Strangers in your conversation

I am going to share this for those who are annoyed by the overwhelming number of NPC sims bombarding your playable sim.    Here are 4 NPC's in a group not bowling - just standing there and they stood there the entire time my playable sims 6  [using 3 lanes], completed a set of 5 each and not one time did any of my playable sims speak to anyone but family members.

This was the first time they didn't take 9 hours to complete a set of 5, the first time all 3 lanes produced a score for the playing sims, usually only 1 set or lane would get a score. 

Here's how-  I turned the autonomy off!  My playable sims did not interact with the sims I didn't want them too.  Most of my playable sims have over 240 relationships of one kind of another. I can say that more than 90% of them the game just "gave" them the friendship.

  imo ...  I think friendships should be worked on and not automatic.  I find it ironic that my sims who have been married since they were of age.. and now are elderly constantly struggle to even be friends and lose 'romance' so fast!   This is what I experience.    Never cc / mod, rotational play and literally - only 1 game!