19 January, 2020

every time you turn around you wear another face

Why are people still reading old blog entries of mine? No clue, but someone did, so I looked into their contribution, and added it to the, so far, sole autism page on this entire blog. Yay?

In the meantime, this was mildly amusing. I got this error searching for a link on Marketplace:

internal-server-error-read

So I copied that string of numbers and searched for it:

google-not-found

And we have Numberwang! Seriously, Google gave me the error number, and now they can't find that error? Are you feeling okay, Google? Need a bit of a lie-down, or a spot of tea?

Meanwhile, a bit of chat nonsense:
[21:43] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [paid job] looking for asian/latina/ebony girls doing lingerie modeling pictures for Elle et Lui Modeling Magazine 2020 spring lingerie special edition. (pls contact me if you are interested, thanks.)
Now, a note. This is our spammer. I am leaving his name out, but the "magazine" he supposedly works for in, because if they don't know he's going around to dozens of groups and spamming them with unwanted "paid job" requests, then they should, and at the very least, slap his hand for doing so.
[21:43] Dxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: ewwwwwww
[21:44] Exxxx Vxxx: he is still on tour with that xD
[21:44] Dxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: yep highly doubtful and very suspect
[21:44] cxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Scam again... Before happened at Fameshed group... :(
Yeah, he's been quite the busy little bee. Join ten groups, spam ten groups, leave ten groups. Rinse, repeat, burn.
[21:44] gxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: are there any active modeling agency even on sl anymore?
There are, actually. It's not as wide ranging a field as it was, but there are still active agencies. There's one agency that Zibska exclusively works with, or that agency exclusively works for Zibska, one of those. And there are a few others.
[21:44] Exxxx Vxxx: he does that post over and over in many groups...
[21:46] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: what happened at Fameshed?
[21:47] cxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: The same scam... a group scam tour... oO
[21:48] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no but like what is the scam
[21:49] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: did he not pay the models or smth?
To be fair, I don't think anyone's been stupid enough to contact him, so I'm not sure. But from his scattershot bursts of advertising, I'd say, likely not a paid gig, likely not a real job, possibly looking for a porn shoot. I have nothing against virtual pornography, but seriously, dude, advertise in the proper groups at least.

