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    Hiroine Protagonist: Anybody ehre read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson? This is the wave of the future, baby! more »
    Raspberry Swirly: I could not for the life of me figure Second Life out. But I don't think the people that do spend time on them are necessarily on a fast track to mayh... more »
    Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Also, on that site: I don't want to have pretend sex but I'd love some of the proper stuff! Stuart, Chichester, England How come lil' English accent... more »
    Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: I tried Second Life a couple years ago. I'm usually pretty good with computers, but I got frustrated trying to navigate. Oh and I had a big bird head ... more »
    maggeimerc: Second Life is just a SUPER fancy chat room. And give me WoW any day. Sure you spend your time doing junk like killing three story tall demons sent to... more »
    disco2000: Second life reminds me of those sad episodes of Star Trek where a shy, awkward or dorky character uses the holideck to carry out a romance with an una... more »
    Kittenish: I have trouble enough managing my real life, let alone a virtual one! more »
    pantsless economist...access RESTORED: Real conversation with my dad the other day: Pantsless, did you know, there's these *other world* video games, and you create an *avatar* and people c... more »
    blueVamp: Has anyone seen the Law and Order about the guy who kidnapped the girl who's avatar looked like a girl he'd prevously kidnapped? more »
    msAnthrope: when these virtual worlds advance to holodeck quality, count me in. until then, it's just more time spent staring at a computer monitor and i already ... more »
    NowhereGirl: Anything taken to excess can be bad for you. Anything. Second Life and other online games are not inherently detrimental. If a person does not have th... more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I was thinking of selling virtual cupcakes laced with Vicodin to the Jezebel community. My shop would also have tee shirts Clive Owen has slept in, a... more »
    Adora Belle Dearheart: Hold the phone. I thought second life was about attaching digital peens on everything and anything. more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: ....I think there's a difference between playing as /yourself/ in an avatar style game (I was a Sims addict, not a 2nd Lifer) and playing a character.... more »
    ceejeemcbeegee is not here: I know a woman OBSESSED with Second Life. But her and her husband play it together, their avatars have little online trysts, so... I guess that's OK?... more »
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    The Real World: Do Virtual Lives 'Count' ?