized.

Pearl (@Bagnu), I am pretty sure you are a genuinely good person. I don't believe for a moment that you intended to cause hurt and pain in your language describing the disabled -- and yet it is objective fact, demonstrated here by the response of some you've hurt, that you did.

You've responded to that, however, not by providing a clear and uncomplicated apology, but by twisting and turning, and being defensive. I can understand why that is so, but surely you realize that it is only making things worse, and suggesting that you don't actually care about the hurt your words have caused?

And some of the defences of your words here frankly have the air of the white person patiently exhorting a black person not to get so "worked up" about racism. It's not helping. Avoiding hurtful language isn't about being "PC" -- it's about being a decent person.

If you are the person that I think you are, you will give this some thought, and you will return here to offer a genuine and heartfelt apology to those you've insulted and hurt.

No one will think the worse of you for that. On the contrary, it will confirm for me and others that you are someone who cares about others.

If people are hurt oh so badly by WORDS; then, people are too squishy nowadays. A whole lot of people pay for cyber sex for a whole lotta different reasons. We can't mention some folks that are doing it out of fear of OFFENDING someone? If Pearl was truly offensive, snitch her out to the people. the Lindens at the Lab would LAUGH at you. Hehehehehehehe just like I DID.

Ya'll need to go ahead on with this fake "I'm offended" crap. LOL  If you don't like what she posts. USE THE TOOLS.  Ignore her. If ya think what she's doing in the forums is bad, I'ma bring her round the house and ENCOURAGE her to do WORSE!

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27 minutes ago, Bagnu said:

I have apologized, and I meant it. 

Pearlie girl, NEVER apologize. They don't want an apology from you. They want to censor and erase you. Proof? You ALREADY apologized and THEY don't care. They're still running their mouths.

Dig DITCHES! And bury them clowns. Just a lil advice from Uncle Jump!

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12 hours ago, Amina Sopwith said:

I'm sure none of it is meant maliciously, but there's a difference between mixing up the meaning of words like "vanity" and "narcissism", especially if English isn't one's mother tongue, and outright bringing disability into it, more than once. That's not a language nuance.

 

Disabled people EXIST. If we are to censor language to the point of not being able to mention them at all, then we cheapen their lives, their EXPERIENCES...all in the name of what? Political correctness?

If one adopts the veneer of morality does that make one good? It's very easy to feel good about oneself by striking the very current and popular POSE of "champion of some cause" hahahahahaha. It's a cheap tactic and a very poor attempt at obfuscation.

Such distractions can not obscure the fact that bitter, friendless people pile on Pearl because they hide out in their lil sky boxes, afraid to interact with people. Our lil Pearl is SOCIALLY active in addition to being sexually active. She should not have to defend herself for being so enthusiastic about her self, nor her Second Life to bitter little forum grammarians hiding behind semantics, too afraid to face a syllogism.

This isn't the SLU forums hahahahahaha. The Hive Mind holds no sway here. Not so long as THIS One Lane has anything to say about it.

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7 hours ago, Jordan Whitt said:

Thank you for this part.  The overzealous little wee willy actually hunted me down on another thread and carried on his little attention seeking rants there until I finally got bored and put his idiot tush on ignore.  Definitely childlike and narcissistic.

 

You don't know the half of it lmao!

Putting me on ignore is your BEST bet. I'm a hair shirt. I'm the mirror that exposes sad little people to their sad little selves hehehehehehe

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11 hours ago, Jordan Whitt said:

Considering it was pointed out in a previous thread when she said she provided a service for the disabled so they can feel human that saying that was offensive, and here she is doing it again...no I don't feel that she is just not getting it out right.  And no it doesn't feel "good" to do this sort of thing, cos it makes us look like really awful people who are just picking on "poor sweet Bagnu who has trouble expressing herself".  If you have people telling you "hey that's offensive when you say things like that", you have to expect negative reactions when you keep saying it.

And then there is this...

I thought making the sig line took out the need to promote her "services".  

You're just a BITTER person because you turned YOUR Second Life into a crappy lil business venture. You sit all sad and friendless on your "sky pad" doing your inventory. Leave the girl alone. She's ENJOYING her SL. You should give it a try.

OR...you could keep coming on the forums "championing" fake causes and being FAKE offended. It's a way to go hehehehehehehe

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26 minutes ago, Orwar said:

 

[ Blah Blah Blah, boring stuff]

  - she just yet again found a new way to advertise that she's promiscuous and sexually active on the grid. 

[STOLEN PIC OF THE JOKER]

That part makes her a bit of an internet GENIUS!

What ya got against being promiscuous and sexually active on the grid? I'm promiscuous and sexually active on the grid. Jumpy all about The Get Down! READ MY PROFILE.

Jumpy is the god of WHAT? (Uh Oh, that MIGHT be advertising).  Then again my bona fides known grid-wide.

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Ain't nothing wrong with SEX or ADVERTISING! Keep doing what you do. "THEY" don't run nothin' 'round here. "They" can just run TELL something 'round here hehehehehehe