I was stuck in a virtual world with no way back out to my real world. And I was dead. Food and alcohol didn't taste like anything, I didn't need to sleep, I couldn't die, I was never injured for long. And honestly, since when isn't a network an excuse to die things you would never do in real life? So it got a bit garish and disgusting at times.
Earth is ... close to home. And yet so different at times.