SLsecret, Week 20
Posted on 21. Dec, 2008 by Iris Seale in SLsecret
Welcome to SLsecret, week 20.
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Stella
Dec 21st, 2008
1. If you’re talking about your joke light then ok. But if you’re talking about your actual face light then it depends on what type you wear. One that lights your face isn’t so bad. It’s the one that lights up the face and body of 10 other avatars in the area that’s annoying.
2. I hope you haven’t done anything with any of them that you shouldn’t be doing. If you’ve just been chatting and hanging they should be ok. They probably already figured you were a kid anyway.
3. Could it be that they are already “Emo” and then want to be Neko. I see hip hop, country, and punk Neko’s. There are already many scenes which one are you hanging in?
4. Have you tried talking to her about it? I’m sure she’ll be pissed but she’s busy trolling freebie chairs I doubht she’s reading this.
5. I love you.
Alexander Burgess
Dec 21st, 2008
@#2 : Your “contacts” may not like it, but your friends will appreciate the honesty. True friends won’t hate you at all, some may be dismayed or even angry a bit, but they’ll come around. Welcome to adulthood. You don’t have to keep lying, especially if it’s eating you up. And to throw an old chestnut on the fire: Confession is good for the soul. Just pick who you disclose to carefully.
tivo
Dec 21st, 2008
1. That can be arranged.
2. I don’t care if people are underage on SL.
3. I’m glad I’m not the only one that is sick as hell of the emo neko thing.
4. Shut the fuck up. You can judge these moms when you’ve popped out a pup or two.
5. You first.
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The Problem Is You
Dec 21st, 2008
#2 Living a lie, shocker your “contacts” might be pissed off at you.
#3 Emo Neko is one of many “scene” out there, get over it.
#4 LOL its prob a guy playing a woman in SL trying to make it more real, “not easy being a single mum” etc.
#5 Love you Iris
chavpaderborn
Dec 21st, 2008
Fight the power, #1, a simple solitary facelight is fine!
Gwen Tracy
Dec 21st, 2008
3. YES to the first part. I run around with my ears and my tail, most of the time I don’t look very emo scene. But, others can look how they like. Freedom of expression and all that. I just hate how most people seem to think that Nekos have to look like that to be Neko. Not all of us do.
magical
Dec 21st, 2008
2. I lied about what I looked like for a year. I lost the only person on my contacts that matter to me. He was the only person that cared though… I suppose it helps you figure out who is sincere in their friendship and who is not.. don’t worry too much though, there are thousands of people on sl, there will always be new people to meet.
Isara Beaumont
Dec 21st, 2008
#4 Get yourself some of these sweet tiny monsters. Don’t forget to post pics of yourself running from them
Zenaku
Dec 21st, 2008
a lot of you are noobs. the goth scene gets confused with the emo stuff.. the hair doesn’t define emo or goth. Although I do see a lot of emo type people (once i get to know them) crossing it with neko crap. Anyway the person who wrote that might be too old to know the difference. There’s a crossing of emo/neko and goth/neko and they both suck. Fucking nekos are stupid. Most fo the “girls” playing nekos from my experience are guys anyway. What pisses me off is I live near that Harajuku Box sim putting Neko in the description. I live near THAT real neighborhood in Japan on the Yamanote line, not far from Shinjuku, and it has NOTHING to do with Nekos. That person is just getting things mixed up badly in SL. A lot of Japanese players hate it! It’s so depressing that neko crap invades everything in SL.
Top Over Rated Crap in SL:
1. Nekos
2. Gothic Lolita
3. Guns – people who buy them and use them are posers and NOT tough
4. Hunts
5. Bloodlines. When’s White Wolf suing? They already mentioned it in their newsletter if you subscribe. Anyway Bloodlines is lame.
admin
Dec 21st, 2008
You know, I have my own kid but I completely agree with #4. Log the eff off.
Amanda Amaterasu
Dec 21st, 2008
1) You could just change your windlight settings so you don’t have to wear a facelight. I wonder if most of the facelit people realize this? Or maybe they just rnjoy watching people freak out at their facelight?
2) Are you an escort or a Gorean slave or something? If you haven’t been doing anything sexual, I can’t imagine why your contacts would hate you.
3) I don’t know, I guess “neko” and “scene” go hand in hand? Maybe it’s the scene kids who are most likely to find being a neko attractive.
4) I sort of agree with you and I sort of don’t. I don’t have any kids, and I can’t imagine I’d have time for SL if I did. I’ve been pretty surprised to meet people with small children who seem to be on SL constantly. At the same time, though, even parents need an adult social outlet. If SL works as a coffee klatch for some lonely parents, then I don’t see the problem.
5) I already have.
magical
Dec 22nd, 2008
the reason i don’t turn on windlight is because it makes me so laggy.
NanicaZ
Dec 22nd, 2008
There are invisible facelights around that dont show up as globes/boards/hovering-UFOs/oil-rigs. I have the free one from Usagi and I cant find it when ‘hidden transparent’ is on. I have no idea where is lights from. Yay!
Lysana McMillan
Dec 22nd, 2008
1) I’m with Amanda. Changing your Windlight settings will help you spare everyone around you the one or more light sources you’re taking up for false vanity.
2) They might hate you. They might not. Unless you’ve been having SL sex, you may be OK.
3) I’ve avoided looking emo when I’ve done the kitsune thing. Probably because neko is so cliche while so many people seem to think anyone who’d run around in fox ears and a tail would dress the same way.
4) It’s sad when there’s proof an adult can’t pass a child-rearing test, isn’t it? Though you only see one side of the story… or how long have you been spending inworld to know how long she’s there? Unless you’re on disability or unemployed, you may not have room to talk much. I know I don’t.