13 January, 2020

you been leaving, spending all your money, then you didn't bring no coffee home

This one is not getting anonymized (on store name, avatars will still be changed), for reasons that will become obvious.
[11:43] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: astrology is gone?
[11:44] Emilly Orr: Shouldn't be.
Granted, the Astrology Hair group isn't overly chatty on the best days, and I did scroll back and read what was the last chat I received, and it was back in December, for the end of the hair Advent. Even so, I've dropped by twice for two sales events in January and the store was still there.
[11:45] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i went to the place i had been going for the advent and it is not there
Interesting. So I ported to the sim. Turns out it's currently Decoy's main store. How very odd.
[11:45] Emilly Orr: Interesting. SL had a problem with remapping last week, either 'losing' sims (so you couldn't port there at all) or redirecting to other sims entirely, which seems to be what happened this time.
[11:45] Gxxxxx Fxxxxx: The website is gone
[11:46] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it takes me to a building
[11:46] Emilly Orr: It takes you to Decoy, not the same business. Different sim, too.
I knew that because by that time, I'd decided to port to the last SLUrl I used, which dropped me next to Ms. D at the Decoy front door.
[11:46] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i think it is the same location, different business
[11:47] Nxxx Gxxxxx: frowning-emoji-shadowed
[11:47] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: may be what was under it?
At this point I'd pulled up the store owner's profile, and checked out what I could get to online. The Marketplace store is still up. But the website is...not there. Or, well, something IS there, but it's not for the store.
[11:48] Emilly Orr: That's very interesting. Astrology's website now redirects to a soccer team, it looks like.
[11:48] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: maybe they let it expire?
[11:48] Emilly Orr: Or were hacked?
[11:48] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pretty abrupt
[11:48] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: possibly
[11:49] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that was my next guess since it was so sudden
You're not kidding. And no notice, no one's heard from the store owner today.
[11:49] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but they must have closed... b/c the sim isn't there iether
[11:49] xxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she closed it.
[11:49] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: would have been nice to tell us
[11:49] Emilly Orr: You know that for sure?
Since she didn't say anything else, I'm assuming she doesn't and was just fear-mongering.
[11:50] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i did an ara search and a bunch of stuff came up
[11:50] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: not sure if it's the store or what
[11:51] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: never fails i pay to join a group and then bam they decide to close it, this would be the 2nd one
[11:52] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wekk ont give up yet b/c all the hair is somepladce i can areas serach to
[11:53] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lets hope, she is just redesigning it
[11:53] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: or something like all that
[11:53] Emilly Orr: I'd give it a few days before people start dumping the group. Maybe there will be a reason.
And I'm holding to that.
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i was able to register for the mini though it's not likely to lock since i'm camming in
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: stuff is still here
[11:54] Emilly Orr: Really? I never even made it to the actual sim.
[11:54] Bdxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and 5 other people found it before me
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i am not there
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i'm still in decoy, camming to what i area searched to
[11:54] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if only there was a chair here
[11:54] Emilly Orr: Ah.
[11:58] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: here. i have hair on the brain [12:03] Cxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: shop is here Iridescent (202,154,1582)
From the numbers, it seems like the store's close to, but not at, Decoy's map location. Which is very strange, two stores should not be on the same parcel unless they're part of a mall, or something. I dropped by again, ended up in front of Decoy's main door again, walked inside, and started camming, but had to leave to prepare for a dance. So not sure what's cammable from that point, either.
[12:08] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i cannot tp to that location
[12:09] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no, that tp takes me to 1574
Right, because Decoy has a locked port point.
[12:10] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: even if i tp from somewhere else
[12:10] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hmmm i ended up at decoy
[12:11] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: may be the new store
It's not. Decoy is a separate store, and it's been on the grid far longer than just today.
[12:11] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there is hair upsatirs of this store
[12:13] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thesotre is directly above the decoy store
[12:14] jxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh ok
So I'll check it out and see what I can see, and if I hear anything from the store owner, I'll update this. In the meantime, if anyone's heard anything, do let me know!

12 January, 2020

they isn't wonderin' why mama got mad, 'cause papa didn't bring no coffee home

Oh my sweet gods, Anife wrote back AGAIN.

So here's the breakdown. In that linked post, I responded on the blog, but not to her via email, because that lack of reply seriously dissuades 80% of the idiots who write me wanting collaborations for things my blog has NEVER done. But yesterday, she wrote back:
Good day, Emilly!
Not as long as you're in my inbox, it isn't.
Haven ' t heard from you,
There's a good reason for that, and it's "Haven't".
Do you have any questions regarding the proposal?
None at all, not interested.
I can help you with the answers)
I really doubt you can.
Or we can discuss details of our proposal over the phone,
Bite me,
Which one is more suitable for you?
D, none of the above.
Onward,
You have to be kidding. And she sent her complete contact info, plus the business web search site's complete link AND their physical address, PLUS her phone number. My gods, give up.

I wrote her back yesterday, when the above came in:
All right, so not responding didn't make you go away. Let's try this.

