Squiggly Lines of Doom!!
ZephyrZodiac:
I see, so a male sim can actually cause the mother of his child to have twins? Now that's something extremely odd, don't you think? I mean, how does the father influence either the splitting of the embryo (which since twins in the game aren't identical, doesn't happen) or the mother producing two ova in one month?
It's about time Maxis programmers learnt a little basic biology!
Ancient Sim:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2006 January 13, 10:38:38
I see, so a male sim can actually cause the mother of his child to have twins? Now that's something extremely odd, don't you think? I mean, how does the father influence either the splitting of the embryo (which since twins in the game aren't identical, doesn't happen) or the mother producing two ova in one month?
When I was first pregnant, way back in 1977, my ex and I applied for twin insurance due to the fact that he was a twin and twins also ran in my family (my great-grandmother had 5 sets out of 13 births, my grandmother being one half of a set - she had twins herself, one of whom was my father). We had to get a certificate from the doctor and we were described as moderate-high risk (or something like that, hard to remember that far back, but I know the premium was high). When we discussed it with the doctor, we were told that the latest research indicated that the father could influence this if he had a history of twins in his family. Whether that has been refuted since I don't know, but certainly at the time it was valid. I always thought that the only way the father could influence it was if he passed the gene on to his daughters, but according to what we were told, there is more to it than that.
J. M. Pescado:
"Twin Insurance"? That sounds ridiculous. Were you trying to get them, or not get them, and why would you buy this "insurance"? It seems like there are better ways of not-getting-twins than to buy some kind of hokey insurance, which is undoubtedly a waste of money.
Also, did you know that your kneecaps are particularly susceptible to breakage, and that for the low, low price of $99.95 a month, we can sell you kneecap insurance?
ZephyrZodiac:
Ancient, I suppose there is a chance with identical twins of the father being able to influence whethr or not the embryo splits, but the sims don't have identical twins, (at least, not without help from us!) and I just can't see how a father can influence the number of ova which the mother has that month!
And JM, you take out twin insurance to cover the extra costs involved in having twins, so I imagine you are actually making a bet with the insurers that you will have them, while they are betting that you won't, then, if you win your bet, you get paid out - and that's all any kind of insurance is, really, isn't it - a bet!
cwieberdink:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2006 January 13, 13:20:57
Also, did you know that your kneecaps are particularly susceptible to breakage, and that for the low, low price of $99.95 a month, we can sell you kneecap insurance?
:D :D
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