Despite the fact that it was the last question posed, I think the question of who you are in RL is the most important one because it drives everything else. I was about to say it drives being someone else in SL, and I think a lot of people play it that way, especially the noxious ones (guys mostly from what I understand) who rez up a 90″ chest and run around fucking everything in sight. From a psychological point of view, I would argue that their choice does indeed reflect something about who they are, but that’s not what I want to talk about here. To those who argue that it’s fantasy and doesn’t really reflect anything about anything I call Bull Shit. Whether it’s shallow or deep, everything you do reflects something about you. Personally, I’m not the kind of man that can go up to a woman (SL, RL, on the moon, whatever) and just blurt out “Wanna Fuck?” but I guarantee you that every woman (hell, even me, more on that later) has had that at least once in SL. Of course it reflects something about you. At the very least it reflects that you’re willing to say something like that.
Now we can spend an enormous amount of time and energy and gnashing of teeth analysing and re-analysing the whys and wherefores, but why bother. This blog is not meant to be a rant on shallow assholes, though I’m sure there will be occasions… It’s meant to be where I reflect on what’s going on. What surprising me is how much is actually going on, at least for me. Not you? No sweat. No, I don’t wanna fuck, but please have a fun day.
Related posts: