Disgusting Concepts

@StrawberryYogurt...enjoy Sims 5, I'm sure it will be great. Probably subscription based with streaming content. You won't own any of it, but owning stuff is so old fashioned. Expect paid mods too...aka Bethesda mods. I may sound bitter but I thought the Sims community had a backbone and I was wrong. Sims 5 will be everything you allow it to be.

"Faraway_Son;c-17557698" wrote:
After reviewing all the comments, I realise that negativity towards Sims 4 packs is met with a solid wall of support for said pack. How will the game get better if you all just love everything? Thank you EA, you're just SO wonderful, please take my money already...you're more than worth it!
When I made this post I expected this...official Sims 4 forum is a happy-clappy, everything is wonderful, WE'RE having fun community. Negativity is not welcome. Good for all of you, I am a Sims 4 gamer too but have I not been lambasted, criticised and made fun of for having an opinion, and for expressing that opinion? Yes!

@Faraway_Son When people in the forums tell you that it is absurd to complain about dumpster diving and alternative meat products being disgusting they are basically telling you "Welcome to the real world"

People are only laughing at you not because you're complaining about something constructive (like a feature that might not be well executed or in-depth etc.). People are laughing at you because you are complaining about a real-world thing that you thing has no place in a life simulator.
It's funny to think you are getting upset about such things especially when they are only virtual.

The forums are a little biased but they are not only sugar and rainbows, you will find a lot of threads with people being critical towards EA and the game.
The problem with your criticism is you're complaining about a feature, that you are not obligated to use, being degrading to your sims who are really just virtual pixel people.

Time to get off the hamster wheel...I never said I was obligated, I express opinions, I don't expect everyone to agree. But guys...you have your armour on, with sword in hand...ready to vanquish the naysayers! I will leave you to it.

@Faraway_Son So you can express your opinion but we can't? Just fleeing when hearing something you don't agree with doesn't really help you know.

"Faraway_Son;c-17557728" wrote:
Time to get off the hamster wheel...I never said I was obligated, I express opinions, I don't expect everyone to agree. But guys...you have your armour on, with sword in hand...ready to vanquish the naysayers! I will leave you to it.

Or, you know, maybe the world isn't all one opinion and neither is the Sims community. Your complaint wasn't about a bug that needed to be fixed - you'd have found the echo chamber you're looking for - but about a feature that some people like and some people don't. And some people simply don't care either way.

It seems you've come here to just reaffirm that what you find objectionable is making everyone feel the same way. Well, it doesn't. The same thing happens when people post about a feature they enjoy: someone will always come in to say they hate it.

I don't mind dumpster diving - several of my sims are regularly rummaging the trash cans at San Myshuno or digging for trash at Sulani - but dumpster woohoo is another matter. No, nope, no way. As there are several more features in this pack that I either don't care about or actively dislike, I just chose not to buy it and end of story. I really don't get why people buy packs they know they won't like and then spend weeks complaining about them, it should've been clear after the livestream what the pack would involve.

"Faraway_Son;c-17557713" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17557703" wrote:
@Faraway_Son theres plenty of sims 4 haters (? moi included)on this forum i think your complaint just wasnt really justified lol

This site conditions people into responding in a certain way...otherwise you're not accepted by the community. I think the pack was poorly implemented and undercooked. You official forum types will mindlessly type away all day, waxing lyrical about the awesomeness of the game and won't ever see the poor design and structural gameplay issues. I waste my time already responding to this. Silly me.

Hmmm do you actually look at other forum posts? I constantly see criticisms and I am one of the first ones to chime in about something I don't like about the game. Like I mentioned in my last post this pack has horribly implemented NAPs that really need fixed. However, I also very much like other features because...I ENJOY PLAYING THEM. Wow! What a concept. There are many glitches that need addressed but I have mods for those terribly implemented action plans and I agree that is unacceptable that I have to do that until a patch hopefully addresses it. I have over 6300 hours put into this game since September 2014. Nobody was forcing me to play the game that much. Nobody was brainwashing me. I LOVE THE SIMS 4! This means I can love it and criticize it just as loudly! :)

Oh gosh. I love this pack!! I chuckle at it more and more every day as I discover the different impacts it makes. I get it's not for everybody...that's the cool thing about Sims though. You don't have to purchase a pack if you don't want that type of gameplay.
I don't like to play kid sims. I don't own the Parenthood pack. I don't want it, don't care about it, it's not for me. I don't feel upset because they made it though...it brings a lot of fun gameplay for other people. Yep...my Sims are gonna be wearing bags on their heads and dumpster diving while other gamers raise good and perfect kids to send through Discover University. :) :D B)

"Pamtastic72;c-17542519" wrote:
My ex-husband & I when we were still married had very little to start, we used to rummage a bit in the landfill before they made it illegal. People toss out perfectly good stuff because they’re tired of it we’d bring stuff home and scrub it with disinfectant or bleach and then repaint, refinish, or reupholster it. Once on a trip just after our son was born he hauled home a nearly new microwave oven that some guy was off loading because they couldn’t get it to work. We took it apart and found it had a blown fuse. A trip to the hardware store later, $5.00 for a pack of fuses and a thorough wipe down with some bleach and water, bam new microwave that ended up lasting for quite a few years.

I once saw probably $500 worth of 1970s Tonka trucks someone threw out. Even though, at the time, I was collecting them, I didn't even ask about them. That was a mistake. BIG MISTAKE. I bet someone got $500 out of them that worked at the dump.

"alan650111;c-17557863" wrote:

"Faraway_Son;c-17557713" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17557703" wrote:
@Faraway_Son theres plenty of sims 4 haters (? moi included)on this forum i think your complaint just wasnt really justified lol

This site conditions people into responding in a certain way...otherwise you're not accepted by the community. I think the pack was poorly implemented and undercooked. You official forum types will mindlessly type away all day, waxing lyrical about the awesomeness of the game and won't ever see the poor design and structural gameplay issues. I waste my time already responding to this. Silly me.

Hmmm do you actually look at other forum posts? I constantly see criticisms and I am one of the first ones to chime in about something I don't like about the game. Like I mentioned in my last post this pack has horribly implemented NAPs that really need fixed. However, I also very much like other features because...I ENJOY PLAYING THEM. Wow! What a concept. There are many glitches that need addressed but I have mods for those terribly implemented action plans and I agree that is unacceptable that I have to do that until a patch hopefully addresses it. I have over 6300 hours put into this game since September 2014. Nobody was forcing me to play the game that much. Nobody was brainwashing me. I LOVE THE SIMS 4! This means I can love it and criticize it just as loudly! :)

This is me too. The whole sides nonsense is silly. We should be able to do both and everything in between about the game. Of course not everyone is going to agree, but that is what makes us human and not like robots who all act and think the same way. There was a book I just finished reading called 1984 that was about a world where everyone is brainwashed literally to think the same that once that happens people lose their identity and just became another nameless face in the crowd. It is just so relevant to today even with it being written 70 years ago in that news isn't really news anymore but biased opinions. So for me I tend to respect people more with unbiased opinions in either direction. Humans aren't perfect and I get tired of their opinions having to be perfect and always sunny. It isn't healthy and often reflects very toxic historical events of only being single minded. Sims games are supposed to be inclusive and in order for that to happen there has to be some acceptance of being different from each other is okay. I get exhausted of the Sims 4 being exclusive to only "happy thoughts". Sims has never been shallow to just that, so I am happy that this pack is actually showing that yes Sims 4 does have more than just one emotion, but a variety.

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