What can you possibly do for a blog that has one (and ONLY one) writer, NO advertising, NO ad banner, NO need for a job search service, and NO idea what you could want beyond that? If you come up with something, let me know. I am all a-twitter with anticipation.
And she wrote back to THAT.
Wow,
Thank you for the reply, Emilly,
No problem. Now will you go away?
I understand what you mean, having nothing uncommon how we can actually help each other by partnering,
Good that you see that, and you mean "nothing in common".
But basically all websites have something very important really happy to multiply,
It’s traffic,
I get enough.
And let me explain my offer here, as it’s a barter type of collabing, no cost, at all,
It's not the cost, or lack thereof, that's making me uninterested.
it’s not about job posting, is about offering you is a free of charge banner of your website displayed on relevant [spammer's web site] pages.
...Wait. You think MAKING ME an ad banner for my blog will HELP? Wow, are you barking up the wrong tree.
On [spammer's web site] search result pages. So, its 100% targeted ad,
Don't care,
People will be redirected to the website by clicking on the banner.
DON'T. CARE.
It will help to increase your brand awareness as well.
I have a brand? Since when?
we believe that your content will be more than just useful to some of our targeted users.
I wholly disagree.
We will use special keywords due to your banner. So we can make sure that you will be getting your target audience going to your webpage.
SERIOUSLY uninterested.
Also, we would be happy if you could feature us with a relevant text link on your website.
Never going to happen.
Please, let me know what you think abou the proposal, Emilly,
It's "about", and still not interested.
It entails no money liabilities,
STILL DON'T CAAAAARE.
Best,
Swallow a dead frog,
[the complete web site/title/telephone/web site closing again]
I just sent back "I'm not interested." Hopefully, that will make her leave me alone.

Honestly, if she writes back? I'm just marking her email as spam.

