Comments on: The Grid is a Lie

By: Ham Rambler

Ham Rambler — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:37:56 +0000

I find it fascinating how much we yearn for the ” familiar” in SL. I built an Irish Bar in SL because I travel the REAL world in my job, and always enjoy the familiarity and friendliness of an Irish Bar. I think, amidst all the wonderful creativity, people still seek an anchor point ( even if it is a virtual one)!

By: Mowgli Soy

Mowgli Soy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:04:50 +0000

Preachin’ to the choir here, dear friend.

By: Guen

Guen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:52:01 +0000

Interesting that you bring this up since I had someone ask me the other week, “Why wouldn’t someone want to be more attractive in SL since you can?”

My response was, “It was their personal choice to have their avatar that way, and what you may consider attractive is completely different to them.”

Thanks for the post as always, Prad

By: Faery Sola

Faery Sola — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:35:21 +0000

What is this box thing you speak of? *scratches head*

Great post Prad. I love that SL is a place where you can do anything, the possibilities are endless… I never can understand though why people want to so closely emulate RL though. But maybe I’ve just never been one to let my imagination be constrained in RL or SL.

I love my SL, it’s a fun & friendly place to be, but then I guess I’ve made it to be that way for me

By: Emerald Wynn

Emerald Wynn — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:37:10 +0000

This post makes me feel kind of proud of myself, because even though my AV is now kind of a generic gal — albeit with perfect makeup, violet eyes and stunning cleavage — I did start my SLife as an ice blue harpy. It was my original intention to be a mystical creature and snub the humans.

I gave up on that dream in about a month. There were no Stiletto Moodys that would fit those huge feet. (kidding)

In all seriousness, I became a human AV because it was hard for me to connect with like-minded people in harpy form. Unlike some people, I still see SL primarily as a vivid form of social networking — I wanted to make real friends, and the other fantastical creatures were too into role-playing their parts to communicate as the real people behind their mythical AVs.

But hey, also in real life I am FREEKIN’ terrified of chickens. But in SL, I can scream, “BRING IT ON, YOU BITCH-ASS CHICKENS!” and they will scamper in fear.

So there’s that at least.

By: Banana's Hubby

Banana's Hubby — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:45:14 +0000

I think there are 2 main ways to interpret SL. the first one is..when people try just to be someone else, someone they wish they were, doing things they cannot do in RL and then realise it’s all a big fantastic lie. ‘cos they are lying to themselves. Second one is..people who try to be themselves SOMEWHERE ELSE, using SL to enrich their RL and have fun with guys from all around the world.

By: Lewis Luminos

Lewis Luminos — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:49:26 +0000

I was talking about this exact thing the other day. I saw someone with a really amazing avatar (a tiny fairy in a floating glass jar) and I wonder why it is that so many people (myself included) just stick with regular human. Aside from furries, it’s unusual to see really imaginitive avatars like this one. It’s like… why do our SL houses have kitchens? Or stairs? Or even roofs? We don’t NEED any of these things but we build them that way anyway, because they’re familiar.

By: SecondLie Scribe

SecondLie Scribe — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:19:56 +0000

To think otherwise would be like wearing a bag over your head without any holes in it.

Glad you’re finally seeing the Truth… that it’s all one gigantic lie.

(Let me know when you realize that everything else is a lie, too.)

By: Kitty O'toole

Kitty O'toole — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:12:06 +0000

Great post as always Prad. This is a subject that really fascinates me, and something I’ve long said myself is that it’s amazing how, when given an environment to live in and create as we see fit, we tend to follow the framework that our everyday lives already follow. We’re strange beasts, us humans, and I think we really do struggle to escapse the confines of our comfort zone. We do it without thinking: echo our reality because after all, that’s all we know how to do..it’s a psycho-analyst’s wet dream really:)
=^..^=

By: Lizzie Lexington

Lizzie Lexington — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:32:55 +0000

But sometimes you need a box to make life easier. You put stuff in the box you don’t need and store it for a later day. Or in terms of second life and my number one hobby, shopping, camming around a box helps me find pretty things a lot quicker. Therefore a boring box helps me find things that make my second life much more exciting .