If the world is a really advanced game of the Sims

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• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-13 07:45:20

  whoever is playing you is one confusing s.o.b.
  
  whoever is playing _him_ is one confusing s.o.b.
  
  it's confusing s.o.b.s all the way up
  
• Yarrun XIX

  2017-07-13 09:53:26

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  Have you seen the situations that happens in Tools' Sims games? Frankly, we're all par for the course.
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-13 17:51:33

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  it's a miracle we're still alive
  
• Aliroz

  2017-07-13 19:23:34

  ...And even when your hope is gone

  move along, move along, just to make it through

  (2015 self)

  Imipolex G said:

  it's a miracle we're still alive
  

  I stay away from pools.
• Fossilmaiden

  2017-07-13 19:37:33

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  But what about all forms of electrical appliance?
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2017-07-13 19:38:08

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  Why are there no electric showers in The Sims anyway? :|
  
• Klinotaxis

  2017-07-13 19:41:47 edited 2017-07-13 19:42:18

  kill living beings
  

  what in heck is an electric shower.

  
  

  oh, electrically heated. hm
• Klinotaxis

  2017-07-13 19:45:22

  kill living beings
  

  I think most US homes have a storage water heater, so appliances don't need to do any heating themselves. (and the sims is pretty america-y)
• Viani

  2017-07-13 19:55:09

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  When you said electric showers I was thinking of one with a plug-in cord to warm the water and I went
  
  "Yo aint that shit dangeroso~?"
  
• Klinotaxis

  2017-07-13 19:57:33

  kill living beings
  

  that's apparently what it means, and it is dangerous if you don't install it correctly
• Viani

  2017-07-13 19:59:29

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  Are there portable showers yet?
  
  I remember when I travelled during my vagabond times, I wished I had an RV with a shower in it
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2017-07-13 20:07:05 edited 2017-07-13 20:07:17

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  UK electric showers are a self-contained unit rather than the heating element being in the showerhead. Like so:
  
  
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-13 20:12:01

  Viani said:

  Are there portable showers yet?
  
  I remember when I travelled during my vagabond times, I wished I had an RV with a shower in it
  

  
  
• vtk

  2017-07-15 08:06:41

  embrace the confusion
  

  Wait, so does the shower having its own heating element mean the temperature is controlled directly? Here our shower temperatures are controlled by adjusting the mixture of hot and cold water. Even if your shower has its own "on-demand" water heater, I think it still heats the water up to some preset "hot" temperature and then some cold water is mixed in enroute to the shower head to provide a comfortable temperature.
  
  Nicer showers have a more complicated control system where you just set the temperature, and sometimes the flow rate, but even those still just mix hot and cold water behind the scenes.
  
  The concept of just heating a flow of water to the desired temperature and spraying it on a person immediately is foreign to me.
• Princess Alice

  2017-07-15 17:43:31

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I'm not sure how having an electric shower in The Sims would be meaningfully different from the showers that are already in the game, because it's not like you have to, y'know, deal with the water heater or anything.

  
  

  I guess it could introduce the risk of electrocution if you didn't keep it well-maintained, but that's about it.
• Anonus

  2017-07-15 17:54:23

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  wouldn't it be a new and exciting way to kill your sims
• Princess Alice

  2017-07-15 18:03:26

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  hee hee, yeah
• MetaFour

  2017-07-15 20:44:03

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  
• lee4hmz

  2017-07-16 10:25:44

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  While we're at it: 
  
  

  
• lee4hmz

  2017-07-16 10:26:27

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  And here's the matching shower head:

  
  

  
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-16 10:55:51

  lee4hmz said:

  While we're at it: 
  
  

  

  i watched this video and basically the whole time i was scared for this guy's safety
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2017-07-16 15:23:41

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  glennmagusharvey said:

  lee4hmz said:

  While we're at it: 
  
  

  

  i watched this video and basically the whole time i was scared for this guy's safety
  

  He's a professional electrician, so he knows what he's doing. :P
  
  Well, except when batteries contain fire.
  
• Princess Alice

  2017-07-16 17:24:05

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I love Big Clive so much

  
  

  The videos where he buys a clock kit or something and assembles it are great; his soldering technique is so satisfying to watch
• Viani

  2017-07-16 22:12:05

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  HEH HEH
  
  ELECTRIC SHOWERS ARE COOL
  
  But how about
  
  Electric Toilets
  
• Klinotaxis

  2017-07-16 22:48:23

  kill living beings
  

  what would the electricity be doing

  
  

  there's sensor toilets i guess
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-16 23:11:59

  Viani said:

  HEH HEH
  
  ELECTRIC SHOWERS ARE COOL
  

  no they're not
  
  they're hot
  
• Viani

  2017-07-16 23:15:06

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  One thing I wish they had on the Sims was ghettotrash/wasteland equivalents of things.
  
  Like, I wanted my multi-million nucleic 50's style family, who had mauve and white themed utilities and appliances, who had garden gnomes, lawn furnitures, who all were doctors and lawyers...to squat over a piece of wood with a hole in it supported by two cinderblocks, and a bucket beneath.
  
  I don't know why. Swapping out the glamorous for the outright gross was always so amusing.
  
  "Alright hun, I'm gonna go shower before I head off to work. Anyone know where the wooden crate with rusty sheet metal and a garden hose is?
  
• Princess Alice

  2017-07-16 23:23:56

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I'd be amazed if there weren't mods for that.
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-16 23:26:05

  Viani said:

  One thing I wish they had on the Sims was ghettotrash/wasteland equivalents of things.
  
