What makes us put up with allll the Second Life Crapola?

Forward by Marcophoto Upshaw
AKA: Mark E Lodge, USA

Hey friends, this article was written by my good friend in Second Life ®,
Evelyn Zehetbauer. She is a cute German lass--don't you just love her Marlene Dietrich accent? She is also my Vampire Queen, having given me the "dark gift" in November 2007, with honor; long before "Bloodlines" showed up. I love her writing. --Marco

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The Sense of Second Life (or, What Makes Us Stay In SL?)
by Evelyn Zehetbauer

Hey Friends of Marco!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our first life gives us so many questions, so many things we have no answer to, like why are we living on this world and so on..... Much philosophy, much thinking..... But you never thought about such a question in sl, did you?
Well I did, and maybe this following letters will make you think about the sense of your second life!

So well if you ask somebody about the sense of life, her or she might answer, that it is obviously clear. The sense of life is to make babies and save the human race on this planet! Some might say practising making babys is our sense of life........ but how does that all count, if you think about second life??? Does not really match, huh?

Of course there are avies getting pregnant, getting married and somehow adopting a child..... But is this the sense of sl? I somehow think this is strange....... Why do adult people play a child and there are some people playing parents and so on....... ok ok, EVERYTHING is roleplay in sl, but this parents/children thing is somehow weird..... or not?

Well practising making babies.... uhm well if you like you can make sl be a hot thing. Hot flirting, hot talk, and having sex.... but watching two avies or even more doing it? Kind of strange, too.

So we have to leave the path of the biological sense of life in sl.....

Maybe we should ask our gods The Lindens for an answer? No they would say making money is the sense of sl.......

So should we ask great philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, Hegel, Schopenhauer or Descartes???? Oh we have to stop here. If we are asking Descartes we will get to know that we cannot be sure if that monitor we are looking at is real..... so no answer again...... But Kant and Marx could be somehow cool for sl...... The one says if you wanna do something to somebody you must be for sure that you allow others do it to you, too; and we all know Marx who said that we should be all equal and share everything we have with each other. Oh well Linden Labs does not allow Marxism? Hm ok stop asking philosophers right here....

Still no answer.........

Well maybe the Lindens are right and it is all about making money...... and yeah this could be a point, while running through a camping sim, where people dance or sit all night long for a few linden dollars, or those who have an sl job, spending time in business.... having no friends anymore except your business partners, but where is the sense for those who use their payment infos? So well no point here, and if you see the sense of secondlife is making money, well then get your payment info and your vision became true....

nope.....

Well, what about becoming the perfect avi, exactly like you want it? It is a lot of work, and somehow we all go shopping to upgrade our avis, somehow. But well what if you are completely upgraded? Made your avi like you wanted it to be??????? You quit sl directly? No you do not..........

We have to find other things.... there must be a sense of second life.... somewwhere...... maybe it is to explore!!!!!!

I started to explore second life very very early. I´ve seen so many areas and sims, met so many people, tried out so many things, but hey we all come back to our favourite places.......

again no answer............

So I had no choice; I had to ask one of my best friends Frenz about the sense of sl......

[3:24] Evelyn Zehetbauer: would you please answer me one question hunnybun: What is the sense of sl?

[3:27] Frenz Bailey: For me it started when the tv kept on boring me and someone told me about sl. I went online, just as you, to see what it was all about; to find out if I would like it. But right from the beginning I met some great people, who I would have never met in my rl, and I had fun and nice times with those people and that's why i keep coming back. All the things along the side--like shopping and renting a house--are just stupid. But since you have made some good friends here, you actually consider this as "a life," too. So I think that's why you also shop here and rent.
[3:27] Frenz Bailey: have I answered your question?

Yes she had. Thank you. I think that´s why I´m still here.....

Let´s be addicted together,

Eve