2019.11.07 07:00 - Anthropomorphism?

    The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble. The comments are by Adams Rubble.


    I am not sure whether this session is worth posting but here it is

    Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
    Adams Rubble: sorry I am late
    Riddle Sideways: Good morning, Adams
    Adams Rubble: was doing yard work and forgot the time
    Riddle Sideways: started SL, then put it in background and forgot the time
    Adams Rubble: so much to do these days
    Riddle Sideways: good thing volume was way up when bell went off
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Riddle Sideways: it seems like a lot of stuff to do
    Adams Rubble: whenever I am late I usually have a hard time logging in
    Riddle Sideways: yep
    Riddle Sideways: came down early because had thought computer was off all night
    Adams Rubble: ohhh
    Riddle Sideways: it would usually take 10+ minutes
    Adams Rubble: must be rough to make 7 am sessions
    Riddle Sideways: it has to make it's coffee, dust off the backups, sweep the viruses under the rugs etc.
    Adams Rubble: PaB comes later for me
    Adams Rubble: hehe about the visuses
    Riddle Sideways: not so bad now
    Riddle Sideways: now that it is day light
    Riddle Sideways: face cat announces that day is coming on
    Adams Rubble: ohhh
    Riddle Sideways: brick cat comes to pin down
    Adams Rubble: animals are confused about time changes
    Riddle Sideways: not sure why, gave them the talk about it
    Adams Rubble: always good to let them know who's boss
    Riddle Sideways: all about the voters of California voted to NOT have time changes anymore
    Riddle Sideways: and the cats just stare and ask then why is it still changing
    Adams Rubble: that would make things even more confusing for SL
    Riddle Sideways: it was a long discussion
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Adams Rubble: I have a cat staring up at me
    Adams Rubble: underneath the desk
    Riddle Sideways: like you are Supposed to Know what the issue here is
    Adams Rubble: Youtube sent me an email with new terms of service and told me to read carefully
    Riddle Sideways: ha, better read carefully
    Riddle Sideways: it says that they will collect data on how long your cat watches cat vids
    Adams Rubble: :)
    --BELL--
    Riddle Sideways: it is down on page 123 or so
    Riddle Sideways: well after most readers have fallen asleep
    Adams Rubble: do your cats watch cat videos?
    Riddle Sideways: they like to get right next to monitor and then ignore the cat on screen. CoS
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Adams Rubble: mine liked to watch birds and squirrels for a while
    Riddle Sideways: well actually they hate that there are no old huge style monitors that get warm and have room to lay about on
    Adams Rubble: they don;t know how to turn on TV
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Riddle Sideways: face cat will sometimes chase the mouse on screen
    Riddle Sideways: MoS
    Riddle Sideways: right now, the driveway was being watched for squirrels, crows, turkeys, little birdies until a nap overtook her
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Adams Rubble: we dp not have turkeys in our driveway
    Adams Rubble: morning doves the biggest birds
    Riddle Sideways: from the safety of inside behind window glass they get soooo upset if a crow is on Their driveway
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Adams Rubble: blue jays are a terror of cats here
    Adams Rubble: they go wild if a cat shows its face
    Riddle Sideways: years ago, came home and found a Jay in the house
    Adams Rubble: dive bombing
    Adams Rubble: uh oh
    Riddle Sideways: hard to get it back out
    Riddle Sideways: yes, cats sit under fender of car while bird dive at it
    Adams Rubble: rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat
    Riddle Sideways: Cats are a different way to look at the human condition
    Adams Rubble: incoming at two o'clock
    Adams Rubble: bandit at two o'clock
    Adams Rubble: rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat
    Riddle Sideways: stories of the Red Baron and Snoopy
    Riddle Sideways: Had to look up speeling of Anthropomorphic
    Riddle Sideways: shows image of Felix the Cat
    Adams Rubble: :)
    --BELL--
    Adams Rubble wonders if Adams Rubble is anthropomorphic
    Riddle Sideways: "Have always been a little Goofy"
    Adams Rubble: me?
    Riddle Sideways: no, a T-shirt in drawer
    Riddle Sideways: that was a good thing to think through the pause, how anthropomorphic our avs are
    Riddle Sideways: made by us
    Adams Rubble nods
    Riddle Sideways: many have Furry avs
    Adams Rubble is shocked
    Riddle Sideways: this is more than just giving SOME human traits to non-humans
    Riddle Sideways: it is giving a lot of human traits
    Adams Rubble: and lots of clothes
    Riddle Sideways: yes
    Riddle Sideways: until, came across a way to wear a Hawiian shirt Everyday
    Riddle Sideways: and not have to iron
    Adams Rubble: in some ways like the Wizard of Oz
    Riddle Sideways: yes, in some ways
    Adams Rubble: there is a tiny person behind the curtain
    Riddle Sideways: early beta version
    Adams Rubble: yes, always room for improvement
    Riddle Sideways: ever 'try' to explain your Second Life to somebody ?
    Adams Rubble: yes
    Riddle Sideways: get that blank look
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Riddle Sideways: or that look like they would like to be somewhere else
    Riddle Sideways: then they ask very simple questions
    Riddle Sideways: that are sooooo hard to answer
    Adams Rubble 's alt brought people in for talks
    Riddle Sideways: simply
    --BELL--
    Riddle Sideways: oh yes, remember the Cafe
    Riddle Sideways: the space-astronomy-etc. org. that Pema was part of had newbie gift boxes for firsttimers
    Riddle Sideways: instead of getting them through the welcome centers
    Adams Rubble: did not know that
    Riddle Sideways: well noobs still had to learn to move, sit and click on a gift box
    Adams Rubble: yes, my alt taught many
    Riddle Sideways: but it had clothes, hats, etc. and notecards
    Riddle Sideways: what was the name of that org?
    Adams Rubble: Kira
    Riddle Sideways: not Kira
    Adams Rubble: my alt took people to Blue Dive
    Riddle Sideways: ha, Dove
    Riddle Sideways: Free Dove?
    Riddle Sideways: maybe you took them to Blue Dive
    Riddle Sideways: that would be fun
    Adams Rubble: hehe-Free Dove
    Riddle Sideways: search only found scuba group, not a really fun bar
    Adams Rubble: now they have all mesh clothes and the lag is deadly
    Riddle Sideways: hmmm, yes
    Adams Rubble: we did not get a topic off the ground
    Adams Rubble: my mind is sphaghetti
    Adams Rubble: anthropomorphic sphaghetti
    Riddle Sideways: did an almost good topic of how we see the world through cat eyes
    Riddle Sideways: playing with how the typist sees the human condition through an avatar
    Riddle Sideways: especially if it is a Furry cat avi
    Adams Rubble: do you think I should post then?
    Riddle Sideways: yep
    Adams Rubble: OK
    Adams Rubble: I am going to have to leave at the hour
    Riddle Sideways: some might think about Anthropomorphism
    Adams Rubble: busy schedule today
    Riddle Sideways: so busy
    Riddle Sideways: ok
    Riddle Sideways: did not speak of election
    Adams Rubble: I hope you have a nice weekend
    Riddle Sideways: shoudl be a nice weekend, yes
    Riddle Sideways: thanks
    --BELL--
    Adams Rubble: our crisis was adverted
    Riddle Sideways: and thanks, all you Cats
    Adams Rubble: :)
    Adams Rubble: bye until next week
    Riddle Sideways: by All

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