Maury: StarChild373, you are not the father of avatar Kikipie304.
Philip Rosedale may be on to something and it may be how to fill the void that will be created when we grow tired of our current reality stars, virtual reality stars!
Just imagine, you have been dating this really cool girl who shares so many common interest of yours. You met her in a virtual singles bar on Second Life and your avatars caught each others attention from the moment you walked in the place.
After months of Second Life dating, Second Life dancing, and Second Life sexting; never revealing any more than your Second Life life. Your online connection has become so great and your love was virtual and infinite. You decide to advance your virtual relationship to reality, only to find out that your virtual Venus is a middle aged bald man, who is married with kids and really didn’t mean any harm, he just wanted to have fun and meet people (or maybe you bumped into Rosedale's avatar).
I am always for the openness of the Internet and the advancement of technology, but there is something eerie to me about the idea of Second Life that will lead to Maury Povich remaining on the air for at least another 100 years.
Relationships have been difficult to manage and understand since the beginning of time. From Adam and Eve to Charlie Sheen and CBS, no relationship is without its bumps in the road and remember those relationships were face to face. Now imagine the complications of a curious married man who has chosen to express himself virtually with a female avatar and you think she/ he really loves you! Now that's great fodder for Maury.
First off, love the Maury references! I totally agree with you about Second Life & it's creepiness. I see Rosedale's point but I think other forms of social networking will sky rocket & leave Second Life to niche users. Time will tell...
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ReplyDelete"Relationships have been difficult to manage and understand since the beginning of time. From Adam and Eve to Charlie Sheen and CBS, no relationship is without its bumps in the road and remember those relationships were face to face. Now imagine the complications of a curious married man who has chosen to express himself virtually with a female avatar and you think she/ he really loves you!"
WOW....so well put! If two people are in a relationship, life (and I mean "real" life) throws enough curve balls at you as it is...I can't imagine the reality that would manifest if my relationship was characterized by a pair of avatars.
good point about how second life can be a "let down" and how it can take ones time greatly. it would be a real let down like you said to have your hopes shattered by someone who aren't anything like they said. i dug the Maury reference and i can see Springer being host for some second life drama.
ReplyDeleteSecond Life really scares me. It has since 2005.
ReplyDeleteSecond Life is scary. The whole thought of people being engaged more actively in a virtual environment rather than a "real" world is also scary.
ReplyDeleteVirtual reality stars? NO!! I'm tired of reality stars and I can't imagine virtual reality stars.
A second life is scary, you think you know someone, someone you can trust and they you learn they have a second life!? I feel that people that live a double life are always hiding something. Well, sometimes it might be something bad but other times, whatever it is they are hiding could not be that bad lol just saying from personal experience.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that games like Second Life are good in theory but without any rules or censorship, turns into just another place for creeps to hang out in. It's strange to think people would seek out their fantasies of infidelity through a video game.
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