Parental Expectations
From the recent patch: "Sims that were seated at a 6 seat round table can now Clean up the dishes. Sadly, all the children who had thought they had found the magic loophole, stay seated at the table...
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I'm having a hard time grasping what the paraphernalia is (you meant propaganda, maybe, judging from context) that you're talking about.
"Sims that were seated at a 6 seat round table can now Clean up the dishes.
Sadly, all the children who had thought they had found the magic loophole, stay seated at the table, are no longer…
…right… like any kid ever stays seated at the table."
Was part of this snipped at the ellipses? Is this saying that kids are no longer staying seated at the table? Or that they are staying seated at the table?
And is that your objection, whether or not they stay seated? Or are you objecting to the cutesy quip "right..like any kid ever stays seated at the table." ?
While whether kids stay seated around a table or even eat at one, is completely cultural (people in the US who routinely believe kids just innately can't stay seated at the table, are blind to both history and current events in other countries and cultures).
But so are lots of things that are a given in Sims, like people sleeping in beds, being able to carry plates of food somewhere besides the room with the eating table, and stand there conversing while eating. A lot of things reflect the common experience.
I just took the semi snarky comment about kids not staying seated at the table (common in mainstream US culture of today, but hardly some global biological truism) as humor.
So what was so upsetting to you about not having choice in gameplay? I'm trying to understand, not scold.
"Sims that were seated at a 6 seat round table can now Clean up the dishes.
Sadly, all the children who had thought they had found the magic loophole, stay seated at the table, are no longer…
…right… like any kid ever stays seated at the table."
Was part of this snipped at the ellipses? Is this saying that kids are no longer staying seated at the table? Or that they are staying seated at the table?
And is that your objection, whether or not they stay seated? Or are you objecting to the cutesy quip "right..like any kid ever stays seated at the table." ?
While whether kids stay seated around a table or even eat at one, is completely cultural (people in the US who routinely believe kids just innately can't stay seated at the table, are blind to both history and current events in other countries and cultures).
But so are lots of things that are a given in Sims, like people sleeping in beds, being able to carry plates of food somewhere besides the room with the eating table, and stand there conversing while eating. A lot of things reflect the common experience.
I just took the semi snarky comment about kids not staying seated at the table (common in mainstream US culture of today, but hardly some global biological truism) as humor.
So what was so upsetting to you about not having choice in gameplay? I'm trying to understand, not scold.
