This is disgusting

This behaviour is certainly not limited to The Sims community, but I agree that this level of aggression, which seems completely blown out of proportion, is scary and off-putting. I always imagine it to be coming from a subsection of the community that suffers from an unfortunately not uncommon combination of qualities: the "disenfranchised" with no empathy. For one reason or another they feel like almost everything in their lives is beyond their control and blame outside forces and are completely wrapped up in their own world of fear, pain and doubt and therefore lash out at others any chance they get. It happens way too much but seems especially severe when it concerns TV shows, computer games or anything else that is not essential. And I can completely understand the need to create a thread just to reassure oneself and others that there are also people who react reasonably to disappointment, but that's pretty much all you can do.