Kick Me in the Virtual Nuts

Tomorrow night, October 30th, at 9 pm EST, you can log on to the virtual world called Second Life (for free), and have your avatar kick my avatar in the nuts. Or punch me, or slap me.

Seriously.

I took digital photos of my head from all angles and had it turned into a 3-D character, called an avatar. I’ll be on stage answering questions in a public forum in Second Life tomorrow night. Each person will have a chance to come on stage and literally kick my avatar in the nuts. Or punch me, or slap me, or any combination. Just push a button to select your method of assault. My avatar is programmed to react to the blows but won’t fight back.

Your own avatar can be selected from a bunch of options. So you could be, for example, a giant squirrel. And if your spouse asks you why you are late for dinner, just say, “I’m a giant squirrel, and I’m kicking that cartoonist guy in the nuts.” For once, it will be true.

My avatar is a bit creepy looking because it has my head but the body of a 19-year old marathon runner. You’ll want to beat me up as soon as you see me, just for being so creepy. And if you disagreed with anything I’ve ever said in this blog, you’ll have more than enough motivation to pound my nuggets into my thorax.

You can also get a free digital poster of Dilbert and Dogbert, suitable for displaying on your digital wall in Second Life.

This idea was born of the old marketing truism, “Your customers tell you what business you are in.” In my case, this blog has evolved to a forum where I say unpopular things and my readers abuse me in the comments. I’m just extending that to the virtual world where you can take out your frustration at my stubborn refusal to recognize the truth and beauty of your opinions, by kicking me in the ‘nads. This is what you call being customer focused. I think Nordstrom could learn a thing or two from my example.

You’ll have to download the free client software from Second Life before using the system. That’s here:

http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php

After you have signed up and chosen an avatar, this link will take you to my event:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kula%204/248/250/32/?img=http%3A//www.aimeeweber.com/ScottAdamsSlurl.jpg&title=Scott%20Adams%20Virtual%20Book%20Tour

And if you can't think of a reason to kick me in the nuts, allow me to mention far too often that my new book is out, called Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey-Brain! Available at local bookstores or on Amazon.com at

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591841852?ie=UTF8&tag=dilbertcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591841852

Comments

[brian]

I cannot believe I missed this :(

[MistressOfTheDorkness]

My husband stood behind my shoulder when I was in there and kept yelling at me to kick you in the nuts... so, I blew kisses instead just to tick him off. :-)
Ah, nothing like marital bonding... laughing at Scott Adam's avatar rolling around on the ground in apparent agony after being kicked in the nads by Dilbert. That's art of some sort.

[Suki the Ocicat]

That was my Day 1 in Second Life.
During which on my MacBook Second Life crashed 4 times so I missed a lot of action but I managed to sit down.
To nobody's surprise, BT Broadband turned out to be not fit for the purpose.
UK's digital infrastructure is just like London Underground or Thames Water piping systems - hopeless.
Anyway it was fun so thank you Scott and everybody who worked so hard to "kick" something unreal.

[Burnman]

Bah!! I need to start reading The Dilbert Blog from home... I usually read it from work, as it relates to my job more than I would really care to admit.

I was in Second Life when the nutkickerama was taking place... completely unaware.

/sigh

[Jack Heath]

I tried to kick you in the nuts, but all I could do was stand on the stage near you in an unintentionally annoying manner. Turns out I'm really crap at Second Life.

Good thing I love your work and had no gripe worth beating you virtually up for. Keep up the good work!

P.S. I'm having some copies of your book sent to Australia for me and as gifts for my friends. I'm sure it's fantastic. :)

[jayackroyd]

Hey!! I have an interview program in Second Life--called Virtually Speaking. Every Thursday at 6pm Pacific (except thanksgiving). It'd be cool if you could come by, and promote your book. (We put up links to your book). Also we record the interview, in Second Life video, so that you can show it on your website.

