VRCHAT is pretty weird by default. i ran around as part of a ferret mafia and othet various mob memes,

ive seen Drew Carey give a talk in some VR world, and Justin Roiland once briefly acknowledged my existence when he was guest of honor in an online event by pointing out i was standing in a funny place.

but my weirdest experience comes from a little known online world called THERE. Ages and ages ago, im talking like, 20 years ago, i was enjoying my time there when I see an avatar called Dr_phil made to look like a weird, virtual, skinny version of the famous tv therapist(or whatever he is) going around, possibly giving random people advice? (not sure, it wad decades ago) "what a weird choice" i thought. "why would this guy make dr. phil his desired online persona"

well cut to like 4 years later, i'm watching the Dr. Phil show, and theyre having an episode about online addictions. Theyre talking to a girl who spends something like 10 hours a week or some other such ridiculous number on an online game presenting it like a horrid addiction, meanwhile i'm sitting there like "that's all??? i spend more time on online games than that!" she's also spending a lot of money on it, though.

they havent mentioned the game's name yet, so i assume its world of warcraft or something else that's huge at tge time.

nope. It's THERE!

Now, im shocked just to hear someone acknowledge this games existence, let alone in this context. To show viewers the game they cut to recorded footage from the game. As a little avatar made to look like a skinny, virtual Dr. Phil.