09 January, 2020

we're spending the treasure, oh no, no, that love cannot afford

Out of the blue, this accusation:
[14:46] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [store name] copies all dresses that were already there and changes them minimally ... not very creatively
Couple things here. First, and most important, as I and others refer to her in the chat, her display name actually starts with an N, not an M. But second, not every designer uses 100% original mesh and textures 100% of the time. Let me repeat that, because it's vaguely important: NOT EVERY DESIGNER USES 100% ORIGINAL MESH AND TEXTURES 100% OF THE TIME. That's so common to fashion it's not even worth commentary, whether we're on the grid or out beyond the screen, because it really does happen everywhere--and if you think Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld or Oscar de la Renta never reused a pattern, then I just don't know what to tell you, because they did. Everyone does.
[14:46] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I am very disappointed
Just for reference to any readers who are in store groups in-world: NEVER do this. I'm serious. If you have a complaint about the clothings/airships/guns/avatar pieces/whatever that a certain designer has made, send a notecard to THEM, or to a store representative. If you have a complaint about a chat moderator IN that group, send a notecard to THEM, or to a store represen tative. NEVER complain in public. Unless you're a complete idiot, as Ms. N seems determined to be.
[14:46] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: dont buy them then
[14:46] Axxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wxxxxxxxx: wow
[14:46] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: do they have legacy fit too?
[14:47] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there is nothing new
[14:47] BX Ox: [Nxxx] can you create yourself?
And that's another point. If you really think that all a given designer is doing is buying the same twelve templates and just recoloring them--and, believe me, I've been to shopping events that do feel that way--then get one of their demos, dig into the separate parts of it, find out who actually made that template, GO BUY IT FROM THAT SHOP and then do it youself. But again, it serves nothing and no one to complain in any group's chat.
[14:47] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: dont like them dont buy them easy
[14:47] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: wishes chat would work
[14:48] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: so why are u disappointed , sorry i am not understanding the point of ur posting
Yeah, that was my question, because it was about here I tuned in and started reading back.
[14:48] ixxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [BX], having a skill in it, or having an opinion is unrelated.
[14:48] Txxxxxxx Zxxxxxx: Silly troll.
[14:48] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hello?
[14:48] pxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i can make a mean azz box, o͜°
[14:48] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: because [store name] creates nothing new
[14:48] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can i have somoens attention?
[14:48] BX Ox: butyou can stay nice in their group.
[14:48] Emilly Orr: Why. Are. You. Posting. That. Here?
[14:48] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: lol [kxxxxx]
[14:48] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: please?
[14:48] Jxxxx Cxxxxx: Yes they have Legacy outfits as well [Kxxx]
[14:48] ixxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i am in general disappointed in most stores, noone makes new.60 different style of jeans is no better than altering a few dresses at times.
And then Ms. M chimed in, but we were mostly focused on Ms. N at the moment, and largely ignored her.
[14:48] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: me?
[14:48] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: easy dont like it dont buy it dont bitch or if you have a gripe speak to the designer
[14:48] exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: i am sure shes got it
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yaay
[14:49] Emilly Orr: Yes, you, [Nxxx].
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thanks [jxxxx]
[14:49] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: its true, i like to be sincere and its a good point
[14:49] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i think the same of candy doll too per example
[14:49] Emilly Orr: This gets back to the designer--and it likely will, from someone--you'll be kicked from the group. So unless this is your final suicidal flounce before quitting, I don't get why you're saying that.
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: everyone sees thhings differently
[14:49] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and not to talk of this store ,but in general, im tired to see always the same in the events.
[14:49] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no need to argue
[14:50] ixxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I much rather candy doll than the two top names in female clothes.
I have my problems with certain designers, too. My top two problematic ones, though, are because one was a grifter who tried to steal from a company I was working for at the time, and the other because she banned me over a very silly issue. My solution? I don't shop there. Now, if anyone recommends I should go for whatever reason, I will tell that person why I don't shop at these two stores, but largely, that is where it stops.
[14:50] Jxxxx Cxxxxx: It is because the pressure of events. Consumers expect new stuff at almost any event and dont shop ar mainstores anymore. So creators have little time to actually create and keep up with demand.
And this is an excellent, excellent point. A lot of designers on the grid have realized that if they want to stay in business at all, they have to keep their output up. So yes, a lot of their offerings for these sale days feel very similar to other offerings they've shown in the sale. Thing is, don't concentrate on what's the same. Look for what catches your eye, what's innovative, check the store while you're there and see what else they make. Maybe they don't have a dress you want for L$25, L$35, L$55, whatever, but maybe there's something on the wall you like. Make a mental note, because sometimes--I'd say easily a third of the time--designers toss up something that's a recolor of an upscale item, or an older item they're fairly sure they've gleaned the profit from. A keen eye and a quick finger on teleport can get you those items.
[14:50] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well thats about tastes [Mxxxxxxx], i like them too but they repeat a lot, and they dont do demos with colors to try
There are two ways most people handle demos, and it's standard, and I doubt this is ever going to change: first, the shape demo. These are the ones with "DEMO" printing on them, usually, in some neutral shade, or even black and white. This is just so we can see if our bodies actually fit into the dress. There is nothing wrong with this. The other standard is the five-minute demo. Long enough to try on, look at all angles, walk, run, sit down, lay down, see how it works in motion. (We can also do this with the standard demo style, but strangely most people don't.) There is also nothing wrong with this. Absolutely NO ONE on the grid is going to give you a free, fully textured dress as a demo, unless it says that on the package. Even the 'wearable demos' I sell on the Marketplace aren't freebies; I'm still selling them, just for a vastly reduced fee, and they're still in less vibrant color sets.
[14:50] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: lets keep the chat to [store name]'s please girls
[14:50] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: I agree [Jxxxx]
[14:50] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: exactle [Jxxxx]
[14:51] Jxxxx Cxxxxx: I love shopping at mainstores but maybe i am old school
[14:51] lxxxxxxxxxx Gxxxx: many buy the templates and alter colour , texture etc so there are many versions of the same dress at one time
[14:51] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: simple rules no slander or chat of clothes other than [store name]
And, I grant you, I've only been in this group since I found out they were doing an Advent calendar, and joined for that. The reason I wasn't looking at them as a store potential in the first place was they weren't working in mesh, and with a mesh body that's on me, oh, 99.2% of the time currently? I need mesh templates that fit.

