More turn ons/offs
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Misty on 2005 October 24, 06:41:19
Hmmm. So you're saying my mom who got up at 6 a.m. every morning of the world, had her housework done by 10 or 11 a.m. (and this woman was completely fanatical when it came to housework--everything had to be spotless), then was at one of her half-dozen or so housecleaning jobs (and she cleaned for the rich and famous in our area) or out on her Avon route until it was time to come home and fix dinner, and if it was summer or harvest season was either out in the garden all evening or in the kitchen canning, or during the off-season was doing the 'winter cleaning', then generally made it to bed by midnight or so was lazy? ROFLOL! My mom worked harder than any one person I have ever known and never in her adult life weighed less than 180 pounds! ROFLOL!!
Is bragging about how early your mom goes to bed supposed to impress me with how not-lazy she is? She sounds pretty lazy to me. Imagine how much more productive (and less fat) she'd be if she skipped that part. SLEEP IS FOR WUSSES!
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Nope--fat doesn't always mean lazy. It often times means the body doesn't properly metabolize the food that's put in it--mainly sugars.
So don't sit around all the time stuffing your face. Amazing concept, isn't it? If you're not using the energy, it's pointless to take it in. BACK TO WORK WITH YOU! NO SOUP FOR YOU!
Ivy:
Quote from: Misty on 2005 October 24, 05:11:38
I absolutely will not make fatness a turn-off for any of my sims because fat people are discriminated against enough already, but that's a whole other rant all together.
I agree with you Misty. And to even call the Sims bodytype for unfit "fat" is ridiculous as well.
That's had to be my #1 pet peeve about this game from day 1.
A wider variety of turn ons and turn offs would be so nice to have.
Ivy
Bangelnuts:
Quote from: Ivy on 2005 October 24, 10:58:52
Quote from: Misty on 2005 October 24, 05:11:38
I absolutely will not make fatness a turn-off for any of my sims because fat people are discriminated against enough already, but that's a whole other rant all together.
I agree with you Misty. And to even call the Sims bodytype for unfit "fat" is ridiculous as well.
That's had to be my #1 pet peeve about this game from day 1.
A wider variety of turn ons and turn offs would be so nice to have.
Ivy
I use fatness as a turnoff for sims simply because they dont get fat unless they are stuffing their face and lounging around. Maxis didnt incorporate the Idea of metabolism playing a part in whether or not a Sim gets fat. activity ie working out = buff or normal sims .stuffing face when not hungry and lounging around = fat sims. in real life Metabolism plays a huge part in whether or not a person is fat or not. I have known people that work out constantly and eat right still have weight problems a trip to the dr resulted in the persons metabolism being tested and usually it was found to be slow hence the weight problem. I have also known people who stuffed their face ,laid on the couch watching tv and obviously have weight problems due to lack of activity. so in humans things like being fat arent always caused by overeating and laziness any more than being a skinny human means a person is active.Metabolism is determining factor for Humans. Sims on the other hand dont have metabolisms so fatness is directly related to eating and laziness. the answer to the turn on/off is obvious we need more to choose from and more that are realistic :-\
Ancient Sim:
I can stuff my face as much as I like, lounge around all day, sleep 24 hours a day, never exercise ... I never put on an OUNCE of weight and never have. Of course, there are plenty of people who are bloody great big fat lumps because they stuff their faces out of boredom or lack of motivation to do anything else, but there are also plenty who are overweight because they can't help it and that's a different matter altogether. I have always been underweight no matter what I eat or what I do, it's the way my body metabolism works. I'm not a big eater anyway, never have been, but it wouldn't make any difference if I was. I can eat as many fattening foods as I like and it doesn't affect my weight one iota. My eldest son eats enough to feed the average horse and he never puts on weight either. It's all in the genes.
Motoki:
After I made that post above about using fat for a turn off I actually did think to myself that I hope no one gets offended. Sometimes I open my mouth without thinking. :-[ Just for the record, irl I have nothing against anyone's physical appearance in any way as it's generally not indicitive of the person. I was sort of punk in my younger days and dyed my hair weird colors and wore odd clothes and such. People would assume I did drugs when I never have so I know people look at someone's appearance and make stupid assumptions. I've had some heavy people pass me by on a jogging trail and breeze up a hill that was getting me winded so if someone is healthy and happy with their body whatever shape it is, more power to them. What I can't stand is women who constantly whine Oh I'm SO fat! and do absolutely nothing about something they claim is bothering them so much, but those types tend to be 10 pounds overweight at most. ::)
Sims is a different story. I'm a powergamer I guess in that I don't do something unless there's a good in game reason to. I don't use sinks or mirrors in my bathroom at all and I usually put my toilet in a separate room from the tub to keep down squabbling. Even paintings I tend to buy as an investment, sort of like putting money in the bank, as a backup so as not to lose everything with chance cards.
There really isn't any good in game reason for a sim to be fat in the game. It would be nice if say a sim who was attracted to or had a crush on another sim that had the fat body type as a turn on wanted to get fat but I guess that's getting a little complicated for the game mechanics. I also don't think the 'fat' body type looks very fat. The women IMO are curvatious at best and the men just have this pear shape with narrow shoulders, a gut and skinny legs. They look like a very skinny guy who swallowed a bowling ball. Fit sims also don't really look a hell of a lot different to me and unless the get a want for it or it just happens because their job requires a lot of body skill, I don't bother with getting them fit.
I actually do have a sim who wears custom outfits to give her a little bit of a more realistic larger body size, but because of game mechanics the game doesn't view her as fat. :P That and she magically gets skinny when showering lol!
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