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November 30, 2019, 10:30 am

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Found on a random avatar's profile:

1. Slaves are not human beings

Even if a human being is kidnapped and forced into sexual or servile slavery overseas, they are still human beings. So that's wrong.

2. Slaves have NO rights !!!!!

This is also wrong. Even if someone signs one of those "full revocation contracts" from the web site that tattoos bar codes on the backs of submissive individuals' necks, they still are legal entities to sign such a document, they are legal entities after, and that document can be challenged in a court of law, so even signing their names to it do not revoke those rights.
3. Slaves are commodities that can be bought and sold, & they have no choice who they serve
Also not true, for the BDSM community, and also for the slavers that operate currently--they may sell an individual, but they are still human beings. Every person has a choice on whom they serve, even if trafficked in a criminal operation, even if that choice is "or death".
4. A slave’s body is not her own. It is the property of her owner and has no say in how its modified
And this is also complete nonsense. What community are you dealing with, where these are your ideals, or your perceptions of BDSM??5. A slave’s reality and truth are determined by her owner
Nope.
6. A slave can be punished for no reason at all
Anyone can be punished for any reason at all, people are cruel. But if you're talking BDSM operations, again, you seem to think of submissives as having depersoned themselves, and of their having no personal identities beyond that point.
7. A slave should always have a collar on her neck
Not every slave is collared. Not every submissive is collared.
8. A slave’s collar is her heart and they cherish it with their entire being
This varies, person to person.
9. Slaves seek discomfort and wear it like a badge of honor
Some slaves, certainly not all.
10. Slaves should always be shackled or be ready to be bound at all times
Really? Says who?11. A slave is required to be in top physical shape, hair, and skin
It may be required by some, but people are people. Some people put on or take off weight easier than others. Some people who are genuinely submissive (or dominant) are born with disabilities, and thus can never be in "top physical shape". It varies.
12. Slaves always obey their owner
Again, it depends on that particular relationship. Sometime disobedience is part of the game. Sometimes the rules are clear, sometimes the rules are not. There is no "always" in anything involving humans for the most part.
13. Slaves will always submit at the whim of their owner
See above.
14. Slaves only care about the pleasure of their owner and not their own and never complain
And again, no, because people are people. A hardcore, 24/7, "Chain me to a wall Master" slave will still get caught up in things and find enjoyment in their lives. No one is completely, 100%, focused on another person to the exclusion of all else 24/7. It's not possible.

And wow, just wow. Way to present BDSM in the worst possible light ever.

I'd add to that that even in the days where slavery was common, at least in the United States, many of these precepts were untrue even then. And that was when said slavery was in practical use, and not as an interchangeable term for a specific practice. Conditions were terrifying for slaves, many died, or received injuries for no reason other than their 'masters' had had a bad day. They certainly never accepted being slaves, or valued their collars (if they wore them). Many of them did not obey the orders given, because they were human beings with human emotions, not robots.

Just such a tragic take on the topic.

In the meantime, this happened just a few moments ago:

[22:46] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 12 BEAUTIFUL TEXTURES MM 5/25 [SLUrl to texture store]
[22:46] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that slurl didn't go through properly, and if it's not a [group] board you're calling, you can't call it in here
[22:46] oxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if it doesnt hit the goal then no one wins it resets at midnight
[22:47] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Ixxxx] that's not even close to a proper slurl.
[22:47] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [she typed out the SLUrl again]
[22:47] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: THAT ONE
[22:47] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Ixxxx], is that a [group] board?
[22:48] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i dont know, its a mm

Well, that's a dumb answer. What are you, new? (Actually, based on later revelations, she's very dumb, so that question's answered.)

[22:48] oxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if thats not a timeless board you can NOT post it in here :)
[22:48] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok
[22:48] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: nvm then
[22:48] oxxxx Rxxxxxxx: happy holidays everyone :)
[22:48] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: You can only call a board in here if it's got [this store's] set on it.
[22:49] Emilly Orr: There are other groups you can join, [Ixxxx], to call boards from anywhere.
[22:50] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Mod gives out the SLUrl for the group's store]
[22:51] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: emilly is correct
[22:52] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Ixxxx], if it's full perm stuff yoiu can call it in Midnight Mania for Creators, and Creative Horde.
[22:52] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: WICH ONE WMILLY

WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING? Seriously, that's not necessary.
[22:52] Emilly Orr: Which one do you want? There's tons.
[22:52] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i want one forMM
Yeah, I get that, but seriously, there are hundreds of them.
[22:52] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: If it's not full perm stuff, do a search for midnight mania spam and join a couiple of those
[22:53] Emilly Orr: The two [Jxxxxx] mentioned, there's SL Frees and Offers, there's a few Lucky Chair/Lucky board groups that allow MM boards to be called.
[22:53] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: those groups i just entioned are for full perm midnight manias
[22:53] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: creators work hard for thier stores is why most dont like other stores adverts in them
[22:53] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: SL Frees and Offers is not worth it
[22:54] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if it's not full perm stuff, do a search for 'midnight mania spam' in groups, and join some of them.
[22:55] Emilly Orr: It's not for everyone, I just mentioned it because I know about it. But search is good, too. 'Midnight Mania' in SL search will turn up some, 'lucky chair', 'lucky fortune', 'lucky board' turns up more, or read through the titles of freebie groups, you may find one you like.
[22:56] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i dont have any lol
[22:57] Emilly Orr: You don't have any what?
[22:57] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: nop
"Nop" is not an answer.
[22:58] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: any group for lucky boards
[22:59] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: or MM
[22:59] Emilly Orr: Well, there you go! Ways to look! You might even find one or two in your local language.
[23:00] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sure
[23:02] Emilly Orr smiles
I thought that was where it would end, but then I got this IM:[23:11] Second Life: [attempts to port me to wherever it is with the MM board]
[23:14] Emilly Orr: Tied up at present, but thank you!
[23:14] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: cum help
You misspelled "come", there.
[23:14] Emilly Orr: Would if I could
[23:14] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: haha
[23:14] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ur mean
[23:15] Emilly Orr: Not mean, just can't move. There are ropes.
[23:16] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[23:16] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: do u need help i have scissors
[23:16] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: then u can help me back
Lady, no. Busy. "Tied up" is not a joke in this sense, and I do not want to go,, and I am not going to go, so stop asking. Sheesh.

And the saga would have ended here, but...not half an hour later, this happened in the group's chat:

[23:38] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 18/25 MM board TEXTURES! [the SAME board she linked before]
[00:03] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Ixxxx]. If that's not a [group] board you cannot post it in here.
[00:18] Ixxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: disJeremy take a trip to the moon and dont come back

I contacted a mod at that point, explained the situation, and her too-dim-to-learn butt got kicked from the group. Her own fault, too. I explained what had happened--because of course on top of everything else, it caused some distraction locally--in a handful of sentences, and then finished with this:

[00:54] Emilly Orr: And that's when I tapped two mods in the group and asked them to look into it.
[00:54] Emilly Orr: She got bounced, and bitched at one of the mods until he blocked her, the other one was AFK, and just got back to me and asked for both incidents, and I copied them out to her.

And that, hopefully, really IS that, and my gods, why don't some people learn?

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moving on up and forward onto all that will become

December 1, 2019, 11:05 am

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Out of the blue, wandering the Erratic Black Friday sale, I got an offer to friend someone. The greeting sent with it was in French and I didn't save it, I just pulled the profile. One day old. Yeepers.

So the next step was figuring out why:

[11:25] Emilly Orr: Do I know you from somewhere?
[11:25] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: salut (Hello)
[11:26] Emilly Orr: Hi. Do I know you? I tend to friend only people I already know, or who are interested in my work.
[11:28] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: j ai pas compris le concept de jeux (I did not understand the concept of games)
[11:32] Emilly Orr: j ai pas compris le concept de jeux?
[11:32] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oui

Okay, off to Google Translate it is![11:33] Emilly Orr: Tous le jeux ou juste Second Life? (All the games, or just Second Life?)
[11:34] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: just secon life
[11:35] Emilly Orr: Pensez-y comme à un simulateur de vie. (Think of it as a life simulator.)
[11:35] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ah ok
[11:35] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: merci en tout cas (Thank you anyway)
[11:36] Emilly Orr: Vous pouvez tomber amoureux, vous pouvez trouver un emploi, vous pouvez construire des choses à vendre. (You can fall in love, you can find a job, you can build things to sell.)
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for Google Translate, but one must keep things fairly simple to get the point across.
[11:36] Emilly Orr: C'est moins un jeu avec des niveaux et des points, car c'est juste ... une autre vie. (It's less a game with levels and points, as it is just...another life.)
[11:36] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: et j ai pas de maison (and I do not have a house)
Oof. You're really straining the coherency of my ability to translate the words. Which, by the way, regarding French, and several other languages, I just don't have. A few words here and there is about as fluent as I get.
[11:38] Emilly Orr: Vous pouvez en trouver sur le marché, gratuitement ou gratuitement, et vous pouvez louer un terrain pour le mettre en vente. Ou achetez un compte premium, qui vient avec une maison. (You can find cheap or free ones on the Marketplace, and you can rent land to put it on. Or buy a premium account, that comes with a house.)
[11:39] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok
[11:44] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: et toi tu as acheter quoi a ton debut (and you bought what you started)
Uhh...was she talking about Lindens? I wasn't sure, but I assumed she was talking about Lindens.
[11:45] Emilly Orr: Vous pouvez obtenir un compte premium à tout moment. Vous pouvez acheter des Lindens à tout moment, par le biais du site Web ou du navigateur. (You can get a premium account at any time. You can buy Lindens at any time, through the website, or through the browser.)
[11:48] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok
And that seemed to be that. I moved on, she stopped talking, I declined her offer of friendship, but it was puzzling. Did she just hit the wrong key? Did she think friending people is how you ask questions? The Lindens really need to bring back Orientation Islands in some form, there's just zero instruction on what to do with Second Life before they're shotput onto the grid.

