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I still can't get why people waste life in virtual worlds.
by zerr 12y ago
I still can't get why people waste life in virtual worlds.
- Karunamon 12y agoThe same reason people "waste life" watching TV, playing video games, drinking alcohol, and hanging out with friends. Not every minute of every day need be productive, Mr. Serious!
- egypturnash 12y agoEscaping from a shitty real life. Overworked and underpaid? Clinically depressed? Cut off from social contact? You can leave it all behind and step into a fantasy where you are beautiful, live in a comfortable place, and where there are people who will actually talk to you. Do it long enough and your entire social circle lives online.
- makomk 12y agoFrom what I recall one of the groups that seemed to be heavily represented in Second Life was stay-at-home mums, who were obviously limited in how much they could go out and socialise in the real world.
- LaikaF 12y agoIt also lets you find groups of people with similar interest. Like furries.
- chc 12y agoDo you get why people build model trains or play golf or go skydiving? None of these are very productive uses of your life, but people do them because they are enjoyable (to them — if you stuck me on a golf course, I would definitely not feel like I was doing something enjoyable).
- acchow 12y agoI take it you don't believe that all utility curves are ultimately arbitrary.
- avalaunch 12y agoI still can't get why people waste life on hacker news.
- zerr 12y agoNeither I :) Personally, I use HN for finding [good] leads, which pays off.