Go on, be a devil!

Its not real.
Its pretend.
I will never, ever get my head round the concept of virtual reality such as second life.
This forum is simply a means of communicating with others, an extension of the telephone, letter writing, and of course being in the same room in person.
But Second Life is living a life that simply only exists on someone's computer monitor and inside their heads.
The equivalent would be for you and me to be baron munchausen wannabes chatting on my sofa.
Or talking utter drivel and fabricated lies down the telephone.
I will never understand it.

The only real thing I can see about it is that it is costing people real money.
Somebody has found a way of making real money out of other people's insecurities and misfiring brain cells.
They'd be better off spending that money on seeing a psychiatrist or a counsellor who could help them be content to live in the real world.

People who use it (and other virtual programs) for fun and entertainment, I can totally understand though.

I think I understand what you are saying u4ric, sadly I seem to see the world as a very black and white picture though.