And a bigger question is, if she doesn't know what Second Life is, why is she here? Why'd she make an account in the first place? Seriously? It's not like Overwatch or World of Warcraft, there are no points, there are no levels, there are no quests--at least, within the main grid, there are countless mini-games people have come up with to entertain themselves. But Second Life itself? As I said, it's more a life simulator than anything. At its basest level, it's a 3D chatroom.

So why did she make an account?

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on the rooftops they dance, Valentino-type tangos

December 2, 2019, 11:44 am

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There is good and bad news in this.

After meeting someone with an Altamura head (which I mistook for Akeruka), I joined the Akeruka group. I demoed a few heads with my usual tragic failure rate. Then I drifted over to Valentina.

This is Valentina after the base shape tweaking:

This is my normal system look:

That's...really close. Like, the closest I've come with any mesh head in three years of searching. And it's on sale...for another day.

The bad news? Akeruka only accepts Omega appliers, I believe. But that's not the big problem. The big problem? I don't have L$1,750 to buy it.

In the end, honestly, I don't care how much I pay for a mesh head--honestly, I'll put things aside and save for it, even though I'm tragically inept with personal finances. I care about how much it looks like the me in my head--the system me. So while yes, the price tag is a sticking point, it is something to keep in mind.

But that price tag. So, the search goes on.

In the meantime, Schadenfreude is showing this off at the SaNaRae event:

I showed this to an actually Jewish friend. I didn't think it was amazingly accurate, but I was amused about holiday tentacles. He said he would have wanted a better place for the shamash, and I agree--it's pretty much just plunked on top of the creature's noggin.

But come on, nine different metals, sixteen different candle color options, all for L$175? I think a little historical inaccuracy can be allowed.

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'cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more

December 4, 2019, 11:25 am

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Running the advents a couple days back, and I ran across this lass. Lady, that can't be good for your skin. Or your health. It's cold out.

I'd bring up the baby hands deal, but I'm more worried she's going to get frostbite on her tender bits.

Also, how does she walk in those?

People and their hobbies...she did have one good quote in her profile, though.

"If you're in a relationship and all you do is cry every day, you need to stop and ask yourself, am I dating a human or an onion?"
~Jessica Kate Plummer

It's a good question.

In other wanderings, I came across this spraddle-hipped individual:

Hoo, boy. So on the plus side, she didn't seem to complete the look with the pouty fish lips and the narrow eyes that was mysteriously so popular a few years back, but...the hips are still wrong. No woman, who is not anorexic, on the planet, has a thigh gap like this. Because human legs are not square. They're curved. Even with those individuals thin enough so that one can see scenery behind them through those legs, there are still curves. Perceive:

thigh-gap-example1

A reasonably fit model on a tropical beach somewhere. Note the curves.

thigh-gap-example2

A (very) young model, in a portfolio shot. She does seem to have a fairly rectangular gap, but note that that is in clothes. It can clearly be seen that without them (and even in those pants, this can clearly be seen), she would also have curves, just less of them.

thigh-gap-example3

An anorexic patient (note presence of hospital bed, those terrifyingly protruding hip bones, and the fact that her inner knees have been bandaged because the bones rubbing under such thin, fragile skin was causing damage). This is the closest we will ever see to the once oft-imitated rectangular thigh gap in Second Life, only...this is on a real person. A real, very unhealthy person. And even she still has (limited) perceivable curves, because humans are designed with padding. And even starving ourselves down to non-viability will only reduce that padding so much.

From the back it's not as bad, at least at certain angles. But again, it's such a weird shape to go for--I'm truly glad she didn't go for the upsetting pouty face, but this combination of extraordinary curves and that thigh gap is just so unnatural that it stands out, jarringly, every time.

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every time I look away, I find a hiding place

December 5, 2019, 11:27 am

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Short little snippet I caught today:

[10:38] Fxxxx Rxxxxxxx: We have a griefer do we?
[10:39] exxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Copybotter
[10:40] Qxxxxxx Nxxxxxxx: he copied a part of the Entrance Hall at Oxbridge, and placed it insides of the building. He was still busy, and my impression has been, that he just started.

How much of a knuckle-dragging idiot does someone have to be to copy something, then rez it out on the premises? That's either insane levels of arrogance--which means they're very young, and very stupid--or actually being too dumb to add numbers up to ten without counting fingers and toes. And possibly dragging in friends to help. Which doesn't discount the stupid in any way.
[10:41] Fxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ahhh..... I presume that an AR was also issued?
[10:41] Qxxxxxx Nxxxxxxx: there is a community of copybotters, who have their own viewers, a kind of marketplace with copybotted content from SL, and they offer a service. e.g. when you want a copy of something you have seen in SL, they will copy it for you.
Ugh. I knew there was a dedicated community of ethic-less copyright infringers who pulled mesh objects in from computer games to the grid, but I thought actual, in-person "copybotting" had died down as being too slow and ineffective. Guess I was wrong.
[10:42] Qxxxxxx Nxxxxxxx: yep, I sent an AR with photo proof to LL
[10:42] Fxxxx Rxxxxxxx: nods nods
Always wise. I hope they stop this little fish; sounds like they're too young and too dumb to wander around by themselves.

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Scenes from a Chat: No, Not That One edition

December 6, 2019, 8:17 am

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This made my brain snicker briefly:

[22:12] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: can anyone tell me where was the Jenny located?
[22:13] sxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxxx: in my lap...
[22:13] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: that's nice..but not the Jenny I'm looking for I'm sure
[22:14] mxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no forests jenny .....lol
[22:14] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: lol
[22:14] mxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: is the one he has
[22:15] Mxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wanna get the jenny ?

It's starting to sound like the "Who's on First?" routine.
[22:18] jxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wow! Everybody wants me? :)
I have to slightly de-anonymize this one to make her answer make sense; her first name was Jenny.
[22:19] Mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ohh
[22:20] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: lmao
In other news...more spam from my inbox.
Hi Emily,
The name has two L's.
I'm Anife, representing [another useless search engine mill] the #2 job search engine in the world.
I guess you gotta be proud of something.
As we are having our network base getting bigger we would like to offer you a partnership with any hidden cost or meaning,
Which is it? A hidden cost, or a hidden meaning?The idea consists of placing a banner ad (shown on the image attached) of the services you r offering on our high traffic page, starting off our barter type of cooperation with asking you to indicate [the search engine mill] as a job partner on your page.
That should be "you are offering", but near as I can make out on the enclosed image, they're going to somehow list my blog's banner (which, uh, I don't have) alongside their ad banner? How does that even work? How is that profitable for them?Let's discuss the details,
No.
Onward
Go away.

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Annabelle's misgotten creation

December 11, 2019, 11:18 am

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Same complaint, same response, it's getting old...

[11:52] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I have to say beautiful work by the makers, 1 out of 10 I would give it a 8 but you know what would give it a 10? Hmmmm lets see. what could it be? what would make it a 10 out of 10.? If there were stuff for Guys to use more important us Gorean guys. Vikings Guys medieval....
[11:54] Emilly Orr: We've heard this before, and my response is the same: there are makers of Gorean clothing on the list, they do show up, you've just bought all of it. So find new stores and talk to them about joining the 25L list.

I mean, really. Want more makers of mens' attire on a sales list? Talk to the merchants who make them. If he doesn't know any, this is not my--or the sales list's--problem.

In the meantime, I finally saw Annabelle: Creation. While I very much enjoyed The Conjuring and The Conjuring II, the rest of the films in the series have been a disappointment. The Nun was nigh unwatchable, the first Annabelle film was tedious, and La Llorona was just ridiculous in every way. And pointless, to be blunt. Too much emphasis on jump scares over plot, on cranking films out over actual integrity of character.

But I liked the trailer for Annabelle: Creation. And while I knew it wouldn't be a great film, I thought it had a chance to be an okay film. But after seeing it, I'm just confused.

Annabelle-Creation1

Don't get me wrong. They actually picked a good team of actors. That's not the issue. And the plot seems...well, it has iffy moments, but it seems (at least structurally) sound. And the setting definitely works--most Americans can easily believe the midlands, the so-called "flyover states", are haunted--whether they live in one or not.