I figure, if you do a really good interview, we might be able to get PZ Myers to show up. So, please, get in touch. Jay@ackroyd.org

[rd]

it says the location is not available
directing you to nearby somewhere
hm, teleportation..
but i liked to fly

[David Becker]

I'm unfortunately running Vista on a laptop with graphics that Second Life really doesn't like AT ALL. So, no Second Life for me. :(

[Simon]

Nooooooo!

I've just found out that I'm not going to be able to kick you in the nuts. My dear old computer has officially now been declared obsolete. So could you send me a signed T-shirt as an apology for not warning me that kicking Scott Adams' virtual self in the nuts requires atleast 256 mb of RAM, and making me sad but productive?

I bought your book. It's the least you could do. Please!

[Len]

No problems with you plugging your book (you know, the one that we wrote), but as for Second Life - well, I'm still trying to catch up with my first one.

[eclecticdog]

Why no comment on your Freakonomics bit?

[Mr. Wampus]

Aren't you the least bit concerned that by offering up your virtual nuts for abuse you might encourage someone to abuse your real ones? There are a lot of people out there who have a hard time telling the difference between reality and fantasy. You may get an unpleasant surprise the next time you do a REAL book signing and someone gleefully kicks you in the willies and laughs satanically while you whimper on the floor in the fetal position. It wouldn't be pretty.

You should probably invest in an athletic cup and where it when out in public for a while... That is, unless you have faith that the average person on the street can tell the difference between fantasy and reality... No, I don't either.

[Julio]

dont be so hard on yourself!

http://www.spymac.com/details/?2289583

[Robin]

WE abuse YOU? You rarely go a day without insulting your readership.

[dik]

I remember reading something about car "warning labels" in one of your blogs. Well, there you have it, in Europe of course.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/28/business/ad29.php

[Amy]

This robot has managed to program eyes such that the last few lines of every blog are ignored. whatcha gna do about that scotty???

[Arminius]

Jeebuz Mice Scotty... Second Life is the pinnacle of looserdom. You should have held this event over at World of Warcraft, where the geeks are so much cooler.

[Amy]

This robot has managed to program eyes such that the last few lines of every blog are ignored. whatcha gna do about that scotty???

[Brandon R]

I think I smell a social experiment...

[e-Mino]

Good luck with your Second Life experience Scott ! I'm not returning to that territory. See : http://e-mino.blogspot.com/2007/07/second-life-once-but-probably-never.html

P.S. One question for you : surely with Dilbert appearing in a zillion newspapers, two restaurants that have a fine turnover and loads of merchandising and other deals you must have more money than you can poke a stick at. So why do you keep on promoting your new book all the time ?
Please tick the correct answer :
[1] to make even more money
[2] because I just want it to be popular
[3] I'm addicted to fame
[4] my editor has threatened to kill my cat if I don't
[5] all of the above
[6] other (please specify) :

[Rohan]

Scott,

I am regular reader of your blog and its the first site I visit post lunch.

However, the recent rush of greed thats posessed you and is making your advertise your book again and again is similar to cheap third rated porn.

Do try and moderate the advertising. I might have thought about buying the book but the execessive publicity just wants to make me puke.

I don't like that feeling. Do something about it.

Rohan

[Brian Ashworth]

I spend enough time queuing in real life without having to virtually queue

[James]

I'm not gonna kick ya in the nuts, but I will in financial sense by stealing your boook if you keep on taunting me with it!

[twinkletoes]

uh....wouldn't we be kickin the 19 year old marathon runner's nuts instead of yours? is there a way you can change that, perhaps? age his nuts a little, so to speak? then it would be a little more natural :p

[SirDrinksalot]

How many experience points do I get for doing this?

[Saroja]

I hope Second Life is paying you big money for doing this. Thats the least you can get out of this.

[Joey]

Ironically, the thing that makes me want to kick you in the nuts the most is the fact that you're using Second Life.

[Johan Hjelm]

I'll pass for now. Waiting for the rubber doll.