But she's making mesh items now, so I stayed in after December.
[14:51] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: I like [store name]s textures to be honest
[14:51] Emilly Orr: Thank you, [Bxxxxxx].
[14:51] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: kissy kissy everyone
[14:51] Emilly Orr: Now, what about slandering [store name]?
[14:52] Xxxxxx Qxxx: Thank you [Bxxxxxx]
[14:52] Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: im off to the store
[14:52] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: thanks [Bxxxxxx]
[14:53] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: yvw all ... any more bad talk against [store name]'s creations then there is only one way out of it usually
[14:53] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i love [store name] textures too..its just they release things and i look and i keep waiting for "another thing"
[14:53] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: we like a friendly chat here :)) and most of the customers appreciate our service
[14:54] Emilly Orr: We do.
[14:54] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we see the dress from 2018 with an bow more
and wowwww
and its sell us as a brandnew dress
I was pretty convinced at this point that Ms. N didn't have a single brain cell in her head.
[14:54] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: its one of the groups I actually have the chat on
[14:54] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: [nxxx] if you dont like you dont buy
[14:54] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: simple
[14:54] Emilly Orr: Oh my gods, [Nxxx], you're still talking. You should stop that.
[14:54] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if [Nxxx] could say it nicely, it would be a nice suggestion
[14:54] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i realy spend a lot of money at [store name]
[14:55] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but ..
[14:55] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there is no more good stuff
Then move on, you colossal knuckle-dragging troglodyte, but do not complain in the store group.
[14:55] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: we do not force you to buy something that is similar
[14:55] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no innovation
SHUT. UP.
[14:55] Emilly Orr: If you want a certain style, you could always...I don't know, SEND THE DESIGNER A NOTECARD??
[14:56] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: well thats easy design your own stuff
[14:56] Emilly Orr: Or that.
[14:56] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hy do you cry emily?
This managed to bypass my typonese translator completely, I didn't catch "hy" as any word I was familiar with. Now, it's obvious, and I feel silly for not catching it as "why", but at the time it flew under my radar. (Also, I didn't catch "cry" as her term for "yelling at her".)
[14:56] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: why not send suggestions here [store web site suggestion form]
And that was the first time I'd heard that this store had an online suggestion form to fill out, that the designer would read. That is genius, it really is.
[14:56] Emilly Orr: Cry?
[14:56] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hehe
[14:56] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: WRITE IN BIG LETTERS
Because you weren't listening to rationality, so I figured screaming at you might pound the suggestion in to your teensy little brain?
[14:57] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: [nxxx] you really are not helping your case
[14:57] Emilly Orr: Well, I was trying to make a point, but I guess you're not perceptive.
See? Who says I can't be diplomatic? (Well. Lots of people. And they're right. But I was trying, here.)
[14:57] Mxxxxx Bxxxxx: Well she had her 5 minutes of fame bored with her now bye girls
[14:57] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: if you continue to be rude you will be removed
[14:57] mxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: at the end of the day we are all human real life makes being on sl hard even harder for the designers
[14:57] rxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Why not just boot the troll?
[14:57] Emilly Orr: Listen to [Bxxxxxx], [Nxxx].
[14:58] Sxxxx Nxxxxx: [nxxx], could i recomend that you fill in the Feedback card, and let the creator know youe weise words rather than elightneing the group with the beacon of your displeasure!. Thank you
Cue twitching. "Weise" I could let go, but the absolute butchering of "enlightening" got me.
[14:58] [Store group's representative account]: Hello ladies, dear [Nxxx], I contacted you directly and asked you politely to submit ideas on our let us form, Thank you [Bxxxx], as all of you girls can give ideas on new releases. None of the products were reused as [Nxxx] is trying to say. We did make a pencil dress before, but there is not style of pencil dresses. Please don't shade our brand. Thank you for understanding
And this just makes me want to stroll through their entire store and look at everything, because again, she is absolutely right. If she makes a pencil dress, even if she's not using, say, the Meli Imako pencil skirt template, or the Anni's template, or White Canvas' template, it's still a pencil skirt. There's not a ton of variation. The cut itself is self-limiting, because the pencil skirt is generally a mid-length retro skirt that's cut very close to the body. It can have ruffles; it can have a kick back; it can have side slits; but the base will always be a close-cut skirt.
[14:58] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: ty [kxxxxxxxx]
[14:59] Xxxxxx Qxxx: Thank you [Kxxxxxxxx] and thank you for making beautiful items.
[14:59] [Store group's representative account]: I am not [Kxxxxxxxx], just her little helper sarcastic-winky-face
[15:00] Xxxxxx Qxxx: lol
[15:00] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: we do understand that not everything is to everyones liking but thats what makes us all different :)
[15:00] Gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: heart-balloonKxxxxxxxx mew-smile-emoji your cloths are beautiful I look forward to all your new releases!
[15:00] [Store group's representative account]: since you girls are being so sweet in group chat, let me make a little giveaway!
And while this is by no means necessary, it was a really nice touch to help the loyal group members.
[15:01] [Store group's representative account]: Who can tell me the name of our latest release?
[15:01] Mxxx Oxxxxxx: [Rxxxxx]
[15:01] [Store group's representative account]: yay!
[15:01] [Store group's representative account]: correct
[15:01] Bxxxx Oxxxxx: well done
[15:01] Mxxx Oxxxxxx: heart-balloon
[15:01] Dxxxxxxxx Wxxxxx: Only issue that I do have with some designers is that mesh bodies are around for a while and they still manage to create items that are clipping with the body and hardly to mask. No issues with that with [Kxxxxxxxx]s
[15:01] Gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yay! wtg [Mxxx]
And life went on.

