Why's Airship Fetish Sex the "Ralph Pls Go" SL Meme of '12?

This Second Life screenshot above was on the front page of Reddit last night, submitted by "audiwark", who explains, "My lady wanted me to try Second Life with her, she told me I could be anything and do what ever I want." So now several hundred thousand if not millions of Redditors are defining "anything" to include hot threeway sex with an A-10 Warthog Gunship. (Baby, my GAU-8 Avenger cannon is rotating so fast right now.) And this isn't even the first instance of airship fetish sex to go viral this year: Back in March, Penny Arcade Went There with a couple dirigibles.

Somehow, all this seems a step up from the previous SL sex meme from a couple years ago:

"Ralph Pls Go" (NSFW, obviously), which just seemed more like douchey griefing to me. And while there's all kinds of bizarre erotic inventions in Second Life (many I didn't know about, even after living in San Francisco for so long), I'm pretty sure airship sex isn't one with a huge following. Maybe it's due to the arrival of mesh, which has made vehicles that much curvier and sensual. Or maybe lots of Redditors are a lot kinkier than me. Whatever floats your boat, dude. Or should I say, gets your plane airborne.

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[Amanda Dallin]

And your promoting this why?

This isn't news. There is no reason for you to publish this article other than trying to damage the image of SL more than you already have.

[Emperor Norton]

I really shouldn't be surprised at this. They even have planes with sex huds for the passengers.

[shockwave yareach]

Cause you are the wind beneath my wiiiiiiiings...

[Dave Bell]

Sounds like a n00b.

But I'm also one of those wondering at your motives.

[Arcadia Codesmith]

Lighten up, people. It's FUNNY!

And welcome to the 21st century: kink doesn't hurt your reputation unless you're doing it badly.

[foneco zuzu]

Nice reply Arcadia;)
Even OSgrid now have adult places and sex engines, so what is so strange about sex on a plane!
Huups its sex with a plance, lol!

[Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker Catnap]

This so-called meme only exists in so far as Penny Arcade made a 'nerd joke' and some folks thought it was funny and decided to copy it.

This is like folks in WoW who spam 'Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker' into chat.
- Equally juvenile, annoying, and harmless.

[Iggy]

Classified Ad:

Lonely B-70 Valkyrie, museum employee, seeking long-term but hot relationship with sleek and exotic model that runs with afterburners.

Likes: exceeding Mach 2 (3 if you are man enough), encountering turbulence, penetrating Soviet air space, dropping gravity bombs, getting regular service.

Dislikes: Piston-driven models and Century-series fighters (sorry, boys, just not into silver hair).

[Hamlet Au]

Ahahahaha!

[Saxon]

@Iggy,

I can hook you up with an unattached FB-111A. You *know* what swingers they are!