tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post890927995553968577..comments2023-10-25T04:05:04.377-07:00Comments on Botgirl's Digital Playground: Your Freaks are my FamilyBotgirl Questihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01707252228872837054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-24125508459877771722011-07-26T09:53:39.948-07:002011-07-26T09:53:39.948-07:00soror: I think that the "fear factor" ha...soror: I think that the "fear factor" has a lot to do with those who are most vehement in their support of the Google+ anti-pseudonymity policy. In some cases, it's likely a fear about the conception of their own identity that's projected externally.<br /><br />DD: For those of us who experience avatar identity as a unique personality, I really love the ventriloquist analogy. A number of vents describe experiencing their dummies as distinct personas that "live within them."Botgirl Questihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01707252228872837054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-21869609290584477792011-07-24T13:45:05.912-07:002011-07-24T13:45:05.912-07:00As SororNishi did, it's the first time I see t...As SororNishi did, it's the first time I see this association between our avatars and the ventriloquist's dummys. Lots of things in common I suppose.<br />My avatar is a good thing, helping me discover and devellop good things in me. It's not because other find it bizarre that it is non normal in the mental health sense ^_^DD Rahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104160126853418077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-72465022404655162542011-07-23T16:21:32.235-07:002011-07-23T16:21:32.235-07:00Good post.
I think you are the only person who ha...Good post. <br />I think you are the only person who has mentioned this link between Avatar and Dummy, and I think it's an important thought.<br />The idea that imaginary 'friends' (autonomous parts of our psyche) exist is scary too, for many . The fear of insanity is quite widespread and people are desperate to maintain a 'normal' (boring) lifestyle as decreed by convention.<br /><br />The uncanny alley syndrome is fascinating too.sororNishihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385408562954387986noreply@blogger.com