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luthienrising
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9 years ago

"Why Are We Sadistic Towards Our Sims?" (New Statesman article)

I don't have time today to read this, but I thought I'd bring it here for discussion: Amelia Tait, "'I want to cheat on him and set him on fire': why are we sadistic towards our Sims?" New Statesm...
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Movotti
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9 years ago
Without reading the article, I'm going to say it's about control.

We can use sims as the underdog. Bad stuff happens irl, and it's beyond our control, but with sims, we can make bad stuff happen to them, and take out our frustration on said sims. When you make sims of irl people, you're sort of using them as voodoo dolls.

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