Comments on: Life sucks. May I have seconds?

By: Sarah D.

Sarah D. — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:08:07 +0000

I was on late, after spending the day moping about with my sinuses keeping me company. I gathered that it had been an interesting night.

By: S. Weasel

S. Weasel — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:10:20 +0000

Ah. Thanks for the clarifications, Sarah D. My hour hasn’t overlapped yours again, so far. Did you go online last night? It was a mess!

By: Sarah D.

Sarah D. — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:48:56 +0000

Oh, and you do not have to be a paid subscriber to own land. That holds true for mainland only. Private sims are open to anyone to buy.

Land ownership is complicated and an ongoing controversy though.

By: Sarah D.

Sarah D. — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:45:48 +0000

I played around with another av for a bit, but everyone kept complaining about missing me. Guess I’ll just stay as I am.

Weasel, you can exchange your Lindens for $US on the main SL site. It goes directly onto your credit/debit/paypal account.

I’m intrigued by the handicapped people I have met in world. Of course I’m going by what they say, but I tend to believe at least two of them. The woman confined to a wheelchair for the last 20 odd years that was ballroom dancing the other night was pretty cool. She was slightly overwhelmed by the experience. It’s amazing what our minds are capable of.

By: S. Weasel

S. Weasel — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:46:07 +0000

I just missed the MUD/MUCK era, ‘ferret. I was online then, but intimidated by the well-entrenched player culture. And it was 300kbps when I got online. I still have a giant Hayes Smartmodem around somewhere.

By: Enas Yorl

Enas Yorl — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:56:59 +0000

I’m not very good at playing First Life. I would probably ultra-suck at Second Life. When I was a kid reading Sci-Fi I used to imagine how we’d all have identities in these two worlds. I also thought that some people would mostly live in the other one and at one time I thought that would be pretty cool. Now, not so much.

By: gloomferret

gloomferret — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:37:07 +0000

Hootie-hoo, Monkeyface!
Funny.
I remember a MUD called Shades about 20 years ago…back when modems were 14kbps and the size of a hefty backpack. Them were the days…