cut the cord and swing the lead, failures fate the one instead

Wow, talk about saying the exact wrong thing:

[14:30] cxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Hey. Can someone lend me L$100? Please help me complete L$1290 for pay my rent, I promise pay back tomorrow.

And that, right there, is the multifaceted statement that should not have been said. Because it immediately identifies the speaker, in the minds of nearly all listeners, as:

• A beggar
• A bot
• A spoiled idiot that's not worth interacting with
• an object of derision
• non-human, see above comment on bot
• a scammer, see above comments on non-human and bot

and from that point, all conversation will by default go downhill. As this one did.

[14:30] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: laughs
[14:31] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: err wrong chat

Ms. C-Bot's comment, or yours? Because yours was the perfect response, Mr. S.

[14:31] Kxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can you plice delekt you
[14:31] Kxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ?
[14:31] Kxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: plice dont rent a land
[14:32] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wat

That was my reaction. What is Miss K saying? "Can you please delete yourself" is how I translated the first statement, and I guess the second is, if you don't rent, you won't have to beg for Lindens, but the first one is still on the baffling side.

[14:32] yxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 6 years on SL, and you are STILL begging? Pathetic.

It really is.

[14:32] mxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: No I'm sorry I do not lend money

Me neither, unless I know the person really well. Random hey-toss-me-a-thousand characters? Nope, never going to help them out.

[14:33] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: im content with my 8L tbh
[14:34] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you can try pole dancing tho, got 300l one time

I'd expand that for the C-Bot. Find something you like doing. There are lots of people hiring for lots of things, and there are Lindens to be made honestly. Go do that.

[14:34] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there are some weird people who pay for weird things

Well, that too.

[14:35] pxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol back years ago it was okay that what everyone was doing at the time
[14:35] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i was also paid 500l to do an rp with a guy who sent a pic of himself irl and i just had to power through it
[14:36] yxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hahahaah
[14:36] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i literally took a shower afterwards
[14:36] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lo9l
[14:36] yxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ROFL
[14:36] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol

Yeah, dick pics are rife in Second Life, as well.

[14:37] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: on a lighter note of getting lindens, an admin made a mad homophobe pay me and a friend
[14:37] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i havent spent a cent on sl

[14:37] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and i have made bank
[14:38] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but i do not know how to manage it at all Good for you. I haven't been as lucky, but I know it is possible. There's a lot of people who survive here--and occasionally survive in RL--on what's made in world.

[14:40] yxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Awesome ;)

[14:47] cxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Please, can someone lend the R$100 to complete L$1290 for pay my rent? I really need pay the tier now and I promise pay back tomorrow. I beg, someone? Yeah, NO, you idiot, get the hint and stop.

[14:48] lxx Fxxxxxxxx: Hmm guess My money not good enough for her I told her I give her some money an asking no payment back I sent her LM to come get the money She has not accept the LM or come for the money All I was doing is trying to help her out guess some people just cant be help,,,

Yeah, so that whole thing: if I'm right that the C-Bot is a spammer, then they won't travel from wherever they're parked. They'll occasionally try to talk you into giving them money via IMs, but 99% of the time, they won't travel to any avatar to get paid in person. I don't know why, maybe that's an edict from whatever overseas company is making them farm for gold or Lindens in a tiny little cubicle farm.

[14:49] yxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Well, you tried! you'e done your good deed for today.
[14:49] lxx Fxxxxxxxx: I really did try
[14:51] lxx Fxxxxxxxx: nods since she dose not want my help block her gives 1 chance all she gets at it she wouldnt accept shruggs oh well
[14:52] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: f
[14:52] yxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I am sure she is posting this in all sorts of groups

I'm absolutely sure the C-Bot is doing exactly that.

[14:53] lxx Fxxxxxxxx: nods
[14:55] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 1290 for rent, or 1290 for the ridicoulously expensive skirt on the mp
[14:57] yxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Touche! ;)
[14:57] jxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: bruh i just want cute stuff to wear that fits my avi why tf [sh*t] gotta be so expensive
[15:10] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you can find alot cute stuff for free you just have to look

You do. But yeah, some things are overpriced. On the other hand, sometimes things are worth the higher price. You have to decide for yourselves what's worth it on SL.

now you think you’re anonymous, a masked face without a name

Of all the things...this came through a shopping group:

[21:20] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: I really need 100L for a new dildo, can anyone help please!?

You're not serious.

[21:20] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: OMG rolmao
[21:20] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ohhh I love humiliation play
[21:21] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: hahaha come on I need some help!

That's too close kin to begging.

