The Bad Seed

What is the source of human evil? Are we really capable of undiluted and pure evil? Are we born evil or do circumstances make people follow the dark self-serving side of their instincts? Are our evil deeds justified under the premise of self defense and preservation of our well being?

How about the SL griefers, how do we really classify and justify those? during my comings and goings over the past few years, I have had the misfortune of stumbling with a few and what's worse, accepting one into my comfort zone, that which I proudly call my family, which has taught me to be a lot more selective about strangers.

I do understand the concept under which SL is based, come be as you aren't, end up being who you really are and live the life you really want, but some people abuse the privilege this platform allows you to have and end up playing with people's feelings and good disposition.

Recently I was reminded of what I would definitively define as a bad seed in SL -and why not even go that far and say that it transfers all of the way to RL-, because when you fake your own death twice in less than a year, making a new avatar to simply retrace your steps and yet again "get sick and die", not only are you in need of serious therapy, but also have unresolved issues that clearly need attention, one you cannot get in a 3D platform.

But maybe is all about attention, yet again, I am not justifying this in the slightest but something tells me that when a person goes to the lengths of faking their own death just to see how people around them will react, is simply and plainly griefing, the type that revolves around causing terror and mayhem in order to test people's reactions under "safe" and "controlled circumstances, but sadly when people are concerned, there's no such thing as safe.

If you are one of those that craves and seeks attention, there are better and more constructive ways of doing so in SL: become a perfomer, a stripper, give speeches or teach something on an open forum, SL offers plenty of options out there to quench that thirst and these certainly don't involve death.

Want to die and live to tell the tale? become a vampire. I can even link you to many places where they have cheap and nice looking coffins, if that's where you are getting your kink out of: playing with people's feelings? that's just wrong, even if you were simply... born evil.

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Dead? or Alive?

I was really trying to avoid touching this topic, but after having seen what some people in second life do for "fun" I can't help but throw my two cents on the subject as I feel I have something to contribute on the subject. A friend of mine a few weeks back touched the subject of the "imaginary ill" in-world, but how about those who go to the lengths of staging their own "deaths"

It's not something as odd and twisted as one would think and it does happen quite often, but not many are as public about it as our last dead man walking did. Death is something not foreign to humans, it happens to us all but yet we all act surprised when it happens, we fight it with all our might but there's really no escaping it.

On my personal experience, my first husband inside the platform was sick and dying ever since I could remember, every time things got ugly Corbin would pull the sick card to have his way and we all humored him as we did not want to upset him and finish him off, but be as it may, and despite all of the tools second life offers you to get away with lying about your real life issues, the truth always shines showing our true colors.

I am really making an effort when it comes to fake illnesses and deaths, as on what would compel a person to undergo such a thing and the only conclusion I can come to is the fact that these individuals simply thirst and seek attention; so, let's try and get one idea across here... Second life is a product, a gaming platform but due to the fact that it is user created and can be sociologically immersive, it involves real people with real feelings, and those should not be toyed with, under any circumstances.

These are the moments I am grateful I am not really active in the SL gay Scene, because I did manage just this once to not be part of a psycho's delusional idea of a perfect second life; I can see him now thinking: "I don't think I'll ever be able to see my own funeral, so why don't I fake my own death and strut around'?"

Get a grip people, or better yet, seek professional help in RL, because pretending to be dead to toy with people's feelings, is just going too far, but that's just my opinion.

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AND DEATH COMETH

One of the most feared things by humans is definitely death, yet it is the most natural thing in the world and happens everyday to thousands of people and not to come off as dark and grim, but it will happen to each and every one of us eventually.

What brought on this dark and obscure topic today? Things happening around me as usual; a couple of really nice people in the SL public eye left us recently, a thing that made me wonder on how avatars, once we leave this earth will possibly stick around on groups and search engines, unless our relatives take the time to cancel our accounts (same applies to facebook, twitter and so on) and tell our in-world friends about our demise.

Then I had this long chat with a really dear friend who is joining the army soon and was being put off the idea with the recurrent topic of, yes, death. He was excited with joining the armed forces until he was told all of these horror stories involving death, dying young and all of those things one expects to be told when embarking on a life altering choice that would define the course of your future and professional career (specially if it involves the army). We all expect to be young, smart, pretty and agile forever, but death creeps up on you slowly and when you least expect it, it’s time to go. Again I insist, I am not being morbid, I just want to point out the fact that I do see death like the most natural thing in the world. I won’t go around tempting fate because I don’t fear death, since life is a precious gift and an experience that has to be enjoyed, but I surely won’t be living a life in fear, specially trying to avoid something that is simply put, inevitable.

A very dear friend of mine has on his 1st life tab this quote from Mark Twain which I have always loved, since in my honest opinion it defines both our views on life and death “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time”. There is this Japanese movie called “Crows Zero”, where one of the main characters has a brain aneurysm and 30 % chance of surviving with surgery, so he says “”If surgery gives me 30 percent, I’ll take life at 100 percent”

I try to live fully, enjoy every second and share every joy and sorrow with my loved ones, living life at 100 % and when it is time to for me to go, I will take my memories with me, hoping that in my own personal way, I have made a difference in SL and RL.

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