Likes and Dislikes

This topic reminds me - I must make a Sim and set them to dislike a specific colour. Then set their entire clothing wardrobe and house furnishings that colour. They'd be challenging to keep a happy camper.
I wonder if you set their disliked colour to white, then took them outside in winter - would they be a gibbering wreck, as everything is white?

Sometimes my Sims have strange likes and dislikes (game decisions). So I decide based on how I fell the Sim would like it or not. For example I had an outdoorsy Sim working in the gardening career and the game suddenly asks me if the Sim dislikes gardening. Well, of course not!

I chose this option because I don't give my Sims any likes, just dislikes, because they are already obsessed enough with objects. I also give most of my Sims any computer related and tech dislikes to avoid them using phones and computers as much as possible because it's so annoying and I don't even want my Sims to have mobile phones at all.

Mostly go with the flow and based on their personality. For example; if they're gaming (and they usually enjoy it/are a gamer) and the sign pops up saying "they don't like it", I'll ignore. Okay they may not like it in that moment but it seems silly to give it a dislike if they normally get enjoyment from it. The same with cooking/baking.

"RedShoe7;c-18197110" wrote:
Since the likes and dislikes are bases on the sims mood while they are doing something, I make the decision on what I want and who they are to me. I don’t want them to dislike something because they happened to be in a bad mood from something unrelated. I also keep likes to a minimum otherwise they will drive me nuts doing the things they like constantly. This system is unbalanced like all the others in this game.

Completely agree with this!
My sim who is a writer suddenly got asked to dislike writing cause he was in a bad mood cause of a dirty plate next to him.

A fun way to choose music likes is to set the stereo in the main area of their home to playing Mixed Music. They will occasionally choose to dance or listen on their own, so the genre of song playing at that time (and their mood) will determine if they like it or not.

I go with what my sim wants unless it's something like hates fitness when they have the active trait.

If my Sim appears to be enjoying something so much that I get a pop-up, I just click yes, most of the time. Once in awhile they reject something that I don't want them to reject, having a good sense that in the future of the game, that may come into play.

Depends on my own mood, sorry pixels :p

I feel like likes/dislikes shouldn't depend on a sim's mood. I also don't like how majority of townies likes/dislikes are randomized. It would be nice to see a little bit more method to the madness.