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Thursday, March 07, 2019

Nylon Pinkney Is Online - Inside VRChatters Anonymous

VR chat addiction

VR chat addiction comic

"Everyone in VRChat is always drunk or high -- they literally tell you that. It's to ease social anxiety if I had to guess, or they wanna really relax. But it does seem to be a problem for some people." Nylon points to this recent Reddit thread:

[Discussion] vr chats making me an alcholic [sic]

"There's sooo many posts like that."
 
 

Nylon Pinkey Online Comic Danielle Feigenbaum

 

Indie comic artist and illustrator Danielle "Nylon" Feigenbaum documents dubious adventures in SL, VRChat, and online worlds beyond for New World Notes. Her work has also been featured in Old Pal and the book Blocked: Stories from the World of Online Dating.  Follow her on Flickr and Instagram.

Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2019 at 02:14 PM in Nylon Pinkey is Online |

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