We Are A Harsh Viper's Nest

[Myficals]

I have to disagree. We can be /brutal/ to new people who do or say things outside our normal scope. It doesn't happen often, but the pile-ons can be epic and cruel (and I'm not talking about the group wrong-headedness about pre-bacon). Most of the time, we're pretty nice, and we can be awesome when someone is in trouble or upset. But, the reputation was not totally unearned.

SLU/VV1 is in no way unusual in this regard. This happens in any community, virtual or otherwise. Until you've been around enough to grok the shibboleths any new place will feel unwelcoming and strange. The degree to how unwelcoming a specific place may feel to any specific new visitor is going to be less a function of the place itself and more a function of that individual's prior experiences.

Using SLU/VV1 as an example, politically this community breaks mildly to moderately left of centre. If your personal views are centrist or break right, and you happen to step into a political discussion early in your time here, then of course this place will feel unwelcoming. If on the otherhand you spent a lot of time talking SL specific things and while doing began picking up on all the little in-jokes and foilbles, you might feel less uneasy when you do finally get involved in more heated topics

 

[Free]

The VV Sharia Court will now come to order, Madam Justice Lady Darnk Juniorette presiding.

What did you do with Innula?

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

What did you do with Innula?

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

What did you do with Innula?

*bangs gavel for an unnecessary amount of time*

Anymore outbursts and I'll have you thrown out of my court!!!

 

[Free]

Anymore outbursts and I'll have you thrown out of my court!!!

You realize that in no way will deter outbursts. In *your* court.

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

You realize that in no way will deter outbursts. In *your* court.

*more gavel banging*

 

[Free]

WHERE ARE MY SOON TO BE BOUGHT NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES AT?

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

WHERE ARE MY SOON TO BE BOUGHT NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES AT?

NO HEADPHONES, HATS, OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE IS ALLOWED IN MY COURTROOM!!!

 

[Free]

YOU CANNOT PUT HEADPHONES AND HATS IN THE SAME "ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE" BOX.

SURE, YOU CAN CLAIM THE "THINGS THAT GO ON YOUR HEAD" BOX, BUT THAT'S LIKE WAY TOO MANY THINGS IN ONE BOX.

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

YOU CANNOT PUT HEADPHONES AND HATS IN THE SAME "ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE" BOX.

SURE, YOU CAN CLAIM THE "THINGS THAT GO ON YOUR HEAD" BOX, BUT THAT'S LIKE WAY TOO MANY THINGS IN ONE BOX.

*orders free to be escorted out of the courtroom, but cannot be heard due to the intense gavel banning*

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

No motion is out-of-order if you have a big enough gavel.

 

[Turin]

@NyteWytch directed me to a thread in the Second Life forums about SLU closing, and I have to admit I'm amused to read how terribly mean we all are apparently.

SLUniverse is Closing

That's the only reason I'm here!

/me hisses "I'm a snaaake. i'm gonna slither in your garden, Im a ssslither around your lettuce and your carrotsss."

 

[Free]

 

[Veritable Quandry]

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

 

[Pancake]

That's the only reason I'm here!

/me hisses "I'm a snaaake. i'm gonna slither in your garden, Im a ssslither around your lettuce and your carrotsss."

Well Cris DID ask us all to spread the word in other venues for those who had drifted away from SLU or never knew about it.

Evil Genius Plan Achievement unlocked.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

*more gavel banging*

*places a roll of caps under Darnk's gavel... This should get fun real quick!*

 

[Essence Lumin]

 

[Cristiano]

@Cristiano, you catch lightning in a bottle every single time. That's pretty amazing and you should be very proud of what you've created. Once could be a fluke, a matter of just being the first one in the right place at the right time. Three times means you're just that damn good at this.

I am incredibly touched by this, Beebs. Thank you so much.

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

*places a roll of caps under Darnk's gavel... This should get fun real quick!*

ORDER!!! ORD