Any Chance You Could Change Your Face, Dear?
I’ve just been witness to a conversation that made me laugh. I was noseying around this sim and there were a couple of people just standing there talking in voice. A guy and a girl standing next to a dancing pavilion. She asked “shall we dance,” which was followed by him saying, “In a minute. Can we change your avatar first?” He then proceeded to give her instructions about making her breasts bigger, changing her face to it “didn’t look so squashed,” and making herself a bit taller.
If some chick asked you in RL to dance with her in a club and you said, “Sure, if you change your face first,” I’m thinking you would probably get a swift slap around the face. Or a drink in your face. Or both.
So what is it about Second Life that makes it ok? I mean, it’s not like asking someone to change their actual face, of course, but it’s sort of like saying to someone, “I don’t like how you chose to customise your character. I think that what you think looks attractive looks hideous.”
Anyway…. it just made me laugh.
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Dannah
Odd as it is, I find that this is a common occurrence in SL–by both sexes.
Since we often customize our avatars based on our perception (or idealization) of self, it’s a very demeaning request, isn’t it?
An interesting topic…
Lauren Weyland
Hey, anything to please a man
Quaintly Tuqiri
I wouldn’t think it was ok in SL either! If someone tried that on me, he’d get the virtual equivalent of a slap in the face!
Chestnut Rau
I have to agree with Quaintly on this one
Skylar Smythe
Mmm… I don’t know. I have changed by avatar’s body shape to be more pleasing to myself and my guy in SL…
But in my defense, adding some pixel pounds to her was in the direction of making her look more like myself in actuality. So maybe not as inauthentic as it sounds.
Casandra Shilova
My AV hasn’t changed in 3 years other than minor tweaking. The way he put it would get a negative reaction from me.
Said in a considerate manner I would be more receptive and I might do it later when it was convenient – if – he was pointing out something I hadn’t noticed “squashed face”
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