Archive for the 'Laughter' category
10 Signs you are playing to much Real Life
September 29, 2008 8:00 pmThere are some clichés that always make you laugh - or at least grin - like the ‘you know you are addicted to…’ lists: You know you are addicted to Second Life when…. It’s funny because they are bound to contain some ’similarities’ to you own behaviour, be it often less extreme. But what if we reverse this game? What on earth would we, worried avatars, say about our humans, when they are playing outside - yet again?
I recently had to remind my human she’s playing to much Real Life lately, so I’ll kick this one off:
You know you are playing to much Real Life when…
- … the propositions you get IRL are actually less honourable than those you get in Second Life.
- … you claim humans can’t fly.
- … you say ‘but people can’t help the colour of their skin’.
- … you think that acquiring land is actually worth something.
- … you are surprised you can hear through walls.
- … you think people are born with genitals.
- … you believe in monogamy.
- … you are sure breasts are supposed to be round in stead of square.
- … you say it’s impossible for man to influence the position of the sun.
- … you forget to take your SwimmingHUD on holidays.
- … you tell everybody plywood is a limited natural resource.
Oops. That’s 11. Which one should I drop? ;) But, dear fellow avies, share your opinions! Anything other signs of RL addiction we’d better warn our humans about?
For those curious, this is how the human looked like a few days ago. Really, can you imagine, she almost has a tan!!!?
Michelangelo meets Second Life God: Prim in my hand
September 24, 2008 8:06 pm
For some strange reason, I’m incredibly happy with how the cover for Foolish Frost’s newest release ‘Prim in my hand’, a Second Life builder’s song. I already loved his ‘Avatar Song’, so I was honoured he was as lazy as to let me do the cover for this one! I already had a ’sneak prehear’ and the lyrics are - as usual - hilarious. Together with ‘Prim in my hand’, Mr Foolish will bring an ‘updated’ version of the Avatar song which, I promise you, will guarantee you at least a few chuckles over the added lyrics. The Second Life God reference? Now, c’mon, who has not heard from Mr Foolish yet? The official invite:
Those that know the ‘Avatar Song’ by Foolish Frost will be highly delighted - and those that have never heard of it should urgently check out avatar.rezzable.com - to hear that Foolish Frost - for the GMF festival - will perform ‘Avatar’, a revised version ‘Return of the Avatar’ and his newest release ‘Prim in my hand’ this Friday, 26th of September, 2PM sharp at Crimson Shadow. All invited for the release party this Friday!
More on Foolish Frost and the gig over at the ‘invitation blogpost‘. The Avatar Song is already available for watching, listening, reading lyrics & downloading at avatar.rezzable.com. We’ll publish recordings from ‘Prim in my Hand’ and ‘Return of the Avatar’ after Friday’s release party at music.rezzable.com. If you - or your human - use facebook, feel free to RSVP here (yeah, Vint testing social networking skills! ;)).
My apologies to:
- Michelangelo: For ripping off God’s hand, rotating it, and recolouring it. But guess if virtual worlds existed in M’s time, he would have loved them!
- Foolish Frost: For adding that cute pink flower coming out of the prim. I know it’s not really your style.
The Second Life Keyboard
7:00 pmPrad Prathivi’s ‘Second Life Keyboard’ is to hilarious not to plug it in here. Behold, look at the big size and roll over the floor laughing your pretty ass off. This will surely win him a nomination for SL’s hottest avatar 2008.
Most useful buttons? That will probably be ‘No, I don’t want to send a bloody crash report‘, ‘increase FPS‘, ‘random outfit‘ and the shortcut button to your ‘drama friendlist’.
Like SL parodies? Kewl! You might want to check out my What SL is all about or my ‘The Irony’ series (which I should urgently update). Of course, you could also have a listen.
IM UR JIRA, FILNG UR BUGS
May 3, 2008 11:37 pmLMPAO, and not my virtual ass, that is. I knew the Greenies are what you can call ‘engaged residents’, but that they are this engaged, I had no knowledge of. :p
Found on the Second Life Wiki article about the JIRA issue tracker, and this delicious Greenie ‘lolcat’ was created and added by Mister Daedalus Young.
Mr Young, ty! for putting a huuuuge grin on my face! ;) (Despite the fact I seem to be unable to log into the *insert swearword* JIRA at the moment. Anybody else experiencing problems with that?)
Neko King of the Dancehall
March 27, 2008 3:56 pmLinden Calling - The Lyrics
February 22, 2008 3:15 pmDer Untergang - Philip und das Ende des Zweites Reiches
January 19, 2008 1:42 pmTwo-day Course For Men
January 11, 2008 6:27 pm
Ah, well, stereotypes are fun, and there for a few reasons. One of these reasons is the incredible breeding ground for good humour that they make. I could not resist, and inscribed the guys from Are We Not Men? for this two-day seminar:
Two-Day Course For Men
EVENING CLASSES FOR MEN!