[freebert]

Wow...Second Life...First they had an entire episode of CSI:NY featuring Second Life, then it was mentioned on "The Office" and now you...guest speaking...wow...

[Seth]

NOw THAT'S spontaneity.

[D. Mented]

ICK.

D. Mented

[Ricky]

must...log...in...and...kick...nuts...

[chilean dude]

mmmm thats not true at all..... cause they will be slapping the 19-year old marathon runner`s nuts... not yours....
the body will have your head.. but not your balls, so there is no fun at all...
so U better be fixing taht avatar.. otherwise it wont be true that they will be bitting the shit out of your nuts.

[Punzy (short for Rapunzel)]

My darlin Scott,

I am an avid fan of your blog and regularly tell other people that they should read it. However I have no inclination to kick you in the afore mentioned nuts. I hope this will not spoil my viewing pleasure. I must add I am english and rather drunk but normally quite bright and your theories on physics make me larf. Oh and I read some reviews of your book and people dont seem to be happy you pulled those blogs. However I woulda done it too - good business sense! You tightwad!

[Pavlos]

What did you say the link to your new book was?

[Mark]

I have no desire to kick you in the nuts, virtual or otherwise. It wouldn't change the blog, would it? And you've still provided hundreds of good Dilbert entertainment.

Also, instead of mentioning the book in every post, which my brain has begun automatically ignoring, try pointing a picture of the cover and a link in the sidebar.

[Luke]

What if somebody decided to come up and give you a big smoochy kiss instead?

[Bruce Harrison]

No problem thinking of a reason.

[Andrew]

I don’t know how these things work – will there be a queue, or is it a multiverse model (every event that has a multitude of possible outcomes spawns a multitude of universes where that outcome happens). If there is a queue can you clone yourself a few times to get the average time between kick and clear down a bit .

But seriously, virtual violence makes the real kind more likely, so please – make love to his nuts, not war. (Jaw jaw, not war war…)

[Matthew Kovich]

You had better have gotten some sort of kickback from Second Life for this.

Also, I dig how you use an apostrophe in the word "'nads". Classy.

[Kevin Kunreuther]

But I don't want to hurt you even if it is only a virtual you ... I want to hurt OTHER PEOPLE!

[David]

Only fair to send messengers to remind us..

[rita mae]

It's almost 5:00. Have to go home. Must...get...it...
out...of...my...system.......
PENIS.

Whew! Now I can go home and do the laundry and watch "Law and Order." (Remember, I told you I worked as a Legal Secretary?) Is "Law and Order" a comedy? They could never get away in real life with the stuff they do on that show. I love to laugh at them. I will have to watch tv in the bedroom because the ex-Marine will be watching football or baseball in the family room. I don't get to touch his remote, only other stuff. :-0

Scott, still love you, but still too old and tired to stalk you.

Rita Mae

[dansays]

Better start training, Scott.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAhSSy4_7mc

[Armando Esteban]

I can help but admire you, and even a little bit love you....

Don't you need an Argentinian butler? I could do it for free (al least the first two or three days)

[Amused Aussie]

I'm impressed at your self-control!

You haven't taken the opportunity to comment along the lines of "how do we know that we aren't characters in some second life game already"

So annoyed - I'll be at work here and therefore not able to kick you in the nuts, but one of my friends is going to come and give you one for me!

[Jay]

It's interesting to me. I started reading the comic again about a month ago - not every day, but at least 3-4 times a week.

I've had an epiphany that it just isn't as funny as it used to be. Make no mistake, I'm sure you're at the top of your game. I have no doubt that Dilbert is still a riot. But for some reason, it doesn't seem to resonate for me the way it used to.

Then it occurred to me that reading the blog may have taken away the fun. Now that I've peered behind the curtain, it's just not all that interesting anymore.