Annabelle-Creation2

No, I think it comes down to direction. John R. Leonetti had directed the first iteration of Annabelle, and the results weren't stellar. To be fair, while he has a solid footing in horror, most of his horror credits have been as a director of photography, not an actual film director. He did a capable job on The Conjuring, a film I liked very much, and had taken the first Annabelle, which...wasn't as good.

And he was attached to the project at first, but...not that long after, he was replaced by David F. Sandberg, who, while he has several directorial credits to his name, is mainly known for three: Lights Out a film with a strong plot and weak direction, Shazam!, a film that doesn't even start to become likeable until the last ten minutes, and...Annabelle: Creation.

Annabelle-Creation3

So what's wrong with it, other than the emphasis on jump scares, which reduce all build-up of tension in any horror film, over actual dread? That's where my confusion comes in.

I truly can't fault the acting. There are some big names attached, and they're great, but even the unknowns are good--honest, heartfelt, we know their characters, we understand them, we feel for them. That's not the issue.

The issue really is the direction. In the sense that...how do I describe this? It almost feels like it's a two-director film. It's like Alfred Hitchcock and Eli Roth decided to make a film together. There is a build-up of creeping dread, long, drawn-out shots that generate tension, and then...JUMP SCARE. There's the revelation of a plot point, and several breathless moments where we try to figure out--did we see something in the shadows, or is it just human brains trying to pattern our way through the darkness? And then...JUMP SCARE.

Annabelle-Creation4

It's not a coherent whole. The two sides--the two stories, the feeling of twin directors, whatever it is--keep tugging at each other. It's..bipolar. It's a bad mix.

And even with that, it was a far better film than Annabelle, and received much more box office than its predecessor, and...I just don't understand why. All right, in the very basic sense of the term, it was a better film, because the original independent Annabelle movie was terrible. But this? This isn't good. It has good moments, but...that's all they are, a collection of moments that do not, on their own, add up to a decent film.

It relies on jump scares over storytelling. It's plebian. It's mediocre. And ultimately disappointing overall, because it could have been so much more.

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if this is what we are, then I gotta move on

December 9, 2019, 10:57 pm

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Ah, the days of yore, back when we had wood-burning cats, spindle-wheeled carriages were still popular, and Lolas Tangos were the newest Big Thing:[11:13] Cxxx Mxxxxxx: I am looking through some old inventory and I am seeing things called "Lola" appliers. Does anyone remeber what they go with?
[11:14] Rxxxxxxxx Rxxxx: with Lola Tango boobs
[11:14] Jxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Those were bewb addons, in the days before mesh bods
Back in the annals of tiiiiime...
[11:14] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yeh lol
[11:15] Cxxx Mxxxxxx: how did they work? Should I keep them?
Weirdly, I still have my Tangos, even though I've thrown out all the clothing I saved to wear over them, and routinely toss out the Tango layers in new items of clothing. I should just throw them away, too.
[11:15] Mxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: old mesh boobs
[11:15] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: huge lol
[11:15] wxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thank goodness for them too. System boobs are an abomination
[11:15] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[11:16] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: they can work with mesh bodies can't they?
Yeah, and people still make appliers and clothing for them.
[11:16] Cxxx Mxxxxxx: can they?
[11:17] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Remember, let's not denigrate others' decisions on their avatars, please.
I don't think anyone was, specifically? But of course, you know best, you're a mod of the increasingly restrictive group this chat arises from.
[11:18] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i'm not sure, i seem to recall something about how they can work with mesh bodies
[11:19] Jxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Can they? Yes, technically, because they are just another mesh addon. Not sure if they're even sold anymore. But if you put them on you'd have to alpha out the chest section of your mesh bod. The lines would be very visible
[11:20] Cxxx Mxxxxxx: hmmmm. Could they be covered with clothes so the seams don't show?
[11:21] Jxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Probably? But I'm not sure why someone would want to use both.
Me, neither, because most mesh bodies "expand", if that's what's desired, far better than any applier system ever did.
[11:21] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: actually, i have some breast 'deformers' that i use to make lara more natural, but they can be sized to where the old lola's look like flat chested lol
[11:22] Jxxx Gxxxxxxx: Ummm, I have some that i don't use anymore, but, I did put them on, and I didn't need to alpha out the chest...maybe bcuz I'm BoM now
[11:22] Cxxx Mxxxxxx: so I should probably delete them?
Entirely up to you. As I said, some people still make Lolas layers for outfits.
[11:23] txxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Thank you all for all the info on mesh bodies. i have been at a loss of even where to start. that helped alot.
[11:23] Cxxx Mxxxxxx: I am always at a loss. Welcome to the club, [Txxxxxxx] ;)
[11:24] Jxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Not the appliers [Jxxx], the bewbs themselves
[11:25] Jxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: The meshbodyaddicts blog is no more, but the group is still around and very active. A good place for comparison questions
True. Plus, running a search for Lolas Tangos and Second Life would probably turn up some articles.
[11:26] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: eh I hear they have gotten infiltrated and are no longer unbiased as a source.
Infiltrated by whom?[11:27] Pxxxxxxxxx Exxxxxx: There are also videos on YouTube comparing various bodies. I think Strawberry Singh /Linden has some
She does, as well as a very informative blog.
[11:28] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I tend to see the omega using bodies as the best options unless you want a specialty body. so the omega blog is useful. though demoing and asking around and such can be useful and there are likely random blog posts you can dig up about the mesh bodies.
[11:29] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sl forums are always a good place to skim through for current thinking as well
[11:30] yxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i seen once addons called cherrybombs... they are giant...
Not as big as the Overfilleds. With some lasses wearing Overfilleds, they couldn't see their knees, let alone their feet. Or the ground. Or their arms around each massive breast...
[11:31] yxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I wonder it isn't possible wear mesh clothing with those accessories?
Asked and answered.
[11:31] Vxxxxxxx Mxxxxxxxxx: remember, all designers are created equal in the eyes of God, even though some are major banking than others
There is no need to bring religion into this, thanks.
[11:32] yxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: this side of the plane, please ...
Exactly.
[11:32] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: all designers may be created equal, but talent is certainly not distributed evenly
[11:33] yxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but we don't complain about ti here... specially if they are generously giving away gifts.
[11:35] Jxxx Gxxxxxxx: You would need appliers for those, I'm pretty sure
And then the conversation drifted away, and likely a good thing. The upshot remains the same: any implant system won't look as good as mesh bodies do now, but it is possible to still use them.

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we've tried the goodbye so many days

December 12, 2019, 9:44 am

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I...I can't even.

First line on her profile?I am a redeemed child of the one and only living God and driven by my Christian faith.

I just can't.

From another random profile:- I started putting in the same effort reaching out to you that you have to me. This is why we don't talk anymore.
That's fair in a lot of cases. I know people who unfriend when those friends stop initiating contact. For me, there are scores of people on my friendslist that are there because I used to talk to them. I'm the one not good at reaching out in many cases.
- Always beware of the fox being in charge of the hen house.
I get what they mean, but in a lot of ways, this is needlessly obscure. Just state it outright.
- If your presence can't add value to my life, your absence will make no difference.
See first point.
- When someone shows interest and passion for you and it suddenly disappears, they've already moved to their next victim.
A reference to the fox again.
- Someone's true colors will come out when you need them most and have nothing to offer in return.
Oh, always. A very old bumper from MTV once said, "If you truly want to know someone, and you don't have a lot of time, throw a glass of milk in their face." Because by doing that, you'll figure out how they deal with anger, hurt and shock all at once. It's valuable information in under a minute, if you really need it.
- Someone who has to be owned and controlled by another will never be loved.
Again, I know what they mean, but...obviously, I don't always agree. On the other hand, it's my choice to be owned. I know the parameters of that ownership. I accept the good--and the bad--within those parameters. And if I ever choose to walk away, I can do that too.

Not that I'd want to, but I am still an adult with choices. Choices I take responsibility for, choices I share responsibility for with another person. D/s, in this sense, is very symbiotic--both partners in the arrangement supporting each other.

Or at least, it should be. If one is owned in this sense, and it's only one way, that's not chosen, that's not submission under domination, that's just abuse.
- Love always takes time. You can't learn about somoene in an hour.
"Someone", and of course we can't. Second Life at large, though, falls into this trap quite often. I've told people in the past that SL is life in the spin cycle. People fall in love in an hour, marry over a weekend, divorce after two weeks. Every experience is more intense, more emotionally vital, and more emotionally devastating when it ends.

And I don't think, largely, that will change, because I see the same patterns of behavior in people who've been on the grid for a decade, that I see in people that just joined the grid. It's easy to be attracted to someone. It's easy to experience that first rush of infatuation. So of course it's as easy to get married, move in together, and, when something occurs that explodes that perceived level of connection and understanding, to storm off, unpartner, and move out.

In other news, running the advents again, I came across this lass. And I swear, when I first saw her, all I could think of was The Handmaid's Tale. I thought it was a scarily bold move to walk around in that particular attire. What a statement she was making.