Honestly, some peoples' kids.

05 January, 2020

change of head, make a stand

I crashed without warning, just standing in place at home--this is becoming distressingly frequent, and will remain so as long as I have my vintage graphics card still--and this is, line for line, what I returned to read:
[12:12] Sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can someone please send me the LM . thanks
[12:12] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [gave the name of the shop]
[12:12] Sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thanks a mill
[12:13] Lxxxx Kxxxx: I'm gay
Uh...good for you?
[12:13] Emilly Orr: What.
[12:14] Emilly Orr: Like, it's 2020, it's not a deal, but...why here, [Lxxxx]?
Because it seemed so utterly out of left field.
[12:14] Cxxxxxx Lxxxxxxx: Maybe she's looking for a gay skin....ROFL
[12:15] Emilly Orr: And...what distinguishes a gay skin? Because that's where my brain went too.
[12:16] Cxxxxxx Lxxxxxxx: Ummm, I don't know, I'm not gay.
[12:16] Lxxxx Kxxxx: I'm just gay okay and slightly drunk
[12:16] Emilly Orr: So it wasn't a wrong window?
She never answered. My only conclusion is, she gets strange when she's drunk.

This was in a skin shop's group chat, by the way. While there's no specific taboos on topics, as there is with some of the other groups I'm in, for the most part this group discusses skins, shapes, and mesh bodies, and how they interrelate for the most part. Not sexual politics.

In other news...I have rediscovered the sub-ocean.

sub-ocean1

So, for anyone who doesn't know, "sub-ocean" is an actual geological term, but I use it in the sense that Loading Ready Run introduced me to it--that thin layer of water that lies underneath most game maps. (In many sections of SL, still, the sub-ocean is alarmingly easy to reach--just cam six inches underground, and there it is.)

sub-ocean2

And here I was, at home, in it again. This is a known bug, and not even that uncommon a bug, but personally, I'd stopped seeing it. This was the first time I'd visited the sub-ocean in a good three or four years.

sub-ocean3

What made it worse--or more hysterically funny, because I was both dismayed and giggling insanely off and on--was when my legs started spinning like clock hands. Now I was in the sub-ocean and physics had abandoned me.

sub-ocean4
So, y'know, no big, right? Just hangin' out at home, on the zero point of the sim, drowning in ethereal waters.

With my legs spinning like a Muppet.

"Visit the scenic sub-ocean", indeed.