I can count on the blog to contain interesting tidbits, but the cynicism wears after a while. You just seem tired. Kicking the avatar is just the perfect example. Now when I read Dilbert, I feel the jaded cynicism - and not in a good way. Where's the joy?

Of course, my side of the partnership is pretty easy. I just pay 50 cents for a paper and a peep. About as one-sided as it gets. How could you not get worn out?!

Here's to hoping that someone surprises you with the Avatar experience - in a good way!

[Bri]

I think for a person to encourage both violence against himself and his own degradation, regardless whether that violence is applied directly to the flesh and/or bone , or indirectly through “avartar” upon “avartar” violence, is pretty groovy-cool and I look forward to doing my part. Please keep in mind my mindless support for all that you do when you start judging blurb submissions

[Tom Foster]

Have you ever read the Books of Amber, by Robert Zelazny.

Seriously, if you have time check it out. The easiest way to buy it is a single bumber book made up of the ten novellas on the series.

[MadMonk]

"Kick Me in the Virtual Nuts
Tomorrow night, October 30th, at 9 pm EST, you can log on to the virtual world called Second Life (for free), and have your avatar kick my avatar in the nuts. Or punch me, or slap me."

Or not. I think I'll just stick to my first life for now. Any chance of me kicking you in the nuts in your first life?

[syn]

Oh god.. please dont.

Everyone who hasnt used second life thinks it is good, goverments try it so do companys and schools.. then they realise its just an online wanking community and drop out.

Its just the lastest media buzzword.

[Scott Scheule]

I refute Scott Adams's balls thus!

[CDriK]

NO NO NO

Are you paid to show up on 2nd life, i guess so...

[Dawn]

Get ready Scott. You're gonna get virtually fucked.

[VJ]

Ordered your book from Amazon..

[Sondra]

Please report on the results in this blog. Thank you.

[synapticmisfires]

I don't think I'll participate. Of all the reasons I haven't yet kicked you in the nuts, you fighting back is dead last. I'm not sure if that's a complement or an insult.

[ANJU]

I love you.. U Capitalist Asshole... this is one blog i read most religiously everyday! Infact i'm motivated to start my own blog!! keep up the good work! love u scott..

[T.G.]

Tempting but not enought as to wake at 3am, if you can setup another session for a more GMT friendly time my sons and me would be there, not sure if my wife would want to have nothing with your balls but who knows. I my have some regrets but about kicking balls bussines my sons are merciless.

[Fuzznsmoo]

That would require way too much spontaneity.

[Lerch]

This seems like a perfect opportunity for teledildonics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics

[GLK]

These things always start out harmlessly enough, then the next thing you know someone's freezer winds up stocked with pituitary glands.

[checkmate3311989]

scott, try recording it with a screenrecording software and put the video on the blog! Its the least you could do for us college low-lives who have class then!

[dw17]

EST? Are you sure?

It is probably EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)

I'm a moron, so I don't know what that is from GMT, but I'm guessing that New York City is still on Eastern Daylight, not Eastern Standard.

I might just have to check this out tomorrow night at 8 pm CDT.

[amenot]

I jumped at the opportunity to kick the cartoonist in the nads for his stubborn refusal to recognize the truth and beauty of MY opinions.
Unfortunately my company blocks these websites!
I have to wait till I come home...to kick it.

[indecision]

I can't decide if I should buy your book or Stephen Colbert's. What do you think?

[Sonrisa]

Alan-

They also can say "shit" in South Park too. There actually was an episode where they said it as many times as they possibly could. They even had a little counter in the corner. Oh, and don't forget the one about Cartman having Tourette's. That was just a few weeks ago. I think they can do it because the show is on after a certain time of the night. In fact, the South Park movie has been shown in its unedited entirety at 1 a.m. on Comedy Central. Unfortunately, as long as Scott's comics still appear in the afternoon paper he will probably have to be a slave to the humor nazis at United Media.

Hillary

P.S. Rita Mae I love you too!

[KC]

Second LIfe is for losers without a first life.