That's when I realized no, it's just a holiday-red cloak and a white bonnet. Oh. I thought it made a bigger impact when I viewed it as political protest, but there you go. It's just fashion.

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the longest night of the year

December 21, 2019, 3:27 pm

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It is the shortest day. It will be the longest night. There will be feasting and celebrations, remembrance of the seasons that came before, a sparkling tide of good wishes to carry us through the darkness and into the seasons ahead. Bonfires will be lit this night, not for fertility and merriment, but for warmth. Hot mulled wines will be served, hot spiced ciders from this year's harvests, because tomorrow will begin the fortifications against winter's deep chill.

Today is the winter solstice. Today is Yule.

I admit, I'm something of a cobble, religiously. While most of my practice now does center on Ásatrú, I began the journey in Celtic Wicca--and, though most of my holidays are Ásatrú placements on the year, Beltane, Samhain and Yule remain the mix of old and new. This is partially because, even though everyone in my family's social circle, growing up, proclaimed Christianity, and taught their children Christianity, we also had touches of that Celtic mysticism. We were an extended Christian family that lit the Balefires in June. We were a Christian family who knew the veil thinned in October, who celebrated the longest night. Looking back on it now, as an adult, I realize that this was very odd for most Americans, but for my cousins and I, this was what everyone did, because everyone around us did these things.

So for me, December 21st means Yule, means staying up and celebrating until the light returns, means keeping the lights burning so that the sun remembers to return. And from a purely scientific perspective, this is a ludicrous idea, and scientifically, we know this. But there are a lot of bizarre religious beliefs. Hindus believe the universe was sung into being by a multi-armed entity. Buddhists believe the universe is a sleeping god's dream. Ásatrúar believe the universe was licked out of deep-frozen ice by a space cow. So really, no one who proclaims any faith has a leg to stand on where physics and reality are concerned.

But we still have Yule. The shortest day, the longest night. The Oak King, old and fading, giving way for the Holly King, young and vibrant, to accompany the Goddess through the dormant months. (Even in this, my family's practices differed from the norm, as for many Wiccans the Oak King is already full in his power at the Summer Solstice, and the Holly King is in full evergreen blush at the Winter Solstice. But for us, the Oak King takes over at Beltane, and the Holly King takes over at Yule.) Winter, after all, is not solely a season of death and sleeping, but of possibilities germinating, of new growth to come, ruminations, contemplations, the snap of cold to bring the sap to the surface. After all, there are still harvests that happen in winter--ice wines, maple syrups, a wide variety of greens can still grow through the winter. Carrots, turnips and radishes can still be grown, though it is rare to get them to harvest's end in a survivable form. And animals during this time, raised for meat, were traditionally slaughtered in the winter, so that the cold would keep the rot away until the meats could be properly dressed, smoked or dried in preparation of the cold to come.

So merry Wintertide to all, whatever your flavor of celebration is, and may the coming year be bright and bursting with good things. Here's to the bright dawn to come!

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but I don't sense affection, no gratitude or love

December 23, 2019, 10:09 pm

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[21:24] Second Life:

kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx is offering friendship.

Would you be my friend?

I loathe friend requests out of the blue. Let me get to know you first. Let me figure out if we click. THEN we can talk friendship.

[21:30] Emilly Orr: Pardon, you were at the bottom of the list, I was closing tabs. You are?

I pulled the profile, and...here we go again. Of the seven groups this person has, three of those are catfight groups, and...no. Just no. And why the hell do I always get tapped to go fight people at home??

[21:31] Emilly Orr: Ooookay, let me head something off at the pass, just to make this easier: No, I am not interested in fighting you. No, I am not interested in watching women fight. No, I have zero interest in being dominated while someone beats the crap out of me.
[21:31] Emilly Orr: Now, if there's anything else, happy to discuss!

That's fair, right? I'm not being rude, just direct.

[21:33] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ops sorry

That would be "oops".

[21:34] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I glad to chatting with you

Let me take a wild stab in the dark here, you're not a native English speaker?

[21:34] Emilly Orr: Sure!
[21:35] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you like fighting
[21:35] Emilly Orr: As in, watching WWE matches? Not as much these days, as we don't have cable. As in fighting personally? I'd rather have a root canal.

Did they not catch with the "not interested in fighting you" line? Not fighting them. No interest. No inclination. Not doing it. And I'm not even as interested in WWE since The Undertaker retired.

[21:36] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: my internet is slow

Well, that's a conversational swerve.
[21:36] Emilly Orr: That is sad. Any way to speed it up, or is it a limitation of the package?
[21:38] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I can't be stronger
[21:39] Emilly Orr: Some places are like that, any number of factors could bring the speed down.
[21:39] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you look good for catfight
Annnnnd we're BACK![21:40] Emilly Orr: NOT. INTERESTED.
[21:40] Emilly Orr: Or, you know what? Fine. Sure. Great. Hire me to fight you. Fabulous. I'll go wherever you want once you send me 10K in Lindens.
It's not going to happen, but I am sick of getting these requests. I haven't even blogged all the ones I've gotten, just the "interesting" ones.
[21:41] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok
[21:41] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I no want fight me
[21:42] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I like to watch your in fight if you fighting
"You".
[21:42] Emilly Orr: Yeah, but if you want me to go ANYWHERE, TO fight, 10K. Non-negotiable.
[21:42] Emilly Orr: If I'm fighting someone else, 10K from them too.
[21:42] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok np
[21:43] Emilly Orr: Enjoy your evening!
And I dearly hope that is that, because catfighting is not my forte. I don't see a need for it, it is absolutely not my fetish, the closest I get to 'pain slut' territory is spanking. And it still hurts, keep in mind. But being hit? Scratched? Punched? No thank you, no interest, no need, move along.
[21:44] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you no here now
[21:44] Emilly Orr: No, I'm at home.
[21:44] Emilly Orr: I don't even know where you are.
[21:45] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: in divas hehe
What the hell is Divas? I searched in down in world, and several things come up. One's a Russian club, one sounds like some sort of mild hypnosis place, then there's "Wrestling and Catfighting Divas". I assume that's the one? I don't care, I'm not going, but that sounds like the terrain we're talking around.
[21:45] Emilly Orr: I don't know where that is.
[21:46] Emilly Orr: I live on the SIM, the SIM is not Divas whatever, entirely. There are private homes here.
I looked up the wrestling place? Seems like they're in Grant, which as far as I can tell, isn't even close to my home sim. So what gives? Why do I get one or two of these weird requests a month? Do I just have a punchable face?

No idea. But so over anything concerning this.

[[Post-publish note from the Editrix: it went on.]]
[22:11] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok I'm sorry
[22:12] Emilly Orr: You should be. I told you I wasn't interested twice.
I could not have been more clear. I fail to understand how this knuckle-dragger failed to comprehend.

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you've never learned to read or write, there's no books upon your shelf

December 24, 2019, 7:36 am

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Because that's what this whole conversation reminded me of. A codicil: I am keeping the name of the group intact, because it's mentioned more than once in the text capture. But I am anonymizing the actual avatar.

Onward![00:00] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: this part makes no sense to me
[00:00] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: No cost to join group)
For my VIP Group I make special Promocode on 99%!!! off for ANY item untill January 5 at mainstore (Works only one time for one avatar, be careful!!!!)Cost to join 500L$
[00:00] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no cost to join but it costs 500? uhhhh what?
[00:02] Emilly Orr: What VIP group? Limerence's?
[00:03] Emilly Orr: It's a pay group for this store's VIPs, and you'll get a promo code that will either discount, or refund, 99% of the purchase price of any hair.
Now, this was a stab in the dark, given what was said. But, I felt I should know for sure, so...
[00:03] Emilly Orr pulls up the notices
Even though I have all in-world notices and IMs sent to my email, sometimes things fall by the wayside. This notice was one of the things, apparently:Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for all {Limerence} friends!!!
The Christmas group gift is now available at the mainstore location!
Just wear your {Limerence} group tag, grab it and enjoy. No cost to join group)
For my VIP Group I make special Promocode on 99%!!! off for ANY item untill January 5 at mainstore (Works only one time for one avatar, be careful!!!!)Cost to join 500L$
https://limerence-sl.blogspot.com/2019/12/limerence-christmas-groupgift-and.html
Okay, that makes sense, but I did see the issue.
[00:03] Emilly Orr: Ah, I see what you're seeing. It's a lack of punctuation.
[00:04] Emilly Orr: This group is free, and everyone in this group can get the Christmas gift, if you wear the group tag.
Which is fabulous, I'll have to remember to stop by Limerence tomorrow for the gift.
[00:04] Emilly Orr: The NEXT paragraph is only about the VIP group, not the main group.
[00:04] Emilly Orr: Though that is tempting to join the VIP group before Jan 5th...
It really is tempting.
[00:05] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well the grou pis free
[00:05] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i was wondering if she means she is gonna start charging for it at new years
No, not until January 5th.
[00:05] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: here is the full notice
[00:05] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:
[15:34] Kxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Group Notice Sent by: Kxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx
{Limerence} Christmas&NY GroupGift and Promocode for VIP Group
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for all {Limerence} friends!!!
The Christmas group gift is now available at the mainstore location!
Just wear your {Limerence} group tag, grab it and enjoy. No cost to join group)>
For my VIP Group I make special Promocode on 99%!!! off for ANY item untill January 5 at mainstore (Works only one time for one avatar, be careful!!!!)Cost to join 500L$
[00:06] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and its the same on thei page
[00:06] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: https://limerence-sl.blogspot.com/2019/12/limerence-christmas-groupgift-and.html[00:06] Emilly Orr: Right, I read the full notice.
[00:06] Emilly Orr: And I told you how it breaks down.
[00:06] Emilly Orr: The first statement is a statement about the gift for ALL group members, those here, and the VIPS.
[00:06] Emilly Orr: The SECOND statement is only for the VIPs, or for people who join the VIP group.
[00:07] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: still confuses the hell out of me lol
Why? How is this in any way confusing?[00:07] Emilly Orr: Separate the statements. It won't be confusing.
[00:07] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but it doesnt matter really since we are all group members i think?
And it was here I realized the issue.
[00:07] Emilly Orr: There's no charge for this group.
[00:07] Emilly Orr: There IS a L$500 charge for the VIP group.
[00:07] Emilly Orr: The VIP group is NOT THIS GROUP.
[00:07] Emilly Orr: Simple.
[00:07] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ohhhh
Oh, good, we're all on the same page now.
[00:08] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that i didnt know
[00:08] Emilly Orr: There you go.
[00:08] axxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i didnt think they had 2 groups
[00:08] Emilly Orr: Limerence has two groups.
Happy to help.

