But of course ... now if only food did not need to have calories to be satisfying ;-)

True, Zalco! 😄

I wish DH’s recent mowing shoes were virtual, but they’re real. His regular (normal) sneakers he uses for mowing broke, so he rummaged around in our closet and found these things that should’ve went to Goodwill in 1993. I told him if anyone asked, I was his sister visiting, not his wife. He wore these to mow the other day … with black athletic shorts and a Pink Floyd t-shirt! It’s entirely possible our neighborhood is secretly meeting right now to see what can be done about this.

A Pink Floyd shirt makes everything better, especially after Roger Waters's reply to Mark Zuckerberg last week.

True again. That was awesome.

This makes perfect sense for the generation that when children would spend real money on accoutrements for an avatar in games on computers. I remember well the begging my daughter did to buy her creation a dog or tree house or whatever. No doubt the kids who were told sure flush your money down the toilet on this crap, would be buying virtual clothes. It makes perfect sense.

The allegory of The Emperor’s New Clothes was never more apropos.

Ok, I'm really behind the times. So you pay a lot of money for a selfie wearing clothes that don't exist, so you can post them on Instagram and fool your friends?

Ok then.

$9500 for the digital dress below.

I cannot comprehend this nonsense. Twilight Zone.

https://www.thefabricant.com/iridescence

”THE CONCEPT

Initially called ‘Techgnosis’ Amber Jae Slooten the Creative Director here at The Fabricant wrote the following text -

”A new cult is rising. The digital world is coming and we are no longer bound to physical space.

Our bodies are becoming fluid, our money decentralized, new powers are being formed. Slowly we are moving into a non-dual operating system. Intrinsic new patterns are being formed by systems that are closer to our nature by evolving rather than being controlled by a central power. This outfit provides a look into the future.

What can a body be when it is freed from physical restraints? What does identity mean when there are endless bits and bytes to express it? Connection is what we yearn for, and connection is what will rise now.

Our frequency is our energy in motion. It provides fluidity of movement, which is what forms this new line. We look for connection in technology. It is our new religion.”

OK, it makes sense for people who mostly exist only on line, the so-called influencers.

I wonder how their virtual retirement accounts are coming along?

So I can make a virtual self who looks however I want it to? Our body types can follow fashion trends? I mean, they already do, but this will be much easier, and could be more extreme

The world has gone mad.

Can I order one in a size 00 for my ideal virtual body?

Can I pay for a virtual dress for my virtual 00 body with monopoly money?

I need to start doing this, but I first need to learn 3-D graphics. I've always drawn in 2-D, but I'm sure I could learn 3-D, if I had someone to teach it to me. And I would also need the software, which I am sure costs thousands of dollars.

The $9500 virtual dress is worn in the photo by a virtual woman. Could thos be any more ridiculous or distasteful?

When i think of the people who dont have real coats to wear in winter, waem gloves or hats or shoes, i want to push the purveyors of expensive digital couture (crapture) off a very real cliff.