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  1. Theatre, Play, and Deception in SL, Which, When, and Why?

    that wasn’t really a philosophy group , looks to me more like an ideological group using philosophical language. Philosophy is about allowing different positions to be expressed , challenged, accepted or rejected through argument. You throw pros and cons in the arena and let people have fun. disagreement isn’t a threat; it’s the raw material . Is mandatory. Ideology works differently. It prioritizes shared identity and moral alignment. Is us versus them, and we are always the good guys. Once a position is treated as a loyalty test, dissent stops being an argument and starts being a personal offense.

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  3. Theatre, Play, and Deception in SL, Which, When, and Why?

    Hard to say. His imaginary friend had strong opinions but also a terrible track record with public approval.

  4. Theatre, Play, and Deception in SL, Which, When, and Why?

    I think the chat between @Scylla Rhiadra , @Arielle Popstar , and @Ayashe Ninetails has been really interesting (sorry on my phone and quoting is a skill I've not got on this thing!) I completely understand the self care aspect of all this. Life can be exhausting enough without seeking out contexts that require even more energy. However I admit I have a bit of a perverse visceral distrust of those kinds of environments, almost a claustrophobia. As soon as I realize a group is too much the same, same opinions, same aesthetics, same blind spots, I do get the urge to break a window just to let some fresh air in. If I was to try and put a name to it, I guess my worry is that comfortable consensus seems to inevitably curdle into tribalism. It starts innocently enough with "We all agree on X," but it feels like it almost always slides into "anyone who thinks Y is the enemy." Too much consensus leads to atrophy I think. If you don't exercise you lose muscle, and that is as much for the spirit as well as the body. So a group which is too insular eventually loses the facility for understanding the contrary opinion entirely.

  5. A question on furries

    Yep. That's a rampant problem in SL. (The attraction to such things and the unrestricted basically encouraged ) participation in such activities . Nothing against anthro fuwwy seggs ,but that right there. Needs to stop .