And to point out, if you like the way Limerence builds hair, you could do worse than join a VIP group for L$500 that nets you one new hair per month. I've never been unhappy with any paid VIP group for a hair store, and I used to belong to Alice Project, and currently belong to Astrology and Truth VIPs. Happy to add Limerence VIPs for the new year.

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there's nobody missing, there is no reward, little by little we're cutting the cord

December 28, 2019, 10:20 am

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So, the conversation was about food, and I was only halfway following:

[20:38] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Pad Thai, everyone?
[20:39] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: whats pad thai?
[20:39] Vxxxxxxxx Ixxxx: oh yum
[20:40] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: OOoo it is lovely! Noodles and veggies and eggs and meat on rice noodles in a spicy/sweet/smokey sauce!

It is pretty good. Here's a fairly easy recipe for it that comes with both printed and video instructions. And this one says it'll be on the table in thirty minutes (though I think that's exclusive of prep time).
[20:40] Gxxxxxxxxxx Dxxxxxxx: its a Chinese rice and noodle dish
Thai noodle dish. Actually.
[20:40] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ooooo
[20:41] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I made it!
[20:41] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: : ))
[20:41] hxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: mmm i love Pad Thai
[20:41] Gxxxxxxxx Axxxxx: Not to be confused with Muay Thai . . which is pain. :-p
Well, that's definitely true. The Thai boxing style tends towards fast and lethal moves, more than escape and subdual.
[20:42] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oooo
[20:42] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: is it?
[20:42] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Need cucumber slices with it! I forgot those!
[20:42] Vxxxxxxxx Ixxxx: I recently had it for the 1st time recently and OMG it was so good
[20:42] Rxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: IO know I will be hte
Meet Ms. S. This came out of nowhere, and I was puzzling over what "hte" actually meant. Was she drunk, or just couldn't spell?[20:42] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: O wonderful, [Vxxx]! Welcome! lol
[20:42] dxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Pho is Still my favorite.. lol
Now, real pho soup takes 24-48 hours to make properly. Here's a quicker version. This one's called "cheater" pho, because it's even easier. And this one's a multi-step chicken-based version. None of these are traditional, but they'll taste enough similar to pass.
[20:42] Rxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: hatd
Still confused. Hate? Hatted? Had?[20:42] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Pho is wonderful, too!
[20:43] Rxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: everyone hatesd Jewxs
And there it is. Really? This is a freebie and sales announcement group. Beyond that, the discussion had been about foods they enjoy. Where did this come from?[20:43] dxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 0.0
[20:43] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: My apologies, everyone.
[20:44] Axxxxx Dxxxxxxxx: I watched an episode of American Test Kitchen/Cooks Country, and Julia made Pad Thai, it lookd good
[20:44] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I deeply apologize.
[20:44] cxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: What was that [Rxxxxx]?
[20:44] Mxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that was a bit random.
It really was.
[20:45] cxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Who does everyone hate?
Apparently, "everyone" hates Jews. Which is sheerly ludicrous. And why that comment in this group? Out of the blue. It's bizarre.

Oh, and this idiot joined three years after I did, which makes her over ten years on the grid! So she is more than old enough, in SL and RL, to KNOW. BETTER.

[20:45] Vxxxxxxxx Ixxxx: what was that about?
[20:45] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Move on, please.
[20:45] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: If I could I would remove it, but I cannot.

Sadly, there are limitations to being a mod, but I'm not sure even a group owner could strike someone's stated comment once published.
[20:45] cxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: A friend of mine got booted for criticizing a product.
That happens, yeah. I've been kicked from a group for asking a question.
[20:45] Mxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: when i seen that I scrolled up to see her having her own conversation that didn't match anything of what else was going on in chat.
I wasn't in world for that, so I only have this.
[20:46] cxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: But its OK to post anti-semitic hate messages?
No. Keep in mind mod H can't delete a comment from chat. Possibly the Lindens could, but I don't think anyone else has the power levels necessary to do that.
[20:46] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Jxxxx]? Do you see that poster in chat?
[20:46] Dxxxxxxxx Rxxxx: you cant stop a comment in chat only boot after the fact
[20:46] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: It was taken care of.
[20:46] cxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Good. Banned?
[20:47] Vxxxxxxxx Ixxxx: I am glad it was taken care of
[20:47] Mxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Group hug! Everyone have a happy new year
! [20:47] Pxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you have a happy new year too
Things went on from there, in far less bigoted ways, so I stopped the capture here. But I'm still baffled. Someone thought this was appropriate to say two days after Christmas. Really? REALLY?

Not to mention we're days away from the second decade of the 21st century, and if people are still holding on to such laughably outdated ideas, they really need to just sit down and shut up. Maybe they'll learn something that way.

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oh, I climbed up on the high oh, lonely hill

January 1, 2020, 1:41 pm

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Well, this certainly has never happened before...

[12:57] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hello is there an in world store?
[12:57] cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pretty sure there is.
[12:57] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Yes
[12:57] mxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes
[12:57] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[12:57] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: Yes
[12:58] Emilly Orr: I thought so, isn't it still here?

All I did was open the store owner's profile and copy it out. Nothing Ms. N couldn't have done herself.
[12:58] Ixxxxx Rxx: yes, you can get a LM from the group founder's picks
[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: is there a landmark anyone could share please?
[12:58] Cxxxx Axxxxxx: hide your wallet before going though
Well, that's certainly true.
[12:58] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: Oh and she has a clothing store now
[12:58] mxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes
[12:58] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: Emily posted it above
[12:58] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I just shared it wieth you
[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I looked and didnt see it, [ixx]
[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes got it thank you so much
"With". So that should have been that...I felt like I needed to answer why, though, and as I was typing the above line was posted; I posted my response not even half a second after.
[12:58] Emilly Orr: Well, I mean, someone can, but I'd have to go there, and I'm busy, so....
Isn't the SLUrl to the store enough?[12:58] cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a clothing store? That's new. Is it the same location?
[12:58] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: actually, you can share it from your inventorly, Emilly...no need to go anywhere! :)
"Inventory". And only if you have it in inventory to begin with. I try to keep things pared down. At upwards of 165K, currently, I'm terrified of my inventory, and I keep nothing I don't absolutely have to keep. (And that is AFTER culling 13,000 items over December!)[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thank you all.. I am looking for those nice orange wall sconces for my victorian home
[12:59] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: :)
[12:59] Emilly Orr: I...don't have it in inventory?
[12:59] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: did you not LM the store?
And this puzzled me. No, I didn't. I don't LM every store I like. Sorry? Besides, again, won't the SLUrl get her there?[12:59] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: That reminds me I haven't been there in a while
[12:59] Emilly Orr: Nope, I just look it up when I need to go
[12:59] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: Yes it is called [store name of the new clothing store].
[12:59] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: It is in [Nxxxxxxx]'s profile
[12:59] Emilly Orr: Or I use the lm from the notecard sent out for whatever new thing pops up
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ahh...I LM my favorites
Good for you?[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: then I can get there faster
[13:00] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: [store location again]
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: to each his/her own
[13:00] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: the [store in question]
[13:00] Emilly Orr: Yeah, everything in my favorites bar is work, sandboxes, or home location.
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no...I have an LM folder in my inventory
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: not just the bar at the top of my window
[13:01] Emilly Orr: Right, everyone does?
Why is this an issue?[13:01] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: The big question, though, is... clothes?
[13:01] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and you can share LMs from there or use them
[13:01] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: I have a folder just for my favorite shops
[13:01] Emilly Orr: If...you...have...them....what are you not getting, [Sxxxxx]?
[13:01] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: makes it a lot eaier to find them
[13:01] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you said you had to go there to share it, Emilly
[13:01] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I said you could share them from your inventory
[13:01] Emilly Orr: I would have had to go to the location I sent you the SLUrl for to get an actual landmark to give you, yes.
"Easier". And because I DO NOT HAVE a landmark FOR THIS STORE, and I have said this MORE THAN ONCE.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that's how this got started
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: No, you don't
Yes, you do. There is utterly zero way to landmark a place you're not at. That's the nature of landmarking--it grabs the location of that exact point on the grid. If I'm at another point on the grid, all it will grab is my current point on the grid. This is kindergarten stuff, why is this becoming a big deal?[13:02] Emilly Orr: See above.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I literally just shared the LM with [zxxxxx] from my inventory
Right, because YOU HAD IT to share. I DON'T. Which I have SAID BEFORE.
[13:02] Emilly Orr: I can't grab a landmark from a sim I'm not in.
[13:02] Emilly Orr: I do not have it in inventory.
[13:02] Emilly Orr: Why is this an issue?
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it's not
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx sighs
[13:02] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: Pardon me for saying, but it would seem the issue of getting there is now resolved, and perhaps we can move along? ;-)
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I was just trying to be helpful
No, you were being dense as dwarf star matter.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes, [Mxxxxxx]
[13:02] Emilly Orr: Lets, yes.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I apologizie
At least she apologized. Far as I'm considered, we're done.
[13:03] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: ok...enough of this...have a great New Years everyone and lets hope it a better than the last one
[13:03] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: Indeed, [Cxxxxxx]! Onward!
"It's". And onward! And Happy New Year, for what it's worth.

