Second Reality

Does Second Life make anyone else nervous or is it just me? After learning about this phenomenon I have wondered who is playing in this game and if I know anyone involved. Granted, I still don't know enough about it so it might not be as crazy as a I am thinking it is. While watching the slide show explaining this virtual world I saw that the average user is in their thirties. I don't see how that is possible, not that I am arguing with the stats.

I always assumed that after college people go out into the real world, get jobs, and start a new social life that involved going outdoors. I can't help but be confused about all of this. People are seriously going on Second Life and building a whole new reality for themselves which they apparently take very seriously. I know am being highly judgmental of the whole thing but I can't help but feel sorry for people.

Our society is so focused on who can get ahead and successful we are in terms of material things and now this pattern is even hitting us on the internet. So if we can't get where we want to be in real life we now have a Second Chance at doing so in the virtual world. I don't know about everyone else but it all seems like too much pressure to me.