Second Life

Posted by MangaPunkSai on May 14, 2007

For those of you who don’t know  "Second Life" is a program that is somewhat like a MMORPG, only… without the RPG part. With the name clearly being honest about its escapist intentions, thousands upon thousands of people act out a fantasy life in this virtual reality every day. The denizens of SL have full control over the lands, the structure, and can even open virtual shops and sell virtual items for virtual money… which they can then exchange for real money. It’s web 2.0 to the extreme and you would think it would be alot of fun.

Yeah. You would think that.

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Cyber Bullying

Posted by MangaPunkSai on April 15, 2007

Cyber Bullying, the happening new catchphrase for shock media stories and overprotective parenting. Increasingly the world is full of oversensitive people who can’t take a joke or any criticism whatsoever. And now the internet is getting full of them too. Instead of gently being convinced to GTFO by the meme-spouting, sarcastically sharp tongued, bitter and cynical lost souls who haunt the internet, saps all over the world are attempting to coerce the internet to conform to real world standards.

I say: fuck no.

If your kid is going to lock themself in their room and threaten to cut their wrists because someone called them fat on their MySpace page, your kid needs a good smack in the mouth. Forget ending "Cyber Bullying", I’d prefer to end "Cyber Pussyism".

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