WTTQ BREAKING CULTURE REPORT

 "Aliens at SLB22: We Come in Lag"
Reporting live from Second Life Birthday 22

This year’s SLB22 celebration has gone interdimensional. Amid the teleportation glitches and hoverboard giveaways, several non-Earth-native avatars have appeared across the birthday continent. Some say they’re part of the build. Others say they’re scouting locations for a zero-gravity roller rink.

Here’s what we know (or think we know):

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Returned from deportation, memory-wiped but stylish. Keeps joining art exhibits, asking, “Have you seen the one they call Anjelikka?”

Zyxlaa of the Cosmic Funk

Levitates three inches off the dance floor. Has DJ’d multiple Basement parties, often without a sound system. Everyone hears the music anyway.

T’lobbinx of Glarn Sector 8
Entered the SLB22 Poetry Slam and won, despite only speaking in pulsating light patterns. Emotionally devastating haiku. No translation provided.

A dancing cow at the Bellisseria booth that may or may not be Tubby’s abducted pet
An “Area 52 Shuttle Bus” that goes nowhere but records your memories and leaves you emotionally exhausted
A jukebox that still skips on “Cruel to Be Kind” is suspected of alien mischief

Oatmeal Linden

Aliens at the Linden Pavilion, posing as greeters. One called Mike just said “Welcome, flesh being” and handed out glowsticks.

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The Intergalactic Romance Capsule
Win:
A 10-minute date with Demo Man
An espresso macchiato brewed at light speed
A second-chance memory with someone who once forgot you

SLB22 continues all week. Keep your hoverboots charged and your mind open.
If you see something weird, write it down. It might be art.
Or it might be your turn to remember.