hi
@Player_jp5s5eav,
i can understand that, and agree gardening is... well, *exercise*! 🙂
you're right about the game's limitations. i talked about this with someone else, although it wasn't so complex. it was about the curly hair and how i was annoyed there was none like it before. this person said the developers are able to create more and better content as they learn along the way... i argued, "if modders can do it, why can't a dedicated professional team do it?" 😉
you know... i want a wheelchair too. *and* a white cane and a hearing aid. also: bandages, casts, arm slings, burn and scar marks... the works. i've also been told injuries or obvious "disabilities" are too "dark" for a game that is supposedly made for... teenagers.
so i agree that elders are more than what you told me you see in-game. i do want all of the things you mentioned. i'd want to see them do more stuff. while i love that my one of my Sims meets a close friend (who happens to be an elder) at the pub every day, i'm pretty sure he wants to do more than that. (there's also the question... why does my Sim go to the pub every day?)
in my story, they sit at the park together to share snacks and feed birds. it's not an "elder" thing to me; in fact, my adult Sim does it on her own when she's in the grassy... area behind her house. did i mention my story was detailed? and BTW... this "old man" sure has a few cool stories to tell my Sim! (this is them:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfZVnPknFAC/)
he used to be less active and cheerful, though, until his daughter (who worked in a different town) moved back to live with him. 🙂
anyway... i didn't think you were saying to me, "you elder-killer!" just wanted to mention that i'm not one! 🙂
it's not that dementia itself makes me uncomfortable. just using the term loosely. i've heard lots of people just... you know... make comments about it as if it's some kind of joke? like... saying, "huh-huh, does person X have dementia? they're *so* forgetful!" as in... for anybody, young or older, who forgot to buy... IDK, one item off of their shopping list? kind of... making light of it.
so i strongly agree with what you said about the behaviour you see in your elders in-game as being insulting/a stereotype. i'm sorry i'm so bad at explaining what i mean. ☹️
aw... that stinks about your elderly bartender just looking lost... one of mine does the neat fire trick when mixing drinks. i wish *you*'d seen that happening too. ☹️
and another one, who's actually my favourite, is the one who died after woo-hooing 3 times. i know i used that happening as a description, but i left out that i quit without saving; i mean, to hell with that Sim-day's progress.
and the phrase i used, "i assume he didn't have the "active" trait? or did he?" was kind of a *wink-nudge* thing.
so this one, he's the main love interest of another one of my Sims... yeahhh. i love him. not only because he's a super cool/trendy character (guess what, *he* exists in my story, too!) but because he's the one who pays the most attention to my... ahem, less than perfect Sim. 😉 and BTW, he didn't die after i restarted the game and (of course) had the woo-hoo triad going on again. (this is them:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeJy_NCHA3j/)
...and i see what you mean about the video's animations, too. so yes. after that, i am with you, 100%, in wanting elder Sims to truly be cool as heck! i mean... we both know RL ones already are. =)