It seems a lot of people consider "life simulator" is the same as "real life simulator". The Sims serie is certainly not a real life simulator serie and never intended to be one. It's a life simulator, inspired by real life but the Sims live in their own world, with its own rules : a world where spinning makes one change clothes, where there's no dust, no toilet paper, no towel, where you can move walls, and furnitures seamlessly, where you don't have to make sure everything is electrically connected or have a sewage disposal, etc
Could some of those rules be changed ? Sure. Should they be ? Only if it makes the game more fun, not just more realistic.
In my mind, only details that can lead to more storytelling and gameplay are worth being put into the game : mowing the lawn, doing laundry, trimming bushes, laying the table could be interesting. Having to use toilet paper or towels, or having to paint the wall again each time you move a piece of furniture, not so much.
@Writin_Reg
Ice cream makers that have to be put into the fridge definitely exist, I have one myself. The canister is storing cold by being put into the freezer several hours before you want to use it.
In a Sims world where a fridge can produce cold without being electrically connected, an ice cream maker that does the same seems logical to me, so I don't have any problem with it.