OPEN TO MEN ONLY - ALL ARE WELCOME
Note: Due to the complexity and level of difficulty, each course will accept a maximum of eight participants. The course covers two days, and topics covered in this course include:
DAY ONE
- HOW TO FILL ICE CUBE TRAYS
Step-by-step guide with slide presentation - TOILET ROLLS - DO THEY GROW ON THE HOLDERS?
Round table discussion - DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAUNDRY BASKET & FLOOR
Practising with hamper (Pictures and graphics) - DISHES & SILVERWARE - DO THEY LEVITATE/FLY TO KITCHEN SINK OR DISHWASHER BY THEMSELVES?
Debate among a panel of experts. - REMOTE CONTROL
Losing the remote control - Help line and support groups - LEARNING HOW TO FIND THINGS
Starting with looking in the right place instead of turning the house upside down while screaming - Open forum
DAY TWO
- EMPTY MILK CARTONS - DO THEY BELONG IN THE FRIDGE OR THE BIN?
Group discussion and role play - HEALTH WATCH - BRINGING HER FLOWERS IS NOT HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH
PowerPoint presentation - REAL MEN ASK FOR DIRECTIONS WHEN LOST
Real life testimonial from the one man who did - IS IT GENETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SIT QUIETLY AS SHE PARALLEL PARKS?
Driving simulation - LIVING WITH ADULTS - BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR PARTNER
On-line class and role playing - HOW TO BE THE IDEAL SHOPPING COMPANION
Relaxation exercises, meditation and breathing techniques - REMEMBERING IMPORTANT DATES & CALLING WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO BE LATE
Bring your calendar or PDA to class - GETTING OVER IT
Learning how to live with being wrong all the time
Disclaimer: Yes, I really think this is funny, and yes, once in a while we need to take a break from Second Life, don’t we? ;)
SNN reports: FBI raid Second Life’s HQ, seizing all Lindens!
November 27, 2007 7:58 am
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Last night, Secret Service and FBI agents raided the headquarters of Second Life, seizing all Lindens. Second Life is a sophisticated social-networking tool, better known as a massive, multi-player, online virtual world.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson weighed in, by talking about the ramifications of virtual world currencies possibly surpassing and replacing the U.S. Dollar.
“From our charts, we can see that the U.S. Dollar is falling against the Linden. If too many people become engrossed with virtual world economies, we could see a downward spiral for the Dollar. Eventually, there could be a situation in which people trade the Dollar for virtual currencies. This could create a trade deficit of sorts between real world goods and virtual world goods, causing our entire economy to get sucked up into a virtual world. Americans could end up standing in virtual bread lines, and living out on virtual streets, facing virtual poverty, in a virtual recession.” said Secretary Paulson.
“How freaky to think about the possibily that a virtual currency could replace the U.S. Dollar,” said GOP strategist, Emma Faye Kerr. Ms. Kerr continued, “If that ever happened, the entire economy would be replaced by a sort of virtual economy, where everybody, including the government, loses connection with the reality-based world. Thank God we have a President that is still in touch with reality, who has decided to take action against the threat of virtual worlds replacing the real world.“
I fear the Linden Employees being send to Guatamala bay, as the terrorist they are. And then the glorious leader might decide forcing them to developed a government controlled virtual world, which can be put on top of Google maps. Border control will be easier there, the handing out of Green Cards can then be an completely electronic process in cooperation with the spammers, and Halliburton would get the contract for age verification. On top of that the USA could continue to live it’s dream of world domination as soldiers can easily create alts to serve on multiple continents at the same time and battle damage brings you back to your home sim safely in stead of a in body bag.
The FBI representative talked about the possibilities and safeties this will guarantee the USA’s economy: “Imagine virtual health care for those who can not afford it in First Life! A dental program? Who needs one, when teeth are included with a new skin. Imagine a virtual democratic process that makes people truly believe they and not the lobbying groups influence politics!”
When asked about Professor Vint’s concerns if this would be the final stab in the back for USA teens and young adolescent’s knowledge of English spelling and grammar, Mr. Undercover Linden stated: “All your base are now belong to us.”
72 virgins in Second Life?! Crap!
August 22, 2007 8:42 am
Apparently, representatives from The Religion Of Peace are spending time in Second Life training for what the New York Times and Guardian lovingly call “resistance operations” and “insurgency” and “freedom fighting” and that kind of malarkey.
The word is terrorism. Say it.
Anyway, my partner Tamara pointed out on Twitter: “Good luck finding 72 virgins in SL.”
Crap Mariner points out the limits of terrorist training in Second Life. An awesome read - if you ignore his Das Waffenamt fascination. :p
Some other drawbacks:
- Lousy support for Arabic Languages when naming notecards, objects, … .
- Smugling explosives in is hard as you can’t drive pass a sim border. Same with airplanes dropping to the ground when passing those borders before they reach target.
- You’re bound to find your recruits frequenting the stripclubs more often then the classes.
- Fertilizer can only be found at Svarga.
- Guns are all no-transfer.
- Ruthed terrorists just aren’t taken seriously.
- It is very easy to prevent people from building walls on land they do not own.
- Nothing can really top flying penises attacking Anshe.