[LA Clay]

I would do this if only to be your Virtual Defender. I say screw the weak minded and defend the weak!

I would do it that is, If I didn't have a real life I love and had a need to escape the joy of reality.

[Rayonic]

Second Life completely and totally sucks. Create a World of Warcraft character so we can kill you in much more viseral and satisfying ways.

And hey, there's always the chance you'll become a WoW addict and lose your wife and job. So that'd be great too. ;-)

[RodOgrO]

I've never played 2nd life (is it a game? Or an escape?), but you know what would be cool? If we could challenge you to a virtual tennis match. And use our service to hit you in the nuts or face. Now that involves skill!

[CarlM]

Do you mean 9 PM EDT? (We're still on Daylight Savings Time.) ... or is this a test?

[tjomas]

kicking someone in virutal life just isn't as satisfying as kicking someone in real life

[Avocet]

If I had known this behavior was acceptable, I would have behaved differently at your book signing years ago (where I was the only one to identify myself with the secret DNRC recognition gesture). O-

[tony]

An internet event? Tomorrow?
Isn't that incredibly spontaneous????

And the reason that politicians don't do this kind of thing is because Al Gore invented the Internet, and he KNOWS it doesn't have the bandwidth to cope with an event like that!

[JD]

Sweet. Now if I just had a "Second Life" account, or knew what it was.

[Michael]

All right, all right, I give up - after posting this I will pre-oder your book (living in Germany)!!!
In the interest of global economy: Keep advertising it. As I understand it: If money circulates fast enough, gov't earns enough taxes to improve education + research, which will free us from the need to use fossil fuels, which will get everyone out of Iraq, and, in the end, pacify the world...

So how does it feel knowing that your book will win you the nobel prize not only in literature, but also the nobel peace price?

PS:
Will avatars be able to respectfully bow to your avatar, and bring offerings of small, furry animals? Maybe even weasels?

Gotta go log on to Amazon.de! Mike

[Steve]

You are a complete idiot!!

I disagree with your statement that "this blog has evolved to a forum where I say unpopular things and my readers abuse me in the comments".

You should be ashamed of yourself.

[niCk(MemBeth)]

Woa! You wrote a book? What's it about?

Does it validate your ego?

[Steve]

How much are you getting in Kickbacks from both "Predictify" (which I now use) and "Second Life" (which my wife would divorce me if I did use)?

Not, that I mind. I actually like you suggesting cool websites to visit. Saves me the trouble of wading through the sewage.

I guess "kickback" is too derogatory; how about marketing revenue consultant?

[Actually, none. -- Scott]

[disembodied consciousness]

I thought the purpose of this blog was so you could use profanity in humor and show the bits of your cartoons the stupid editors wouldn't let into newspapers.

Oh yeah, and to sharpen your philosophical arguments in a forum where people couldn't laugh into your actual face, so you'd look wittier and more cultured at coctail parties and literary events.

And to make the monkeys dance. Oooh oooh OOH!!

But really, when truth be told, isn't the purpose of the blog to distract you from the work of writing another comic, day after day. You have formulae that you fall back on whenever you don't have something original to say. Are you finding that the moise robot writes more and more of your comics, leaving the warm living Scott less and less to do? Wish I had that problem.

[ND]

Question: Do you go out of your way to say/write unpopular things, or do you just say/write what's on your mind and it ends up being unpopular more often than not?

Personally, I like most of what you have to say. Even when I don't agree with you, I usually at least find your reasoning or viewpoint interesting. But, apparently, I'm one of those rare readers who's not so certain that I'm always right about everything. So your nads are safe from my virtual boot, sir.

[alan]

I think I just hurt myself laughing. Now if only some currently serving political figures would come online and let you do it!

Imagine the line for congress alone!

So whose line would be longer? Congress or the presidents?

Would the president have virtual bodyguards? A secret service beatdown in second life!

