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!!!?
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“Why is the sofa sitting on the floor? Shouldn’t it be on the ceiling?”
“Why is your house on the ground? Aren’t you concerned about lag?”
- You try to call the police when a naked person comes to visit
- You try to drive your car to go shopping with a friend
If you try to find a private changing room before changing your clothes.
you wonder why your genitals don’t talk out loud, turn invisible, or come with porn sound effects
ha! maybe that’s an example of too much SL. oh well. i need more RL! lol
[…] Oh yeah, here is my human. […]
You regularly need to say: ‘Hi, nice to meet your avatar too!’ (After you’ve already met the human a few weeks before, introduced to you by his SL name, but still. :D)
1. You consider WALKING to the mall instead of Tp’ing.
2. You try to put your hair up, rather than rezzing a new style.
3. You don’t believe houses can come in a box.
4. When out with friends, you believe that you can’t change into your favourite outfit because it is “at home, in the closet.”
5. You refuse to wade through water because you’ll get wet.
6. You refuse to jump off anything higher than a metre because you’ll fall and hurt yourself.
7. You refuse to fly a ‘plane across your sim, because “you haven’t got a pilot’s licence”.
8. You believe any house rezzed in the sky will hit the ground as soon as it is finished with “falling”.
9. You consider your best friend is out of their mind because they insist their car can fly.
10. You believe the only way you can change the way you look is to visit s plastic surgeon.
Care to comment?