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Is second Life real life?
9/2/2007 1:59 am Last Read: |
Current mood: lethargic As you can read in her blog, Mistress enjoys playing an online game/chat program called Second Life. If you have not played it, it truly is an incredible program. It is its own little world. You can own property, go to bars, play any number of role playing games, choose your appearance, dress style, etc...There are also many BDSM areas you can visit. I am not overly familiar with the program, as I have only used it minimally, but I do find it enjoyable, and fairly realistic as these things go. Mistress would probably do more in the BDSM areas, but she knows I am sensitive to her interactions with others online. In this matter, our opinions differ. Mistress feels that online is online and its is not the same as real life. Her general opinion is that while online interactions and relationships could come to mean something, it is not automatically the case. I, on the other hand, feel that an online relationship is a form of relationship, and hence has to mean something, if not automatically anything overly deep. I believe Mistress when she tells me that these things mean nothing to her, but that does not mean the guy on the other end of it is not getting off. And that bothers me. And while She is the boss in the relationship, and would have every right to do what pleases her, she is comfortable enough in her dominance to respect my feelings in the matter. I wish I felt otherwise. I wish I could say that I do not believe there is anything to online relationships, game or chat. But I can't. It is not a computer program you are conversing with. It is not an advanced form of AI. It is a person. It is real. I agree that it is not as complete as an in the flesh relationship, there are just too many dimensions missing. But it involves two real people, with two real brains, and two real sets of emotions. So while something like second life may be a game, how does it really differ from things like cyber D/s or sex in a chat room. Or sexy talk over the phone. Now people may do a second take at the mention of phone sex. But truly, what is the difference. Does a real voice really add that much. Isn't it still the same ideas and feelings being exchanged? Besides, much chat, and second life, now feature voice options. Does this stuff bother me as much as say, someone writing my wife an explicitly sexual email? No, of course not. As with anything else there are degrees. And in cases of chat and games like second life there are elements of role play. But I cannot ignore the fact that behind the role play are real emotions and real ideas. And real people. |
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