2019.11.07 07:00 - Anthropomorphism?

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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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