Avatar Strays, Real Guy Suffers Consequences

I have friends that play mmo's quite a bit so I've heard much about the relationships that go on. (I will play a tad now and then, but they generally don't hold my interest very long) I've hear of families that have many real life problems because of what they do in the virtual worlds. It's quite sad, but a growing part of the internet enabled world.

Yowza! William Gibson was right: the future is indeed here, and it's not evenly distributed.

emerge -C secondlife && USE="get a" emerge reallife

There's always something for obsessive persons to get sucked into. Remember when Dungeons and Dragons was hot? And it got the players to actually interact in person. Mmm, meatspace.

Quand on le sait, c'est peu. Quand on ne sait pas, c'est rien.

Montaigne.

It must have been a slow news day. Here's some more:

Boy finds lifting bucket from well can yeild water man vs tractor trailer - carnage at 11 lack of relationship produces lack of relationship real partner or blow-up doll, pros and cons of each man virtually cheats on partner sees virtually nothing wrong with it, sued for virtuall divorce

OMFG

This is all virtually literally just fascinating.

Growth Industry?

Maybe my daughter should open a virtual law office.

> Maybe my daughter should open a virtual law office.

Does second life have a court system? If so, it sounds like it might be possible.

In any case, a virtual office with pointers to the real one might be useful.