Pregnancy In Second Life 56
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)."
Just another day online.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Just another day online.. (Score:1)
Yippee (Score:3, Funny)
And much drama abounds (Score:5, Informative)
The whole thing sounds dumb to me, but hey, SL is a big RP environment and if people want to RP being pregnant and having a baby, that's not my concern.
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:5, Insightful)
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 (Score:3, Insightful)
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.
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:5, Insightful)
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.
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:2)
Already been done:
Race: Africans, Asians, etc.
Sex: Women, of course.
Religion: Islam, Buddism, Confucism, etc.
I'm expecting the haters to hate extra-terrestrial life when we find it.
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:2)
Re:Homosexuallity - A Lifestyle Without A Future (Score:1)
2. It is not difficult to explain this to kids, most kids think kissing is gross, it doesn't matter to them they're 2 men or 2 women or a man and a woman... It's only hard to explain a gay couple kissing in public to YOU, the one explaining, not to the kid.
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:1)
You ask: 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 am not terrified of homosexuals, nor do I think "terror" is the proper adjective for those branded "anti-gay"
I do not sleep with my friends, so the issue rarely comes up.
When I discover that someone is gay, I promptly remind them that I don't care what they do with their genetalia.
When I discover that someone is straight, I promptly rem
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:2)
This is because the reasoning that so many folks operate under is the Christian one. I give you now the example of Sodom and Gomorrah [wikipedia.org], cities destroyed by God for their sins, which allegedly include homosexuality. The conservative Christians are afraid that letting homosexuality run rampant is going to bring down the wrath of God upon them and their cit
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:1)
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:4, Interesting)
Does that mean that the ol' flour bag trick done by most high schools encourages teen pregnancy?
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:2)
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:2)
But did the other stuff make you want to go out and have sex with people you do know?
Obviously you had some impresions about STDs and sex with people you don't know or you wouldn't have placed the "with people I don't know" in there. Most teen sex are with people who know each other.
Actually , In my day, they seperatedthe boy and girls, we
Re:And much drama abounds (Score:3, Funny)
The logical next step (Score:5, Funny)
After all, who's going to arrest parents that abuse their online children?
Tamagotchi 2.0 (Score:2)
It's Tamagotchi all over again!
Now, if you could just script the kid's upbringing.
All it needs... (Score:5, Funny)
huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Why yes, I do use Linux exclusively. Why do you ask?
Re:huh? (Score:1)
Re:huh? (Score:2)
Re:huh? (Score:2)
Re:huh? (Score:2)
Re:huh? (Score:1)
Intercourse, PA. Right next to Paradise, PA. These are real towns in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_PA [wikipedia.org]
Hmm, now that I read your message again, you might know that. Well, maybe somebody else needs the information.
Huh Indeed (Score:1)
Re:huh? (Score:2)
DID YOU READ THE SUMMARY? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Sex, sex, sex, doesn't anyone just kill anymore (Score:3, Funny)
I still enjoy pointing out the fact that the cheerleaders at his school violate several points of the dress code. I guess when you're cheering for Liberty U you're exempt.
You know whats next... (Score:3, Insightful)
interesting (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:interesting (Score:1)
Re:interesting (Score:4, Interesting)
As far as e-abortions, the babies as I know them are fashioned out of prims (the building blocks of SL) and scripted to make certain motions or sayings, kinda like an advanced dolly that pees, cries, poops its diaper or whatever else the creator designed into it. Tossing these things is akin to tosing any other object in SL. In other words, like taking out the garbage.
Also on that note, I've known a couple of people go through the whole pregnancy thing. Some do it because they are unable to have chlidren in real life. Some do it to bring their partner closer. Some do it for companionship. Some do it for fun. One person I knew was pregnant for a month, and then abruptly went back to normal. Their response was that they had broken up with their partner and had no more reason to have a baby.
It's all RP though. Take it for what you will.
Re:interesting (Score:3, Interesting)
Ouch, better in a simulation than in real life.
I gave SL a try a few years ago when it was in beta, it was neat, I did stuff... The only problem (at least then, I suppose it still is now) was that EVERYONE was out making a buck trying to sell you a book or some other stupid crap. It's like the entire game's pretense was i
Whispering tummies isn't the half of it... (Score:3, Funny)
It's the weirdest thing ever.
Re:Whispering tummies isn't the half of it... (Score:3, Funny)
There's nothing more sexy than clicking on girl's clit and seeing it say:
Girl's Clit is stroked softly by Merlin
Girl's Clit: Girl is lightly aroused
Girl's Clit is nibbled by Merlin
Girl's Clit: Girl is panting
lol who needs streaming video porn when I've got that?
Re:Whispering tummies isn't the half of it... (Score:2)
Just emailed my boyfriend.. (Score:4, Funny)
body:
[link to article]
Are you awake now?
[eom]
That must have gaven him a momentary heart attack.
hee hee hee
- tokengeekgrrl
Re:Just emailed my boyfriend.. (Score:3, Funny)
I was married once... (Score:1)
Premature Linkage? (Score:1)
But, then again, it could just be "duped" later, I suppose.
An intelligent baby? (Score:1)
What I mean is that it's kind of dumb, it's all about people interacting with people, and you're gonna "raise" a damn Tamagochi? It should at least be children SLers spawning as babies...