01 January, 2020

oh, I climbed up on the high oh, lonely hill

Well, this certainly has never happened before...
[12:57] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hello is there an in world store?
[12:57] cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pretty sure there is.
[12:57] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Yes
[12:57] mxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes
[12:57] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[12:57] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: Yes
[12:58] Emilly Orr: I thought so, isn't it still here?
All I did was open the store owner's profile and copy it out. Nothing Ms. N couldn't have done herself.
[12:58] Ixxxxx Rxx: yes, you can get a LM from the group founder's picks
[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: is there a landmark anyone could share please?
[12:58] Cxxxx Axxxxxx: hide your wallet before going though
Well, that's certainly true.
[12:58] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: Oh and she has a clothing store now
[12:58] mxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes
[12:58] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: Emily posted it above
[12:58] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I just shared it wieth you
[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I looked and didnt see it, [ixx]
[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes got it thank you so much
"With". So that should have been that...I felt like I needed to answer why, though, and as I was typing the above line was posted; I posted my response not even half a second after.
[12:58] Emilly Orr: Well, I mean, someone can, but I'd have to go there, and I'm busy, so....
Isn't the SLUrl to the store enough?
[12:58] cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a clothing store? That's new. Is it the same location?
[12:58] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: actually, you can share it from your inventorly, Emilly...no need to go anywhere! :)
"Inventory". And only if you have it in inventory to begin with. I try to keep things pared down. At upwards of 165K, currently, I'm terrified of my inventory, and I keep nothing I don't absolutely have to keep. (And that is AFTER culling 13,000 items over December!)
[12:58] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thank you all.. I am looking for those nice orange wall sconces for my victorian home
[12:59] nxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: :)
[12:59] Emilly Orr: I...don't have it in inventory?
[12:59] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: did you not LM the store?
And this puzzled me. No, I didn't. I don't LM every store I like. Sorry? Besides, again, won't the SLUrl get her there?
[12:59] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: That reminds me I haven't been there in a while
[12:59] Emilly Orr: Nope, I just look it up when I need to go
[12:59] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: Yes it is called [store name of the new clothing store].
[12:59] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: It is in [Nxxxxxxx]'s profile
[12:59] Emilly Orr: Or I use the lm from the notecard sent out for whatever new thing pops up
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ahh...I LM my favorites
Good for you?
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: then I can get there faster
[13:00] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: [store location again]
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: to each his/her own
[13:00] Kxxxx Axxxxxx: the [store in question]
[13:00] Emilly Orr: Yeah, everything in my favorites bar is work, sandboxes, or home location.
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no...I have an LM folder in my inventory
[13:00] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: not just the bar at the top of my window
[13:01] Emilly Orr: Right, everyone does?
Why is this an issue?
[13:01] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: The big question, though, is... clothes?
[13:01] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and you can share LMs from there or use them
[13:01] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: I have a folder just for my favorite shops
[13:01] Emilly Orr: If...you...have...them....what are you not getting, [Sxxxxx]?
[13:01] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: makes it a lot eaier to find them
[13:01] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you said you had to go there to share it, Emilly
[13:01] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I said you could share them from your inventory
[13:01] Emilly Orr: I would have had to go to the location I sent you the SLUrl for to get an actual landmark to give you, yes.
"Easier". And because I DO NOT HAVE a landmark FOR THIS STORE, and I have said this MORE THAN ONCE.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that's how this got started
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: No, you don't
Yes, you do. There is utterly zero way to landmark a place you're not at. That's the nature of landmarking--it grabs the location of that exact point on the grid. If I'm at another point on the grid, all it will grab is my current point on the grid. This is kindergarten stuff, why is this becoming a big deal?
[13:02] Emilly Orr: See above.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I literally just shared the LM with [zxxxxx] from my inventory
Right, because YOU HAD IT to share. I DON'T. Which I have SAID BEFORE.
[13:02] Emilly Orr: I can't grab a landmark from a sim I'm not in.
[13:02] Emilly Orr: I do not have it in inventory.
[13:02] Emilly Orr: Why is this an issue?
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it's not
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx sighs
[13:02] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: Pardon me for saying, but it would seem the issue of getting there is now resolved, and perhaps we can move along? ;-)
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I was just trying to be helpful
No, you were being dense as dwarf star matter.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes, [Mxxxxxx]
[13:02] Emilly Orr: Lets, yes.
[13:02] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I apologizie
At least she apologized. Far as I'm considered, we're done.
[13:03] Mxxx Pxxxxxx: ok...enough of this...have a great New Years everyone and lets hope it a better than the last one
[13:03] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: Indeed, [Cxxxxxx]! Onward!
"It's". And onward! And Happy New Year, for what it's worth.

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