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Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes "On ebay people are paying real money to buy WoW gold... while some guy in Korea murdered another guy over a rare sword that existed only in an MMORPG. This essay looks at the way more and more people are failing to draw a distinction between their real and online lives and takes it to its logical, yet utterly insane, conclusion." Amusing, and with more than a few ounces of truth.

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  1. Or... by JonN · · Score: 5, Funny

    The people are ripe for it. You've heard stories about how ticket sales are plummeting at movie theaters, in favor of home DVD viewing. Why? Why do so many people want to work from home now? Because we're sick of having to sit with other people. We want that extra layer of control that meat interaction will never give us. We want a world without the unpredictability of real, unrestrained humanity. Either that...Or DVD+/-R & DVDwriters prices are coming down.

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    1. Re:Or... by 1u3hr · · Score: 5, Funny
      I find netflix to be far more convenient than going to a theater and paying the extortion rate prices for popcorn and soda.

      Is it impossible to watch a movie without buying popcorn and soda? With determination, one CAN go for two, or even three, hours withiou eating a snack. Work up to it, start by watching a 30-minute sitcom without eating.

      If the monkey is really on your back, it's not hard to smuggle snacks into a cinema.

    2. Re:Or... by khrtt · · Score: 2, Funny

      Movie ticket prices are about $10, which is ridiculous, considering what you're getting -- the right to sit in a dark room in a filthy uncomfortable seat and watch the back of the head of the fat fuck in front of you, who moves it back into your line of sight every time you twist your neck in a different way to see around it. You also get to listen to other people around you discuss some stupid shit, snarf popcorn, and fart.

      A DVD rental is next to free with netflix, and if you can't watch it for some reason, and you have a computer, you can copy it off for later viewing for the cost of a DVD blank.

      I only go to the movies when my stupid gf wants to "go to the movies", as opposed to "sit home and stare at the tube all evening" again. In which case I do go to the movies, because my other options are pretty much limited to taking her to some "cozy" yuppie restaurant and spending the evening staring at her face and listening to her silly chat. Not that I mind the look of her face, but the movies have the advantage that she can't really talk all that much there:-).

  2. You fools by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    How dare you sully the great name of Blizzard? I and my 80 strong army of MC loot equipped legionaires will lead a crusade against you until there is not but one of you left to mock us!

    But we need a one hour break from 6-7, Mom will murder me if I'm not there to eat dinner with the familly. Don't worry, this "real world" instance seems to be pretty persistant, our progress wont be lost, just aa few minutes to clear the repop...

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    1. Re:You fools by Kidbro · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't worry, this "real world" instance seems to be pretty persistant

      Fuck man, it's not an instance! There's people there I run into over and over again, and I'm telling you, they're not in my team!

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  3. I was taking this article somewhat serious... by rogabean · · Score: 4, Funny

    until I ran into this:

    "Just think of how porn changes when the user also gets to go in with the toned body of an underwear model. It'll make our current online porn look like just the tip of the assberg."

    Was that really needed?

    Anyway the article smells of someone trying to get posted on /. and not something of actual merit.

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    1. Re:I was taking this article somewhat serious... by tsm_sf · · Score: 5, Funny

      You might have saved yourself a little time if you'd taken note of the article's host domain.

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  4. I'll be worried... by craznar · · Score: 5, Funny

    When there is internet cafe's in WoW Inns and Taverns on which I can read the news, read slashdot and even play online games such as WoW.

    And what sort of conspiracy that my verify word was 'sorcery' ... mmmm!!!

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  5. Re:violence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    jocks are the generally the ones beating peers, raping women and snorting coke

    i beg to differ - i did coke, raped loads of women, beat up pretty much all of my peers at least once and never really bothered with sports at all

  6. Re:violence by tacarat · · Score: 2, Funny

    The support the poster's assumption that most /. nerds couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag, wouldn't know what to do with a woman if they had one (willing or not) and spent all their $$ upgrading something that runs on electricity.

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  7. YOU STOLE MY FUCKING CLOUDSONG! by Slider · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://wowseriousbusiness.ytmnd.com/

    Obligatory YOU STOLE MY FUCKING CLOUDSONG!

  8. Re:All those wacky Asian countries are the same? by ChesterTanuki · · Score: 2, Funny

    And besides, everyone knows that in Korea, only old people kill people over virtual swords...

  9. Re:As Fark might say.. by LordHatrus · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Its not the sex.
    Of course not, this is slashdot; we don't get that kind of stuff here...

  10. Re:violence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Parent needs to get beaten up and raped by a coked-up nerd ASAP.
    That is one messed up personal ad...

  11. Swords?! by thesnarky1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    forget swords! These people are obvious terrorists and should be dealt with. Track back the IPs and carpet bomb 'em! On Ebay? well, WE don't negotitate with terrorists, therefore whoever does... well, lets just say, more carpet bombs!

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  12. Re:GP Score 2???? by Barlo_Mung_42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    " I can't hate a country any more that I can hate the color blue."

    Don't get me started on the color blue! Just thinking of the color blue makes me see red! I'm not a violent man, but if the color blue were ever hit by a bus and tasted its own blood, I would want to be there to see it.

    In short, down with the color blue!
    (except for the periwinkle shade, which is kind of nice.)

  13. Re:violence by tacarat · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm rather worried you might accidentally please the paper bag and poke out the woman... ;)

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  14. Re:There's no such thing as "real" money by failure-man · · Score: 2, Funny

    So in the future I'll get to stand in eLine for three hours while I wait for my turn to have a Kobold Accountant to audit me? For each of my characters? Weeeee!
     
    Happy happy, joy joy . . . . . .

  15. You know you're addicted to WoW.... by mseeger · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... when you think there is no work to do, just because your boss doesn't have a yellow exclamation mark above his head.

    Regards, Martin

  16. Check this out by avasol · · Score: 2, Funny

    .. if this logic is reversed and applicable, I am a mass-murderer.
    Kewl.

  17. Re:GP Score 2???? by Ced_Ex · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought this was brilliant so I ran the idea past my wife. She said she didn't want urinal mints in her sink.

    That was your first mistake.

    It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.

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