How to turn off time-limited events

I realized I clicked on the check mark, hoping to learn the details to see if I would even be interested. There wasn't any such option. Now, I, too, am stuck with the popups. I'm currently in the middle of a storyline I am sharing on this site. So frustrating. If I break to finish the tasks I have absolutely no interest in, I lose valuable playing time. For me, the whole thing is a lose-lose proposition.

I encourage everyone that wants an option to opt out to post in this thread at AHQ

I want to turn it off completely. Events/challenges/quests, whatever they're called, don't interest me in the slightest. Why are they being forced into my game and even worse, why can't I turn them off?

Who made the decision that events would be mandatory? I don't need incentives to play Sims every day, but I may bow out of playing until this event has run its course. It's annoying, intrusive and a time waster. 

if any one makes or finds a mod that hides this please post it to this thread, I really wanna play but everytime I think about opening it I remember that that stupid box is gonna be covering my screen ☹️

I tried this, but it doesn't work. 

I can't access my game at all. The main pop-up that shows before the Main menu breaks my game - The play now button doesn't do anything, and if I try to close it with X, the Main menu is shadowed and I can't click on anything. I can't even exit the game without the task manager.

This bugs me so much! And the funniest part is it worked yesterday. 

@BluJae4https://frankkmods.com/#/mods/no-discovery-quests tried it so far the quest does not trigger, so it appears to be working. (edit; the mod works to prevent the quest from launching, unfortunately the little reaper icon stays but is rendered useless)

I'm in the exact boat, I have never felt the need to come on these forums and complain however it's the fact that even after removing my mods and cheats and trying to do the same thing you did in a throwaway save but none of the achievements would update so its overall useless to keep trying. All my occult sims are super laggy and have been dysfunctional since the challenge started, they shouldn't push things that aren't fully functional on us even if they see it as "generosity".