  Like, I wanted my multi-million nucleic 50's style family, who had mauve and white themed utilities and appliances, who had garden gnomes, lawn furnitures, who all were doctors and lawyers...to squat over a piece of wood with a hole in it supported by two cinderblocks, and a bucket beneath.
  
  I don't know why. Swapping out the glamorous for the outright gross was always so amusing.
  
  "Alright hun, I'm gonna go shower before I head off to work. Anyone know where the wooden crate with rusty sheet metal and a garden hose is?
  

  some people are actually doing stuff like that, usually the tiny house / environmentally conscious / etc. type folks, and mainly for waste disposal into compost buckets
  
  they usually don't have a stylish house and then a compost bucket instead of a toilet though
  
• Epitome

  2017-07-16 23:29:06

  meow meow meowtherfuckers

  uuuh this one site gardenofshadows had a ton of mods like that but i think they still have a hard-on for sims 2 and think every game after pales in comparison so.....
• Viani

  2017-07-16 23:36:39

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  Fallout SIMS tho
  

  Epitome said:

  uuuh this one site gardenofshadows had a ton of mods like that but i think they still have a hard-on for sims 2 and think every game after pales in comparison so.....

  I remember how much fun I had on Sims 2. Agreed that Sims 3 went too hard on the Cashgrab. Sims 4 haven't tried yet.
  

  glennmagusharvey said:

  
  

  Viani said:

  One thing I wish they had on the Sims was ghettotrash/wasteland equivalents of things.
  
  Like, I wanted my multi-million nucleic 50's style family, who had mauve and white themed utilities and appliances, who had garden gnomes, lawn furnitures, who all were doctors and lawyers...to squat over a piece of wood with a hole in it supported by two cinderblocks, and a bucket beneath.
  
  I don't know why. Swapping out the glamorous for the outright gross was always so amusing.
  
  "Alright hun, I'm gonna go shower before I head off to work. Anyone know where the wooden crate with rusty sheet metal and a garden hose is?
  

  some people are actually doing stuff like that, usually the tiny house / environmentally conscious / etc. type folks, and mainly for waste disposal into compost buckets
  
  they usually don't have a stylish house and then a compost bucket instead of a toilet though
  

  On Sims 3 I buy a Dumpster for 750 and literally just do that. Work is nice but if you manage to rummage a Computer or TV out of the dumpster you save yourself so much time.
  
  You puke after awhile though and when you invite company over they're like "HOW THE FUCK DID THIS DUMPSTER GET INTO YOUR HOUSE YOUR DOORS AREN'T EVEN THAT BIG"
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-16 23:38:01

  you can rummage random other people's shit out of a dumpster that no one but you has access to?  amazing.
  
  they should worship that dumpster for it is magic
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2017-07-16 23:41:21

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  
• Viani

  2017-07-16 23:47:08

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  glennmagusharvey said:

  you can rummage random other people's shit out of a dumpster that no one but you has access to?  amazing.
  
  they should worship that dumpster for it is magic
  

  Yup, its a magic dumpster. You can decorate your entire house with stuff you find in it. Bugs, Junk, and actual trash sometimes pop up, but then you can bring that stuff to you little garbage can outside.
  
  
  To be honest, I feel like the bills BARELY play a role in the game. Once you get a job you have EVERYTHING covered.
  
  Compared to real life where they eat 50% of your pay.
  
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-17 00:18:53

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  Wasn't Tools doing some multi-generational Sims epic about a family of dumpster divers?
  
• Epitome

  2017-07-17 06:41:23

  meow meow meowtherfuckers

  so this thread inspired me to journey into the wild world that is sims 4 mods so i can play my legal copy and uh

  
  

  
  

  the dangers of importing real people features into a game of cartoony people are 2real
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-17 06:43:55

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
• Toolsie

  2017-07-17 22:20:39

  ಠ_ಠ

  Imipolex G said:

  Wasn't Tools doing some multi-generational Sims epic about a family of dumpster divers?
  

  Aye, my lovely Bindivers. I've sadly lost the save file, but I got to the third gen before losing my game. I blame Reaper, the only girl in the third gen. She was named after the Grim Reaper, and she crashed my game.
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-17 22:21:57

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  alas, rest in peace Bindiver clan
  
• Calica

  2017-07-17 22:31:12

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  i don't get what's so wrong with those?  am i missing something racist
• Yarrun XIX

  2017-07-17 22:52:09

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  hyperrealistic eyes and lips should not be mixed with hair that belongs on a paper doll from the early aughts and face skin textures that look like they haven't finished loading
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-18 00:26:29 edited 2017-07-18 00:26:58

  is it just me or does anyone else feel that those images look strange but not unrealistic (in contrast to Yarrun's comment about "skin textures that look like they haven't finished loading")?
  
• DYRE

  2017-07-18 00:31:57 edited 2017-07-18 00:33:39

  Well like, the skin textures really are very noticeably low-res (especially on the nose and around the mouth) compared to the eye textures and the hair is modeled/textured like stylized anime hair.
  
  That said I have modded Skyrim enough to not be fazed by it.
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-07-18 00:32:59 edited 2017-07-18 00:33:08

  ...i guess it is just me then that it didn't really look that way to me.
  
• Viani

  2017-07-18 07:00:03

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  Its like the faces are realistic but the hair, and everything else around them isn't.
  
  It's like the Realistically Gross Close Up Shots you see on Spongebob