I'd make my avatar yell "Don't tase me Bro!"

[Alan Brain]

Tempting but 9pm EST isn't very GMT-friendly. Why don't politicians treat us to something like this? Do you get a score of how many people log on and give you a kicking? Perhaps it would be a good way to run elections: the least bruised wins!

[rita mae]

TECHY says he looks for my comments and that I am a cool human. This is getting better and better every day. Besides getting to comment on your hairy ball sack, I have someone else who doesn't hate me. Now I know the real meaning of "moist robot." Thank's TECHY.

Rita Mae

And thanks, Scotty, for letting me start my fan club here. BWAHAHAHA

[HALiverpool]

When I make a well reasoned argument that you might possibly have your head up your ass, you consider that abuse?

-HAL

[Alan]

Scott - This is totally unrelated to todays post but I had to ask you something:
Do you watch South Park and if you do have you seen the imagination land episode? The reason I ask is that I know you have had more than a few problems with getting "questionable" material through the censors.

This episode of Southpark has Cartman betting Kyle (I think I have the names right) that Leprechauns are real. If Cartman can prove they exist Kyle has to suck his balls.

Believe me they make damn sure that there is no confusion about Cartman getting his balls sucked after he wins the bet. The first thing I thought about were the blog entries you have made that you had ran into another problem getting something past the censors, like not being able to use the word turd. I'm guessing that it wont be long before you can have some more freedoms to use turds as much as you like if they can have a cartoon trying to get his balls sucked!

Alan

[rikomatic]

Finally, the true utility of Second Life is revealed. I shall be there with my steel-toed boots and brass knuckles on.

[jon]

Hi Scott, I feel sure that I won't be the first person to have pointed you to this Times article but it's right up your street:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article2726643.ece

Don't blame me if I'm the 1000th person to send that link, my brain made me do it.

I don't really see the point of second life to be honest. I have enough trouble keeping the first on going without a second. YOu can feel free to kick yourself in the nuts in either life on my behalf if you like.

[BobNL]

Ha! You said 'this blog has evolved'. That proves that you secretly do believe in evolution.

[Guillermo]

Just found your blog today, so I won't be there kicking your virtual peanuts, but I kick a big "thank you" from here, for making me laugh so hard reading your posts that I almost pee.

[jerry w.]

Can I have my own avatar kick itself in the ass if I miss this

because I'm busy working in the 1st life so I can afford a 2nd

life? Or working on getting a 2nd life 2nd wife?

Just asking...

http://boskolives.wordpress.com/

[dsg]

This sounds like fun. But second life and avatars are not for me. It is nice of you to provide this opportunity. If an avatar shows up carrying a bag of ice and some aspirin, it means I will have had too much spare time at work tomorrow.

[Ryan]

Hey Scott,

I was browsing a bookstore yesterday and saw your book yesterday; I didn't know it was out in Canada yet. However, I couldn't bring myself to buy it as the Canadian price was 20% above the US price, even though it was released well after the Canadian dollar started being worth more than the US dollar.

Email me when the price is equal and I'll buy it that day, but not before then. Sorry.

[Wacky Bob]

If I kick you hard enough, will you virtually wretch?

[Andy Watt]

Come on Mr A, we all know Second Life has server load problems, there must be more than 50,000 people who want to flatten your cahones. What about the poor disenfranchised buggers on slower links or miles from the server? What satisfaction for them?

On the plus side, apparently second life is pretty boring (http://brokentoys.org/2006/06/06/second-life-has-too-many-servers-in-danger-of-eating-internet/) - so you turning up with two melons in your running shorts, each with a post-it with "kick me hard" written on them, will probably bring some much-needed sociability to the game. However, when the server which has you on it suddenly has to support several hundred virtual hobnail booted comment posters, it'll probably crash.

Ah, virtual irony.

[Andrew]

You should post a picture of your avatar, just because I want to see it, without getting involved in this Second Life thing.