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change of head, make a stand

January 5, 2020, 5:19 pm

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I crashed without warning, just standing in place at home--this is becoming distressingly frequent, and will remain so as long as I have my vintage graphics card still--and this is, line for line, what I returned to read:

[12:12] Sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can someone please send me the LM . thanks
[12:12] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [gave the name of the shop]
[12:12] Sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thanks a mill
[12:13] Lxxxx Kxxxx: I'm gay

Uh...good for you?[12:13] Emilly Orr: What.
[12:14] Emilly Orr: Like, it's 2020, it's not a deal, but...why here, [Lxxxx]?
Because it seemed so utterly out of left field.
[12:14] Cxxxxxx Lxxxxxxx: Maybe she's looking for a gay skin....ROFL
[12:15] Emilly Orr: And...what distinguishes a gay skin? Because that's where my brain went too.
[12:16] Cxxxxxx Lxxxxxxx: Ummm, I don't know, I'm not gay.
[12:16] Lxxxx Kxxxx: I'm just gay okay and slightly drunk
[12:16] Emilly Orr: So it wasn't a wrong window?
She never answered. My only conclusion is, she gets strange when she's drunk.

This was in a skin shop's group chat, by the way. While there's no specific taboos on topics, as there is with some of the other groups I'm in, for the most part this group discusses skins, shapes, and mesh bodies, and how they interrelate for the most part. Not sexual politics.

In other news...I have rediscovered the sub-ocean.

So, for anyone who doesn't know, "sub-ocean" is an actual geological term, but I use it in the sense that Loading Ready Run introduced me to it--that thin layer of water that lies underneath most game maps. (In many sections of SL, still, the sub-ocean is alarmingly easy to reach--just cam six inches underground, and there it is.)

And here I was, at home, in it again. This is a known bug, and not even that uncommon a bug, but personally, I'd stopped seeing it. This was the first time I'd visited the sub-ocean in a good three or four years.

What made it worse--or more hysterically funny, because I was both dismayed and giggling insanely off and on--was when my legs started spinning like clock hands. Now I was in the sub-ocean and physics had abandoned me.

So, y'know, no big, right? Just hangin' out at home, on the zero point of the sim, drowning in ethereal waters.

With my legs spinning like a Muppet.

"Visit the scenic sub-ocean", indeed.

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we're spending the treasure, oh no, no, that love cannot afford

January 9, 2020, 3:41 pm

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Out of the blue, this accusation:

[14:46] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [store name] copies all dresses that were already there and changes them minimally ... not very creatively

Couple things here. First, and most important, as I and others refer to her in the chat, her display name actually starts with an N, not an M. But second, not every designer uses 100% original mesh and textures 100% of the time. Let me repeat that, because it's vaguely important: NOT EVERY DESIGNER USES 100% ORIGINAL MESH AND TEXTURES 100% OF THE TIME. That's so common to fashion it's not even worth commentary, whether we're on the grid or out beyond the screen, because it really does happen everywhere--and if you think Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld or Oscar de la Renta never reused a pattern, then I just don't know what to tell you, because they did. Everyone does.

[14:46] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I am very disappointed

Just for reference to any readers who are in store groups in-world: NEVER do this. I'm serious. If you have a complaint about the clothings/airships/guns/avatar pieces/whatever that a certain designer has made, send a notecard to THEM, or to a store representative. If you have a complaint about a chat moderator IN that group, send a notecard to THEM, or to a store represen tative. NEVER complain in public. Unless you're a complete idiot, as Ms. N seems determined to be.

[14:46] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: dont buy them then
[14:46] Axxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wxxxxxxxx: wow
[14:46] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: do they have legacy fit too?
[14:47] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there is nothing new
[14:47] BX Ox: [Nxxx] can you create yourself?

And that's another point. If you really think that all a given designer is doing is buying the same twelve templates and just recoloring them--and, believe me, I've been to shopping events that do feel that way--then get one of their demos, dig into the separate parts of it, find out who actually made that template, GO BUY IT FROM THAT SHOP and then do it youself. But again, it serves nothing and no one to complain in any group's chat.

[14:47] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: dont like them dont buy them easy
[14:47] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: wishes chat would work
[14:48] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: so why are u disappointed , sorry i am not understanding the point of ur posting

Yeah, that was my question, because it was about here I tuned in and started reading back.

[14:48] ixxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [BX], having a skill in it, or having an opinion is unrelated.
[14:48] Txxxxxxx Zxxxxxx: Silly troll.
[14:48] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hello?
[14:48] pxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i can make a mean azz box, o͜°
[14:48] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: because [store name] creates nothing new
[14:48] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can i have somoens attention?
[14:48] BX Ox: butyou can stay nice in their group.
[14:48] Emilly Orr: Why. Are. You. Posting. That. Here?
[14:48] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: lol [kxxxxx]
[14:48] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: please?
[14:48] Jxxxx Cxxxxx: Yes they have Legacy outfits as well [Kxxx]
[14:48] ixxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i am in general disappointed in most stores, noone makes new.60 different style of jeans is no better than altering a few dresses at times.

And then Ms. M chimed in, but we were mostly focused on Ms. N at the moment, and largely ignored her.
[14:48] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: me?
[14:48] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: easy dont like it dont buy it dont bitch or if you have a gripe speak to the designer
[14:48] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: i am sure shes got it
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yaay
[14:49] Emilly Orr: Yes, you, [Nxxx].
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thanks [jxxxx]
[14:49] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: its true, i like to be sincere and its a good point
[14:49] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i think the same of candy doll too per example
[14:49] Emilly Orr: This gets back to the designer--and it likely will, from someone--you'll be kicked from the group. So unless this is your final suicidal flounce before quitting, I don't get why you're saying that.
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: everyone sees thhings differently
[14:49] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and not to talk of this store ,but in general, im tired to see always the same in the events.
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no need to argue
[14:50] ixxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I much rather candy doll than the two top names in female clothes.
I have my problems with certain designers, too. My top two problematic ones, though, are because one was a grifter who tried to steal from a company I was working for at the time, and the other because she banned me over a very silly issue. My solution? I don't shop there. Now, if anyone recommends I should go for whatever reason, I will tell that person why I don't shop at these two stores, but largely, that is where it stops.
[14:50] Jxxxx Cxxxxx: It is because the pressure of events. Consumers expect new stuff at almost any event and dont shop ar mainstores anymore. So creators have little time to actually create and keep up with demand.
And this is an excellent, excellent point. A lot of designers on the grid have realized that if they want to stay in business at all, they have to keep their output up. So yes, a lot of their offerings for these sale days feel very similar to other offerings they've shown in the sale. Thing is, don't concentrate on what's the same. Look for what catches your eye, what's innovative, check the store while you're there and see what else they make. Maybe they don't have a dress you want for L$25, L$35, L$55, whatever, but maybe there's something on the wall you like. Make a mental note, because sometimes--I'd say easily a third of the time--designers toss up something that's a recolor of an upscale item, or an older item they're fairly sure they've gleaned the profit from. A keen eye and a quick finger on teleport can get you those items.
[14:50] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well thats about tastes [Mxxxxxxx], i like them too but they repeat a lot, and they dont do demos with colors to try
There are two ways most people handle demos, and it's standard, and I doubt this is ever going to change: first, the shape demo. These are the ones with "DEMO" printing on them, usually, in some neutral shade, or even black and white. This is just so we can see if our bodies actually fit into the dress. There is nothing wrong with this. The other standard is the five-minute demo. Long enough to try on, look at all angles, walk, run, sit down, lay down, see how it works in motion. (We can also do this with the standard demo style, but strangely most people don't.) There is also nothing wrong with this. Absolutely NO ONE on the grid is going to give you a free, fully textured dress as a demo, unless it says that on the package. Even the 'wearable demos' I sell on the Marketplace aren't freebies; I'm still selling them, just for a vastly reduced fee, and they're still in less vibrant color sets.
[14:50] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: lets keep the chat to [store name]'s please girls
[14:50] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: I agree [Jxxxx]
[14:50] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: exactle [Jxxxx]
[14:51] Jxxxx Cxxxxx: I love shopping at mainstores but maybe i am old school
[14:51] lxxxxxxxxxx Gxxxx: many buy the templates and alter colour , texture etc so there are many versions of the same dress at one time
[14:51] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: simple rules no slander or chat of clothes other than [store name]
And, I grant you, I've only been in this group since I found out they were doing an Advent calendar, and joined for that. The reason I wasn't looking at them as a store potential in the first place was they weren't working in mesh, and with a mesh body that's on me, oh, 99.2% of the time currently? I need mesh templates that fit.

