vocabulary: virtual world and actual world

[14:24] Tom Bukowski: that's why in my book I say "virtual world" and "actual world"
[14:24] Tom Bukowski: here when typing fast I might say rl
[14:24] Tom Bukowski: I never use the phrase "real world" because both are real
[14:24] Tom Bukowski: when I write, I never say "real world"
[14:26] Heidi Ballinger: Very true (hate to use RL and IRL) SL is the same as reading a newspaper or surfing on the net … We need another common word to use for being online in VW
[14:26] Extropia DaSilva: 'RL' is like the word 'atom'. We know we apply it to the wrong thing (atoms are divisible, after all) but the word has stuck.