5) Did so twice already today. Thinking I ought to make it three before bed, just to make sure a base is covered.
soublu383
Dec 22nd, 2008
To Amanda: I’m a mother of a young child…and sl keeps me sane. Monday through Friday I come home, cook dinner, put my child in the bath then in the bed; THEN I get on second life. After a long day at work it’s something to do besides sit in front of the tv brainlessly. Many of US mothers with little children who play SL or WOW are NOT neglecting our children nor are we lonely hags. Thank you.
soublu383
Dec 22nd, 2008
On another note…just because you see someone online doesn’t mean they are actually there that whole time. It’s called being AFK. And I have plenty of friends who have rigged their SL so they don’t get logged off after 30 minutes of inactivity.
admin
Dec 22nd, 2008
Boy, you guys are defensive.
Wrenja
Dec 22nd, 2008
Zenaku-
Gah! I’m not Japanese nor do I live in Japan, but I’ve spent PLENTY of time there and in Harajuku, it drives me crazy when people try to use it as a descriptive, because it’s really something that CAN’T be described. And fuck gwen stephani for trying to capitalize on it.
creamy
Dec 22nd, 2008
No.2.
I don’t think people would instantly hate you for lying about your age – although it does depend on what you have been doing, like if you have been in a sexual type relationship with someone who believed you were over 18, then that is totally wrong.
No 4
This is a really common situation for women AND men who play SL, I see and hear it all the time too, but I don’t think its fair to criticise someone elses parenting skills (particularly if you aren’t a parent yourself). You don’t know that person or how they interract with their children for the majority of the time.
My kids are both at school all day, so I don’t have this happen often, but there have been occasions I’ve been on SL when my kids are around and they start demanding things constantly, they seem to know when you are absorbed in something and like to interrupt – it doesn’t matter whether it is SL or cooking. I would say “in a minute” no matter what I was doing – you can’t be at their beck and call all the time.
No 5
I’m happy to say, I’ve said ‘I love you’ about 6 times today -and meant it!
Gidge
Dec 22nd, 2008
Funny about #4….I only ever log in after the kids are in bed and asleep – and I get crap from a lot of people for not being available BEFORE 8pm SLT most nights.
I guess we just can’t make anyone happy, we parents.
Damn breeders, all of us.
And I’m gonna do a Hillbilly Neko. Just for grins. Where can I get blackened teeth?
distressed
Dec 23rd, 2008
#4 this is going on people! We have Vent, we have Voice! we can HEAR whats going on in your houses. I used to hang with a girl in SL who was forced to leave SL because she was in danger of losing her children. Why? because she was not caring for them. I stopped talking to her on voice because i was tired of hearing them cry and her complain. I’m glad shes gone! My husband used to play WOW with a married couple regularly. He would complain about (hearing) their children to them, they never seemed to understand or would make excuses. The final straw was when they announced to the group that they would not be on for a week before WOW’s latest expansion. Reason being? So they could power level their “toons” to lvl 80. So basically your saying…”we are going to take a week to spend time with our kids, because next week we will neglect them?” He no longer “hangs” with them either.
Chalice Carling
Dec 23rd, 2008
#5 I LOVE YOU ALL. I love the way my heart feels when I send out positive affirmations.
Be safe, well and laugh lots over Christmas. xxxxx
Noni
Dec 23rd, 2008
#1- Have fun being a lightbulb.
#2 -The teen grid sucks- everyone is so fucking ugly there.
#3 – Emos are hotter than nekos.
#4 – I agree people should take care of their mistakes, but I’ve made sure to completely erase and or prevent developement of my first life so that secondlife can now be my priority. (no kids, no obligations etc. life is sweet.)
Lei
Dec 23rd, 2008
4. I agree with you. For those who have something negative to say to #4…don’t effin have kids if you can’t take care of them.
soublu383
Dec 24th, 2008
OH NO!! I never said it doesn’t happen…my comment was directed towards another commentor. People without children don’t understand sometimes. If you hear their kids crying in the background that doesn’t mean they are neglecting them. Little kids cry A LOT and many parents learn to press what my mother calls the Ig button. Growing up I could never understand how I could call my mothers name 50 times and she wouldn’t even flinch. Now that I have one of my own I now understand the art of tuning my child out, especially since I hear MOM at least a hundred times a day. And I only have one.
Distressed you are right you can hear SOME of what is going on in someones house, but you cant see or feel what else goes on in the home. So essentially you’re missing a lot. Turn off their mic if it bothers you.
Colleen
Dec 27th, 2008
What Gwen said…neko doesn’t mean emo/grunge. In fact, when I first opened my neko club (the oldest in sl) grunge neko didn’t even exist. People can add ears and a tail to any outfit. Just quit calling everything grungy neko…please.
I don’t wear ears and a tail because I’m a scene kid. I wear them because I look cute. So there.
Kira McCallen
Dec 29th, 2008
Re #4
My RL brother-in-law is seriously addicted to WOW. He truly does neglect his children and wife. It’s really really sad. And no amount of complaining or badgering has gotten through to him.
The only time his children interact with him is when they are sitting in his lap watching Daddy mind-control the big scary spider-creature and turn it into his pet. Sad.
Alexia Vutlee
Dec 30th, 2008
Thank you #3. I am a neko and I don’t follow the scene of emo, punk, goth ect.
I make my own style and follow the trends. I occasionally where clothes that aren’t my usual style but it’s a once in a while thing
Blau
Apr 24th, 2009
1. I see smoke coming off your face. I think your retinas are burning out now.
2. If only you knew what teen grid was like, hon.
3. I don’t generally mind the whole neko-emo thing, but yeah – not all nekos are emos. fweeh
4. Get off SL. You shouldn’t be on if you’re neglecting your real life that badly.
..Man, my comment is late. i hope that’s not of bother.