But she's making mesh items now, so I stayed in after December.

[14:51] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: I like [store name]s textures to be honest
[14:51] Emilly Orr: Thank you, [Bxxxxxx].
[14:51] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: kissy kissy everyone
[14:51] Emilly Orr: Now, what about slandering [store name]?
[14:52] Xxxxxx Qxxx: Thank you [Bxxxxxx]
[14:52] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: im off to the store
[14:52] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: thanks [Bxxxxxx]
[14:53] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: yvw all ... any more bad talk against [store name]'s creations then there is only one way out of it usually
[14:53] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i love [store name] textures too..its just they release things and i look and i keep waiting for "another thing"
[14:53] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: we like a friendly chat here :)) and most of the customers appreciate our service
[14:54] Emilly Orr: We do.
[14:54] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we see the dress from 2018 with an bow more
and wowwww
and its sell us as a brandnew dress

I was pretty convinced at this point that Ms. N didn't have a single brain cell in her head.

[14:54] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: its one of the groups I actually have the chat on
[14:54] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: [nxxx] if you dont like you dont buy
[14:54] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: simple
[14:54] Emilly Orr: Oh my gods, [Nxxx], you're still talking. You should stop that.
[14:54] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if [Nxxx] could say it nicely, it would be a nice suggestion
[14:54] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i realy spend a lot of money at [store name]
[14:55] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but ..
[14:55] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there is no more good stuff

Then move on, you colossal knuckle-dragging troglodyte, but do not complain in the store group.

[14:55] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: we do not force you to buy something that is similar
[14:55] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no innovation

SHUT. UP.

[14:55] Emilly Orr: If you want a certain style, you could always...I don't know, SEND THE DESIGNER A NOTECARD??
[14:56] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: well thats easy design your own stuff
[14:56] Emilly Orr: Or that.
[14:56] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hy do you cry emily?

This managed to bypass my typonese translator completely, I didn't catch "hy" as any word I was familiar with. Now, it's obvious, and I feel silly for not catching it as "why", but at the time it flew under my radar. (Also, I didn't catch "cry" as her term for "yelling at her".)

[14:56] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: why not send suggestions here [store web site suggestion form]

And that was the first time I'd heard that this store had an online suggestion form to fill out, that the designer would read. That is genius, it really is.
[14:56] Emilly Orr: Cry?
[14:56] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hehe
[14:56] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: WRITE IN BIG LETTERS
Because you weren't listening to rationality, so I figured screaming at you might pound the suggestion in to your teensy little brain?[14:57] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: [nxxx] you really are not helping your case
[14:57] Emilly Orr: Well, I was trying to make a point, but I guess you're not perceptive.
See? Who says I can't be diplomatic? (Well. Lots of people. And they're right. But I was trying, here.)[14:57] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: Well she had her 5 minutes of fame bored with her now bye girls
[14:57] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: if you continue to be rude you will be removed
[14:57] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: at the end of the day we are all human real life makes being on sl hard even harder for the designers
[14:57] rxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Why not just boot the troll?
[14:57] Emilly Orr: Listen to [Bxxxxxx], [Nxxx].
[14:58] Sxxxx Nxxxxx: [nxxx], could i recomend that you fill in the Feedback card, and let the creator know youe weise words rather than elightneing the group with the beacon of your displeasure!. Thank you
Cue twitching. "Weise" I could let go, but the absolute butchering of "enlightening" got me.
[14:58] [Store group's representative account]: Hello ladies, dear [Nxxx], I contacted you directly and asked you politely to submit ideas on our let us form, Thank you [Bxxxx], as all of you girls can give ideas on new releases. None of the products were reused as [Nxxx] is trying to say. We did make a pencil dress before, but there is not style of pencil dresses. Please don't shade our brand. Thank you for understanding
And this just makes me want to stroll through their entire store and look at everything, because again, she is absolutely right. If she makes a pencil dress, even if she's not using, say, the Meli Imako pencil skirt template, or the Anni's template, or White Canvas' template, it's still a pencil skirt. There's not a ton of variation. The cut itself is self-limiting, because the pencil skirt is generally a mid-length retro skirt that's cut very close to the body. It can have ruffles; it can have a kick back; it can have side slits; but the base will always be a close-cut skirt.
[14:58] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: ty [kxxxxxxxx]
[14:59] Xxxxxx Qxxx: Thank you [Kxxxxxxxx] and thank you for making beautiful items.
[14:59] [Store group's representative account]: I am not [Kxxxxxxxx], just her little helper
[15:00] Xxxxxx Qxxx: lol
[15:00] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: we do understand that not everything is to everyones liking but thats what makes us all different :)
[15:00] Gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Kxxxxxxxx your cloths are beautiful I look forward to all your new releases!
[15:00] [Store group's representative account]: since you girls are being so sweet in group chat, let me make a little giveaway!
And while this is by no means necessary, it was a really nice touch to help the loyal group members.
[15:01] [Store group's representative account]: Who can tell me the name of our latest release?
[15:01] Mxxx Oxxxxxx: [Rxxxxx]
[15:01] [Store group's representative account]: yay!
[15:01] [Store group's representative account]: correct
[15:01] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: well done
[15:01] Mxxx Oxxxxxx:
[15:01] Dxxxxxxxx Wxxxxx: Only issue that I do have with some designers is that mesh bodies are around for a while and they still manage to create items that are clipping with the body and hardly to mask. No issues with that with [Kxxxxxxxx]s
[15:01] Gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yay! wtg [Mxxx]
And life went on.

Honestly, some peoples' kids.

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they isn't wonderin' why mama got mad, 'cause papa didn't bring no coffee home

January 12, 2020, 2:01 pm

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Oh my sweet gods, Anife wrote back AGAIN.

So here's the breakdown. In that linked post, I responded on the blog, but not to her via email, because that lack of reply seriously dissuades 80% of the idiots who write me wanting collaborations for things my blog has NEVER done. But yesterday, she wrote back:

Good day, Emilly!

Not as long as you're in my inbox, it isn't.

Haven ' t heard from you,

There's a good reason for that, and it's "Haven't".
Do you have any questions regarding the proposal?
None at all, not interested.
I can help you with the answers)
I really doubt you can.
Or we can discuss details of our proposal over the phone,
Bite me,Which one is more suitable for you?
D, none of the above.
Onward,
You have to be kidding. And she sent her complete contact info, plus the business web search site's complete link AND their physical address, PLUS her phone number. My gods, give up.

I wrote her back yesterday, when the above came in:

All right, so not responding didn't make you go away. Let's try this.

What can you possibly do for a blog that has one (and ONLY one) writer, NO advertising, NO ad banner, NO need for a job search service, and NO idea what you could want beyond that? If you come up with something, let me know. I am all a-twitter with anticipation.

And she wrote back to THAT.

Wow,
Thank you for the reply, Emilly,

No problem. Now will you go away?I understand what you mean, having nothing uncommon how we can actually help each other by partnering,
Good that you see that, and you mean "nothing in common".
But basically all websites have something very important really happy to multiply,
It’s traffic,
I get enough.
And let me explain my offer here, as it’s a barter type of collabing, no cost, at all,
It's not the cost, or lack thereof, that's making me uninterested.
it’s not about job posting, is about offering you is a free of charge banner of your website displayed on relevant [spammer's web site] pages.
...Wait. You think MAKING ME an ad banner for my blog will HELP? Wow, are you barking up the wrong tree.
On [spammer's web site] search result pages. So, its 100% targeted ad,
Don't care,People will be redirected to the website by clicking on the banner.
DON'T. CARE.It will help to increase your brand awareness as well.
I have a brand? Since when?we believe that your content will be more than just useful to some of our targeted users.
I wholly disagree.
We will use special keywords due to your banner. So we can make sure that you will be getting your target audience going to your webpage.
SERIOUSLY uninterested.
Also, we would be happy if you could feature us with a relevant text link on your website.
Never going to happen.
Please, let me know what you think abou the proposal, Emilly,
It's "about", and still not interested.
It entails no money liabilities,
STILL DON'T CAAAAARE.Best,
Swallow a dead frog,[the complete web site/title/telephone/web site closing again]
I just sent back "I'm not interested." Hopefully, that will make her leave me alone.

Honestly, if she writes back? I'm just marking her email as spam.

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you been leaving, spending all your money, then you didn't bring no coffee home

January 13, 2020, 12:48 pm

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This one is not getting anonymized (on store name, avatars will still be changed), for reasons that will become obvious.

[11:43] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: astrology is gone?
[11:44] Emilly Orr: Shouldn't be.

Granted, the Astrology Hair group isn't overly chatty on the best days, and I did scroll back and read what was the last chat I received, and it was back in December, for the end of the hair Advent. Even so, I've dropped by twice for two sales events in January and the store was still there.
[11:45] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i went to the place i had been going for the advent and it is not there
Interesting. So I ported to the sim. Turns out it's currently Decoy's main store. How very odd.
[11:45] Emilly Orr: Interesting. SL had a problem with remapping last week, either 'losing' sims (so you couldn't port there at all) or redirecting to other sims entirely, which seems to be what happened this time.
[11:45] Gxxxxx Fxxxxx: The website is gone
[11:46] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it takes me to a building
[11:46] Emilly Orr: It takes you to Decoy, not the same business. Different sim, too.
I knew that because by that time, I'd decided to port to the last SLUrl I used, which dropped me next to Ms. D at the Decoy front door.
[11:46] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i think it is the same location, different business
[11:47] Nxxx Gxxxxx:
[11:47] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: may be what was under it?
At this point I'd pulled up the store owner's profile, and checked out what I could get to online. The Marketplace store is still up. But the website is...not there. Or, well, something IS there, but it's not for the store.
[11:48] Emilly Orr: That's very interesting. Astrology's website now redirects to a soccer team, it looks like.
[11:48] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: maybe they let it expire?
[11:48] Emilly Orr: Or were hacked?
[11:48] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pretty abrupt
[11:48] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: possibly
[11:49] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that was my next guess since it was so sudden
You're not kidding. And no notice, no one's heard from the store owner today.
[11:49] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but they must have closed... b/c the sim isn't there iether
[11:49] xxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she closed it.
[11:49] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: would have been nice to tell us
[11:49] Emilly Orr: You know that for sure?
Since she didn't say anything else, I'm assuming she doesn't and was just fear-mongering.
[11:50] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i did an ara search and a bunch of stuff came up
[11:50] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: not sure if it's the store or what
[11:51] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: never fails i pay to join a group and then bam they decide to close it, this would be the 2nd one
[11:52] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wekk ont give up yet b/c all the hair is somepladce i can areas serach to
[11:53] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lets hope, she is just redesigning it
[11:53] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: or something like all that
[11:53] Emilly Orr: I'd give it a few days before people start dumping the group. Maybe there will be a reason.
And I'm holding to that.
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i was able to register for the mini though it's not likely to lock since i'm camming in
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: stuff is still here
[11:54] Emilly Orr: Really? I never even made it to the actual sim.
[11:54] Bdxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and 5 other people found it before me
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i am not there
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i'm still in decoy, camming to what i area searched to
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if only there was a chair here
[11:54] Emilly Orr: Ah.
[11:58] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: here. i have hair on the brain [12:03] Cxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: shop is here Iridescent (202,154,1582)
From the numbers, it seems like the store's close to, but not at, Decoy's map location. Which is very strange, two stores should not be on the same parcel unless they're part of a mall, or something. I dropped by again, ended up in front of Decoy's main door again, walked inside, and started camming, but had to leave to prepare for a dance. So not sure what's cammable from that point, either.
[12:08] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i cannot tp to that location
[12:09] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no, that tp takes me to 1574
Right, because Decoy has a locked port point.
[12:10] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: even if i tp from somewhere else
[12:10] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hmmm i ended up at decoy
[12:11] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: may be the new store
It's not. Decoy is a separate store, and it's been on the grid far longer than just today.
[12:11] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there is hair upsatirs of this store
[12:13] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thesotre is directly above the decoy store
[12:14] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh ok
So I'll check it out and see what I can see, and if I hear anything from the store owner, I'll update this. In the meantime, if anyone's heard anything, do let me know!

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every time you turn around you wear another face

January 19, 2020, 10:03 pm

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Why are people still reading old blog entries of mine? No clue, but someone did, so I looked into their contribution, and added it to the, so far, sole autism page on this entire blog. Yay?

In the meantime, this was mildly amusing. I got this error searching for a link on Marketplace:

So I copied that string of numbers and searched for it:

And we have Numberwang! Seriously, Google gave me the error number, and now they can't find that error? Are you feeling okay, Google? Need a bit of a lie-down, or a spot of tea?

Meanwhile, a bit of chat nonsense:

[21:43] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [paid job] looking for asian/latina/ebony girls doing lingerie modeling pictures for Elle et Lui Modeling Magazine 2020 spring lingerie special edition. (pls contact me if you are interested, thanks.)

Now, a note. This is our spammer. I am leaving his name out, but the "magazine" he supposedly works for in, because if they don't know he's going around to dozens of groups and spamming them with unwanted "paid job" requests, then they should, and at the very least, slap his hand for doing so.

[21:43] Dxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: ewwwwwww
[21:44] Exxxx Vxxx: he is still on tour with that xD
[21:44] Dxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: yep highly doubtful and very suspect
[21:44] cxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Scam again... Before happened at Fameshed group... :(

Yeah, he's been quite the busy little bee. Join ten groups, spam ten groups, leave ten groups. Rinse, repeat, burn.
[21:44] gxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: are there any active modeling agency even on sl anymore?
There are, actually. It's not as wide ranging a field as it was, but there are still active agencies. There's one agency that Zibska exclusively works with, or that agency exclusively works for Zibska, one of those. And there are a few others.
[21:44] Exxxx Vxxx: he does that post over and over in many groups...
[21:46] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: what happened at Fameshed?
[21:47] cxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: The same scam... a group scam tour... oO
[21:48] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no but like what is the scam
[21:49] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: did he not pay the models or smth?
To be fair, I don't think anyone's been stupid enough to contact him, so I'm not sure. But from his scattershot bursts of advertising, I'd say, likely not a paid gig, likely not a real job, possibly looking for a porn shoot. I have nothing against virtual pornography, but seriously, dude, advertise in the proper groups at least.

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I don't need a reason for what I became

February 1, 2020, 12:57 pm

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From a random profile:

Kintsugi (金継ぎ)

When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.

This is essentially the Barbara Bloom quote about the practice. I've spoken about kintsugi before, both here and on Twitter, I believe, and it's still something that's become one of my core values. Of course, I have no gold in my makeup, but I do believe that what has broken me in the past has not destroyed me. Everything I have gone through has shaped me into the person I am, good and bad, and while that gives me weaknesses, it also makes me stronger in some ways. And I do not hide my scars.

There's a LifeGate article that goes into the history of the practice, and names who first asked for it to be done. See also "What a Broken Bowl Can Teach Us", this essay on the practice from the Modern Gypsy blog, or Becca Risa Luna's article on the topic.

All I know is, it's a much better mental image for my bad days than stitches, sutures and wounds, and I think it's better for me, as well.

Moving on, an amusing bit of chat I wanted to share from a few days ago.

[14:18] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): I agree with an observation I saw on the internet, about learning foreign languages.
[14:18] Violet Scrivener (violetscrivener): oh?
[14:18] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): Latin: Words like "yes" and "no" aren't important, but let's memorize these 3,000 ways to kill you.
[14:19] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): Greek: Okay, naughty children! It's participles time!
[14:19] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): Egyptian of course is Ancient Pictionary
[14:19] Emilly Orr: HEE
[14:19] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): French: Pronouncing every letter is for chumps.
[14:19] Emilly Orr: Gad, is there one for Welsh?
[14:19] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): German: Let's combine all the words and make Onegiantfrankenword!
[14:20] Fleming Helfenstein (mountainhall) chortles
[14:20] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): Mandarin: lol, what's a verb tense?
[14:20] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): Spanish: LOL what isn't a verb tense!!
[14:20] Emilly Orr: I love these
[14:20] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): English: Welcome to Hell.
[14:20] Violet Scrivener (violetscrivener) grins
[14:21] Emilly Orr claps
[14:22] Emilly Orr: English has also been described as the language that chases other languages down the alley, beats them up, and steals their words.
[14:22] Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich): Yes!!
[14:22] Violet Scrivener (violetscrivener): I believe it.

I do. I'm still curious what this bit of the net would say about Welsh.

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