[21:21] Emilly Orr: 1. No. 2. What are you willing to do for that L$100?
[21:21] Vxxxxxxx Rxxxx: laughs
[21:21] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Shake my ass?
[21:22] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: I look pretty damn hot right now

What Mm. P sent, I can't link, because it featured their actual name. Do know it involved a rainbow hat, white suspenders, pink boxer shorts with tiny white hearts on them, and...a muchness of hip-shaking.

I can't link that, but I can link this:

[21:22] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: Please do not use group to ask for money
[21:22] Emilly Orr: Also that.
[21:23] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: feels a firey bannnn comming on
[21:23] cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: screamsss in laughter
[21:24] mxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Did you wear out the old one?
[21:24] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Yes damn thing exploded

*raises an eyebrow* Really?

[21:24] Emilly Orr: In the case of what [Pxxxx] linked, [Axxxxxx], I don't think humiliation will phase him.
[21:25] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Not much phases me

That, I can believe.

[21:26] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx): Sorry guys, I'm playing truth and dare lol. This was my dare

Then you're an idiot.

[21:27] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: That's not a very good dare considering it could get you kicked out of a group
[21:27] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Yeah I don't mind lol
[21:27] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 5
[21:27] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 4
[21:27] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 3

We need a countdown now? Seriously?

[21:27] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Pxxxx]
[21:27] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: smh
[21:27] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[21:27] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: oh no!
[21:27] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: excuse my daughter

Your what?

[21:27] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx:
[21:27] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I just logged in and saw this
[21:27] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:
[21:27] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Welp lol
[21:28] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: It's not my fault

It's totally your fault. Own your actions.

[21:28] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I see what goes on while I'm not here
[21:29] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: You aren't shocked
[21:29] Hxxxxx Mxxxx: not at all
[21:36] Emilly Orr: Daughter?
[21:36] Emilly Orr checks the Gyazo again. Then pulls the profile.

Which featured an urbane, bearded man on both SL bio pic, and RL bio pic. So...what?

[21:36] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Yes I'm really a girl
[21:36] Bxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxx: she really is
[21:36] Emilly Orr: Um....apologies, then? But it does look like you're awfully non-female.
[21:37] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Girl with a beard
[21:37] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: lol
[21:37] Mxxx Rxxxxxx: Lmaaaaooo
[21:37] Emilly Orr: Hey, girls can have beards, I've met some.
[21:37] lxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Jenna Marbles!!

I was more thinking of Annalisa Hackleman, Harnaam Kaur, blessedbaubles on Instagram, fuzzslxt, also on Instagram, or, you know, any of the historic ones.

[21:39] Pxxxx Oxxxxxxx: Thought maybe my man boobs might throw some of you off

No, the fact that "she" had NO boobs, dressed entirely as a modern-era male, plus the gif that featured a bare male chest and a visible bulge under the boxers...I'm not happy with gender-shaming, per se, but...my gods, make some effort! You're in a virtual world, sure, you can completely cross genders, but if you're playing one sex, don't announce that you aren't any sort of that sex! It's confusing even to those of us who try never to assume gender with the androgynous or the gender-fluid, because you are not fluid. You seem very firmly set on "Typical Male". I just don't get it.

In the meantime, from another chat:

[21:27] txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Random question: Does anyone here know a cool urban Asian sim that would be suitable for photography?
[21:27] Nxxxx Bxxxxxxxxx: perhaps kowloon?
[21:27] Nxxxx Bxxxxxxxxx: kowloon (146,11,24)
[21:28] Axxxxxx Dxxxxx: Village of Ahiru maybe?
[21:28] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: SSOC (179,61,23)
[21:28] mxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: That's a good one [Nxxxx]
[21:28] Emilly Orr: Kowloon, just FYI, is amazingly cool, especially if you wander off the main strip? It is Chinese, I believe, not Japanese. But it's so well done. And the several-story round building after you come in is still ten Lindens.

I'm surprised it's still up, but it's still amazingly detailed, a rich and changing experience every time I go.

[21:29] txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Thank you so much for all the suggestions, guys. I will try to hit as many as possible.
[21:29] Nxxxx Bxxxxxxxxx: there's another i went to recently trying to see if i can remember the name
[21:29] Emilly Orr: I still want one of those cats with the ever-turning heads. They're all over Kowloon.
[21:29] txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I have an all-black ensemble that has some Asian streetwear influence so I'm trying to find a sim to match that
[21:33] Nxxxx Bxxxxxxxxx: Morning Crescent Moon (73,223,23) here it is! this is a good one too
[21:33] Mxxxxxxx Mxxxxx: [Vxxx]. Try R2 Fashion (77,134,1103) - it has just the aesthetic
[21:35] Fxxxxxxx Cxxxxxx: what about harajuku event (which has a lot of street area around it, also)?

All good answers. Let's hope Ms. V finds somewhere that works.