"As for me, I can't really figure it out. I did make my avatar look pregnant and go travelling around to see if people noticed, I didn't have the scripted text with the baby talk, so no one took much notice, but it didn't feel right for me. I think I'll stick with my virtual Siamese kitten Max, he sleeps anywhere without the need of a cot or a buggy and runs around without me looking after him, but maybe I'm the exception to the rule, because there are plenty of SL shops doing very well in the baby business! It must be that human instinct that people want to act out, even if it is just virtual."
-CNN iReporter Janey Bracken can't figure out why people would like to have babies while playing Second Life. As opposed to say, having a virtual Siamese kitten, which is completely understandable. She is also an exception to the rule about writers ending sentences with periods.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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"Of course the beauty of a virtual baby is the fact that you can just put it away when you decide that you have had enough, and don't really want an SL child after all" Yeah, because nothing says "beauty" like disposable children.
Second Life is still a thing?
I thought it existed solely to be the subject of breathless news reports in 2004.
The other beauty of a virtual baby is the fact that you can take it into a bar in Brooklyn -- unlike, um, nevermind.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/02/brooklyn.babies.in.bars/
Glad to see CNN still has plenty of money. Can't wait for the "Is it okay to take a baby into a bar in Second Life?" story.
You know, I would prefer it if all the babies in Las Vegas were exclusively virtual.
iReporter? Jesus fucking Christ.