Pixel Scoop

I was browsing the forums on SLX (sorry…XstreetSL) when I noticed a thread posted by ArchTx Edo linking to this image:-

I couldn’t help but share this as it made me laugh. A lot. Have a close look!!!!

If you want a full size version of this image for clarity, click here.

Second Life™ is full of wonderful things to do. You can educate yourself in one of God knows how many free classes going on, take a cultural stroll through museums and exhibitions, set up your own business, soak up some art, check out the architecture of some of the most creative residents in game or snuggle up with Tigger. By snuggle I mean ‘engage in a manly embrace’ of course. He needed comforting. Something terrible happened to him today. He found out his girlfriend has been cheating on him with some Christopher Robin dude. Some women.

Tigger avatar created by Jenee Marten and available from Screwball Cartoon Avatars.

Ok, please do pardon the appalling pun in the title. My imagination is currently on vacation and is expected back next week.

Anyway, I was perusing SLX, as you do when those “network problems” recur and you can do nothing else other than poke pins into virtual Linden VooDoo dolls, and I came across arguably the most random freebie (or L$1-bie but whatever) I think I’ve seen for a long time.

The ‘Neko-Kid-Fish’ is simply a one prim flexi fish that you wear, well, in your avatar’s mouth. Why, you ask? Well… frankly because that’s what the picture on the listing shows. It markets itself at neko kids as something to carry around in your inventory in case you get hungry. Is there something about the appetite of pixel neko children that I’m not aware of?

Now, I’m not a neko, I’m not a child, my avatar doesn’t get hungry and even if it did, I don’t eat fish. But I still felt inclined to take one of these. One question I have to ask… the description says it’s “always delicious fresh fish in your inventory.” But my inventory has no refridgeration system. I’m therefore wondering whether it might go off. I do hope not. Virtual food poisoning has very little appeal.

Anyone want a bite? TOUGH! Get your own here. I don’t share.

You know the sort. You’re just hanging around on a platform floating 500m in the air with your girlfriend and a hula dancing smurf, when some giant ass elephant in a wig comes and pisses all over your parade by standing in your graveyard…. Man I hate those days.

Perhaps the most undignified of all in game occurences for avatars who spent good time and money on eradicating their ‘noobish’ look and becoming model stunning, pixel perfect, tall and well groomed avies, is being Ruthed. Angelita Pierterson snapped this for me at an infohub (most likely during one of those periods in which everyone logging in is told their previous location is unavailable and thus thrown together in a most uncomfortable fashion at the nearest infohub with no concern for personal space).

The morals of the story, gathered from close observation of above image:-
1. It doesn’t matter how much your skin costs. It will be grey half the time anyway.
2. Male/female/cat/dog, doesn’t matter. You’re all short tomboyish females when we really get to back to basics.
3. Beware. Your genital attachments will, at some point or another, be visible for all to see.
4. Your Mother was right. Good, clean shoes are important. They’re the only things (other than your genital attachments of course) that people will see when we get back to those good old undignified Ruthing moments.
5. Spending hours doing your hair is pointless. It will only ever end up short, brunette and bowl styled.
6. Your posey AO does not look good when all people can see is grey skin and genital attachments.

And that’s me done for the day…. I’m off to edit my appearance.

Cove Islands Real Estate recently held a little caption competition, providing the residents with an image and giving them a few days to caption it for us, with tier as a prize! Winning caption accompanies the image here. Thanks to Yuna Blessed for a great caption! It made us chuckle. More random piccies and witty captions to follow Eventually.