virtual poverty in Second Life

I quipped to Steve that being a newbie with a free basic Second Life is a bit like being virtually homeless - you have no money and no place to stay, you don't know anyone and all you can do is wander around aimlessly, looking at things you can't have.  A very disconcerting experience, really.

webomatica expresses this experience well in the posting Second Life: I Have 4 Dollars