Pregnancy In Second Life

An anonymous reader writes "SF Weekly newspaper sent a (male) writer to get pregnant in Second Life, to find out how it works. The article is the first installment in a three-part series." From the piece: "For $3,500 in Lindens (about $12 US), I could buy the pregnancy kit and get knocked up. I had the cash, so I made up my mind: without much fanfare -- without a partner or even a nurse and a turkey baster -- I bought the kit and got started. I tacked on a body shape that bumped out my stomach to a late-first-trimester size, making me a little more kettle-shaped. Then I switched on the UPA, or 'ULTIMATE Pregnancy Attachment' (emphasis theirs)."

You know whats next...

[Subgenius]

Online abortion clinics, right-to-second-lifers, the whole bit. Should be fun to watch (and gum up the works....)..

Re:And much drama abounds

[kabir]

some people are apparently worried out of their mind that same sex couples will have virtual babies and get a taste for the real thing.

Yeah, 'cause nothing makes people want kids more than virtual pregnancy... certainly not seeing all the happy families at the park, or sheer biological drive to procreate, or constant societal pressure to reproduce. Nah, it's those pernicious video game pregnancy kits that make people want babies.

*sigh*

If anybody can explain to me why so many folks seem to be terrified of homosexuality even though it has roughly zero impact on their lives I'd appreciate it. I'm confused. While you're at it I really don't get the whole video-games-are-the-devil thing either.

Re:And much drama abounds

[thewiz]

If anybody can explain to me why so many folks seem to be terrified of homosexuality even though it has roughly zero impact on their lives I'd appreciate it.

Personally, I think the people are terrified of homosexuality for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Some people hate it because they've been brought up to believe it's bad/evil.
2. Some people hate it because they've had homosexual feelings but can't reconcile it with #1.
3. Some people hate it because homosexuals are the whipping people du jour.
4. Some people hate it just to have something to hate.

I don't get it either.

Re:And much drama abounds

[SatanicPuppy]

I'm a big believer in #4. The right uses them as a big scary enemy to keep their voting block in line, attributing to them dark motives, and evil agendas, and basically dehumanizing the hell out of them.

If there were no homosexuals, they'd pick a race or a sex, or a religion, but the propaganda would be the same. It's a way of playing on the baser instincts of man that politicians and religious leaders have been using to their advantage for as long as there have been politicians and religious leaders.