Friday, November 30, 2007

Mid-life in Second Life

OK, so I just have to ask....why are there no middle-aged avatars? Looking around at all the hip young things I see virtually tripping blithly around me might make one think that the only folks out in RL-ville who are actually SL users are, oh, maybe ages 18-25 max.

But don't you believe it, boys and girls! There are a LOT of us 51-year-old virtual fuddy-duddies traipsing happily around in SL, lookin' purdy darned cute. I mean, I don't think the standard accessory package for avatar skin options currently includes wrinkles and a cane quite yet, and even if they did...who would want 'em??

That's one of the things that makes it so much fun to run into RL friends and acquantainces in-world, though--in a very real way, you get to glimpse into what they really look like. Get it?

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