[Pete]

I only live in Second-Second Life. If you could speak there, I would appreciate it.

[Dave from Canada]

Hi Scott;

I just bought your book and was enjoying the read until I was overcome by the irony of reading a hardcopy version of a blog.

I need to cut my comments short as I need to go order my 24 volume hardcover, collectors edition of Wikipedia.

[Blee]

Sweet! I might not agree with all of your opinions but who can go wrong by offering free nad shots?

[jim]

Yeah, but can we bend you over and take advantage of you? Is your avatar programmed for that?

[techy]

Too bad I'm in Germany...it will be 2am and I'm not about to get up in the middle of the night to kick you in your knads. I don't disagree with your posts, in fact, I check it daily, whenever possible, because you never cease to amaze me. Only wish I could order the book. Oh, and I look for Rita Mae's comments too(she's a cool human). Have fun!

[Diana Wales]

Are kicking, punching and slapping the only options. Can my avatar make wild squirrel love with your avatar?

[DennisB]

Did you spend the same amount of time shooting photos of your nuts from all different angles? I had been meaning to ask you that for a while, but now it is actually relevant.

[Jonathan Faia]

I think continuous book promoting will have the opposite affect...

[Joshua Jacobsen]

Lolz. Annoying as your blog sometimes is, I read it every single day. You're a bright spot in my life, even if you're obsessed with the middle east and inexplicably stubborn about evolution.

[Real Live Girl]

Customer focused = setting up a nad kicking extravaganza?

Tell me more about your seminar and how we can make other companies pay for this brilliant exercise in customer service. :)

[broacher]

I dunno Scott. There's a good reason they call that place 'second life'. From what I've heard, there seems to be a lot of people on there who can't cope with the first one.

Hmm... well, that also might describe a lot of people who like to hang out around here, right?

Can you taser people on Second Life? Maybe you could hire somebody to guard you avatar against giant squirrel attacks to your virtual jewels.

Or, maybe you should stick to drawing comics, squirrel-- nuts?

[Putin]

Ohh, and I heard you published a new book. Is this true and what is it's name? Where can I order it?

[Putin]

Please be careful thinking that the people who react (by commenting or kicking) are your readers.
Two mistakes are generally made:

1. people who react are the same as people who do not react
2. people who react are my readers

1. what are the differences between people who react and people who do not react? (besides the fact one reacts and the other does not)
2. some people come to your blog because they are asked by an evangelist on some topic you wrote. Do you call these people your readers?

But nice going in SL! Very trendy! I'll not join the crowd, but will watch from a safe distance!

[usws]

Yes! I'll still make it!! Now all i have to do i wait for my Second Life client to complete downloading, Linden Labs to verify that i'm old enough to kick people online and I'll be on my way! To kicking you that is. And slapping you. AND punching you.

I LURVE DILBERT... BYE!

p.s. Don't mind me. I'm only doing it because you allow me to. XD

[rita mae]

First of all, I have no desire to brutalize your 'nads. Shelly might need those later.

Secondly, you state : [My avatar is programmed to react to the blows but won’t fight back.] WTF? I could smash your hairy ball sack and you wouldn't fight back? What fun would that be?

I think I will take a pass on this one.

Can't wait to see the nunerous posts from dimwits that will ask you to stop plugging you book. I fully expect to see a plug for your book on every post until you write the new book and then it will start all over.

Keep on keepin' on.

Rita Mae

[Adrian]

I saw your book in the store this weekend. I didn't buy it.

I'll come kick you in the nuts though.

[Drew Weaver]

Kicking you in the jewels is fine and all, but what about those mentally ill readers who will opt to do something... worse to you. I can just see it now: a giant rodent trying to do the standing hoochy coo to your 19 year old avatar. Getting a nut shot is humiliating, but being violated by an angry chipmunk? That is just sad.

[Paul K]

I actually didn't feel like kicking you in the nuts until I saw you plug your book again. Now I'm ready.