Discussion is good, IMO. Implying that "something is wrong" with people who post at OBT is crossing the line, IMO.

Alot of the behaviors at OBT, I thought were due to the personality issues that the admins had.
For example, my son is a computer "nerd" techie..he makes his living with it
now. So I know many of his friends...over the years, and have a feel for
the "type" it can attract. I can tell you for example the head computer technician at the
huge place I am now temping at could put some of those admins at OBT to
shame. Did you ever see the skits on SNL in the past about the computer guy who comes into the office and denigrates the personel because they are having a snafu? Very familiar to me at least. While we can laugh at the TV, it is another matter when it is you or I who are being shamed. And I also get that shame feeling from this thread.

I personally did not feel comfortable in chats... I visited a few times, and decided it was not for me. But I would not post that I was "stunned" that others chose to do so! I think as a matter of fact that you and I chatted on one of those rare times!? I also had my moments of not posting as often as before while I was sorting out my own feelings and issues.

So the fact remains that we now have a nice new home. Those interested will find this place like OBT was found on Google. I don't think it is necessary to
keep going on and on about disappointments...one has to move on to the more constructive issues. And here it means support and helping.

you know I had an MRI of my right knee/thigh when I was having major pain, several years ago.

I thought the MRI made it worse for about a week. I have seen posts where
people have thought the same. The MRI agitates molecules to make a picture.
It stands to reason it is doing "something" to the body, IMO. So it might be that in addition to the uncomfortable position? They say at the test, "no" but do they really "know"?

Mrs. D YOU WERE BANNED? David, did you 'start over?' I got that rite off the bat...
Aussie, you are spot on....about the 'bubble'! VERY GOOD! Gave me a good smile for my morning! I really needed it.

This all is getting depressing, can we all live, work with what 'vehicles' we've got and get on w/it. I beleive contributions will reflect accordingly. Wherever appropriate...after all $ is a major influence- look at Congress and politics! No-brainer! - j

Life goes on-As Cats say: Life is hard, then you nap! - apt?

I'll never have an MRI again. Believe me, I want my molecules to stay right where they are!!

Especially when a naked person approaches me again!!!

Lordy, lord

melody

Thanks for the big belly laugh... I needed it today. (I am working a very
stressful shift 2:30-11pm and I am getting a bit foggy in the noggy!

A good laugh clears the mind and soul!

Ive had 4 mri's and one cat scan, and the only effect Ive had is being stiff from not being able to move for 20 minutes. Now EMG/NCS's on the other hand have set off my PN for a few days.

I hope it wasnt me that you felt was trying to shame, as a matter of fact i owe you more than i could ever repay.

Omigod, Mel, I did not donate $10,000 to JL. If it says that somewhere, please show me, as it's a bad typo if that's what it says. JL told us he had raised $10,000 when he asked us for money after his servers crashed. No, I did not give that much---oh to have such money to donate--would be nice, but no, not me. But I did give generously, by any standards with the belief that money would be used to maintain the site.

MrsD--I'm sorry you think I'm insulting the moderators over there, or "trashing". My post here was mostly because, well, I'm stunned that folks post there and not here, where we are being treated warmly and with respect. I certainly feel safer here, and I appreciate that the moderators here are open, bright, and seem to understand what we are dealing with. My understanding of the moderators "there", was that they were basically friends of JL from Second Life. I could be wrong on that, but I understood that we paid for them to go to California together and "brainstorm". And I have found out, when I did my charity search, that yes, JL did not have to file anything with the IRS because the charity was under $25,000. Still, I started this thread because I was annoyed to have to check both sites to find my friends, and hoped everyone would just stay here. I like this place.

I'm sorry if I said anything shaming that somehow hurt you. That surely was not my intent. But I don't mind shaming JL. I think his behavior, and that of some of his mods, is lacking is simple empathy and conscience. It's just plain wrong, and I have no trouble saying that, but surely, it is not aimed at you, MrsD, so I'm confused at how i triggered this feeling, and I am sorry for somehow doing that.

Joe--I appreciate your message that it's okay to talk about my feelings about OBT here. I'd like to be "over it", but I'm not quite. I feel conned and used.

Mel--about your day at Second Life. It sounds like quite an adventure---a virtual sex club! Who woulda thunk it possible? But Second Life is becoming the next big thing on the internet, and a number of real brick and mortar companies are investing in it, and people are spending real money there. So...did you have fun?

Steve--<<I'm not really sure how crack-addicted one would have to be be to imagine that people with twice one's IQ and six times one's moral fiber would keep coming back to an Internet forum only to be harangued with one's incoherent and nearly illiterate lectures on the sanctity of JL, but obviously a lot of people over there are hitting the pipe very hard>>

You do make me smile. Too bad you're spoken for. All the good ones....

Liza Jane. Here's what you posted:

"I'm stunned at how many folk post there. John took $10,000 from us and used it to fund a retreat for Second Lifers, who were acting as moderators."

See how I thought you gave him $10,000? How silly of me. I now know you mean total money gotten from all the people, right?

Now you asked me if I had fun in Second Life. I can't say. My mother taught me never to kiss and tell. AND I ALWAYS LISTEN TO MY MOTHER!!!!

You gotta go there. It will knock your socks off. I will never understand why anyone would pay for a membership when you can join for free and do whatever you wish but people are literally paying rent for housing, building islands, gambling in virtual casinos.

Oh, I forgot to tell the story of how I ended up in an S&M dungeon. It was my first time on Second Life and I had absolutely no idea what the heck I was doing. I was practicing teleporting here and there and practicing flying around. So I did a search and somehow was teleported to a very dark world.
There was a host standing there with a collar on and he goes "how may I serve you maam". I think I asked him "how do I earn free linden dollars" and he goes: "I can't help you maam, I am a slave". I said "you're a what??" an then I looked at his avatar. Sure enough, he was slave wearing a collar (this world was for people into bondage and submissives and all that.

Well, here I was asking this strange thing a question about linden dollars and he is going "I'm a slave". So I just said "So if you're a slave, you have to answer all my questions, right?" He said "of course maam"

So I said "stop calling me maam and start explaining linden dollars to me".
So for 15 minutes, I learned all about the currency of Second Life.

FROM A SLAVE NO LESS. jeez.

Thank god I learned to fly by myself.

Melody

This is the first time I have posted on this website... I have to go back and read Melody's post again. I thought I must be dreaming when I read some of that. I have never heard of anything like that before...

I guess all of this must have taken place when I was on my hiatus. I have no idea what the majority of this is about, but am grateful to have found all of you again. This seems like such a nice site and I look forward to coming here frequently.

Meanwhile, back to the post. That shocked the PN right out of me for a fleeting moment...

Glad to see you all again.

Cathie