FAQs
Monday, April 26th, 2010I was sifting through emails that had come from the website earlier on and a few common things came up. I thought I would take this opportunity to answer the most common ones (or a variation of them). See, I’m nice.
Are you a sad weirdo?
Only on Tuesdays. And the occasional Friday depending on my mood. However, if you’ve already come to the conclusion that I am a ‘sad weirdo,’ or that I’m a ‘freak, dude,’ based on the fact that I use Second Life, I imagine that trying to explain the concept fully is a waste of time. A question in answer to yours however… what’s ‘sadder…’ immersing oneselves in a creative collaboration platform, having conversations with people from all over the world and becoming involved in virtual worlds, something that will undoubtedly be on the cusp of technical developments in education over the coming years… or sitting in front of the TV for a few hours before sifting through blogs about Second Life just for the purpose of flinging insults? Gee, I wonder.
Can I have your son’s username?
Ever since I posted about looking for virtual worlds for kids and trying to find a suitable one for my son, I have been inundated with requests by email for my son’s username in the various virtual worlds mentioned. Now, the point of that post was discussing safe virtual worlds for children. I don’t consider it ‘safe’ to put my son in touch with strangers who send me emails through my own blog. If you came up to me in the street and asked me if you could take my son aside and speak to him on his own for a little while, I would probably hit you. So what makes you think I will give you his username on some virtual world? Seriously, people… no.
Will you join and/or blog about my virtual world?
It seems there are now countless ‘Second Life copies.’ Except they generally don’t have economies and rarely have more than 50 members! I think it’s great that SL residents are implementing the technology for their own uses… but why would I join all of them? I’ve blogged here a lot about time constraints and how I like to spend the little spare time I have in world. That’s one world. I don’t have a spare severn hours a day to pop in and out of half a dozen virtual worlds.
Would you like to buy cheap viagara/miracle weight loss pills?
What is with pharmacy spam?? And it’s manually done spam too!! I don’t know whether I should have a complex about the number of people who ask me this. Does my blog give off the impression that I’m an obese man with a little willy?? HAVE YOU PEOPLE EVEN SEEN MY XCITE??
I find your blog offensive.
Ok, so not so much a question but I am responding anyway. While I am delighted that you thought enough of my blog to take time out of your busy schedule to email me about the levelof offence caused, I suggest instead that you simply stop reading. The great thing about the Internet is that if you don’t like a website, you can leave it. You will also be pleased to note that as of April 2010, I am no longer sending out Ninja Pixel Assassins to punish people who refuse to read my material. So you can rest safe.
It appears pixel nudity offends people fairly frequently, followed thereafter by cursing. I apologise for offence caused by swearing and nakedness…..
FUCKIN' HELL! NAKED PIXELS!
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