I signed in to SL tonight for the first time since my last post, and it felt very odd. I didn’t quite know what to do with myself, so I just wandered around the grid to see what had happened. Everywhere I went I seemed to run into people who were being rude and crude and just trying to get some kind of attention for themselves, and while I can normally ignore people like that, today they were really rubbing me the wrong way.

Many of the people I ran into were also hating one thing or another. Furries are awful. People with SL families have issues. Anyone with a child av should be banned because they’re creepy. Any woman with prim breasts is just a ho. The negativity was everywhere I turned, so I went to my big empty house and chatted with just a couple of close friends so that I could sign off in a more positive way.

I tend to look for the best in people and avatars rather than assuming the worst. It makes the world a nicer place for me and for those I love, and that means a great deal to me. Negativity just takes way too much energy, so I try to avoid it as much as I can. I’m not sure why that seemed so difficult today, but I’m thankful for those friends who brightened the place up again.

Many people on SL choose avatars that aren’t what I’d choose, but they’re probably just as confused by my choice to be a fat human when I could be anything I wanted. The choices aren’t right or wrong. They’re just different, and I’m personally thrilled by the wide range of options we all have.