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1. (Mostly US Residents) Who Else will be on Second Life tonight instead of "watching the big game"?

   My husband played semi professional rugby. He said the impacts in American football are much more brutal, Especially when they have someone running at the guy catching the ball at full speed from the other direction. When they go in the middle, sometimes they don't get up for awhile. They are like car crashes.. I cringe at how loud those are.. It's scary hearing that clanking sound when they hit.

2. Aight, it's that time again. (Hide account age on profile for premium plus members only)

   I think this thread has reached the stage where a dignified retirement is somewhat overdue.

3. What are you watching today?

   I subscribe to him.

4. The Proteus Effect in SL

   Thanks Julala, This is really interesting and I recall some work done in 2009 as well as the early 2010s which seemed to show substantive improved social and occupational function for those in the inworld programs. I might be wary (as you are) though about accepting the 'violent video games' analogy just because I thought the data there was a bit tenuous - although you sound a lot better informed than me 🙂 In any event maybe the mechanisms are slightly different anyway. Violent games are often about a type of catharsis (releasing tension), whereas the Proteus Effect is more about identity. I think (in my mind) the Proteus effect has a lot more in common with 'enclothed cognition' theory. The whole wear a lab coat - become more attentive, wear a suit - use better grammar, type thing. So less about what I do in world and more about the mask I wear ('I am'). If I inhabit a 7ft tall robot avatar for long enough in SL, I don't just look tough in SL, but maybe I negotiate my next pay rise more aggressively in RL. If I'm a Victorian gentleman, maybe I find myself using fewer contractions and opening doors for people in RL. If I'm an unrealistically endowed gigolo in SL, maybe I become a more confident lover in RL. One can only hope 😁

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