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26  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 19, 18:24:24
So, one can be forgiven for buying into the image of rotten-teethed Brits because they saw it on TV, but not for thinking "Africa" is filled with wild, street-roaming animals because they saw it on TV?  Making snap judgments about people = acceptable; having a misconception about a country's features = abhorrent.  

Go figure.

And from where I stand, one can NOT be forgiven for buying into the stereotypes portrayed in the media once one is beyond the age of about 8 6 and presumably has developed enough of an independent mind to realize that TV does not even attempt to accurately reflect reality, and that stereotypes suck.

ETA:  By the way, the idea that the concept of Americans as loudmouthed fat slobs comes FROM American TV seems a bit absurd.  If anything, people basing their opinions of America solely on the basis of what they see in American-made TV shows would likely come away with the opinion that all Americans are thin, beautiful and rich.
27  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 19, 18:04:36
I South Africa and there are wild animals roaming in the streets AS I WRITE. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise.

However, sweeping generalizations FTL. Trolls, the lot of you. Pah.

I've got bush babies in my yard as I write - does that count as wildlife?  

Again, I was NOT making sweeping generalizations about South Africans in general based on the experiences I've had with some.  That was my whole point. My experiences are just down to where I live and the people I happen to have to deal with.  I have never said, and will never say "Fuck, South Africans are an insular lot.  They don't even know the difference between the US and Canada!"

I don't assume that the whole country matches the descriptions I gave just because most of the people I come into contact with happen to.  Hell, I live here entirely voluntarily; if I felt that way about this country's people, I would have left a long time ago.  I was just pointing out that the few experiences Audrey had in America exist everywhere, even in South Africa.

I just wish other people would use the same filter when judging Americans.  A person's experiences with a limited few Americans do not accurately describe the mindset, outlook or attitudes of all Americans.
28  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 19, 15:14:22
There are plenty, and I mean *plenty*, of South Africans who are just as ignorant of what goes on outside SA's borders, and particularly within America's, as there are Americans with small worldviews.  On a daily basis, I meet people who paint the very large country that is the USA with one broad brush, as if a few singular instances of ignorance define the entire country.  How small minded is that?  

Of the South Africans I've met, I'd say 75% have never been stepped foot off the continent.  Some of the ones I've met have little concept that there's a difference between America and Canada.  A significant portion have a negative view of America and its citizens in general based on no personal experience whatsoever, and always express surprise at the fact that I turn out not to be a loud, obnoxious, Hawaiian shirt-wearing buffoon who only knows how to talk about guns and beer.  

If I take off my shoes, I can count the number of people that I haven't heard used racial slurs (even cleverly disguised ones) or who don't treat black people differently than white people. Yet I manage not to make sweeping generalizations that the lot of South Africa is composed of ignorant, racist idiots who all wear light blue and khaki shirts with dark blue pockets.  Funny how that works.

But of course, I am just one American out of many.  I wouldn't expect people to base their opinion of my country on their experiences with me.  That would just be stupid.
29  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Frustrated with Sims just standing in place in droves whining about motives on: 2009 July 16, 19:31:05
What do you have Free Will set to?  I've never turned it down, so I don't know if that's the answer, but your problem is not anything I've ever seen.  They may not be the most exciting, but in my game they talk to each other, read books, have picnics, enter and exit recreational rabbitholes, etc.
30  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Share pix / vidz of THE HORROR here on: 2009 July 15, 19:28:43
I actually saw the creepiest baby bug on the sims 3 official site

If I had to guess, I'd say somehow the baby was the one putting the toddler in the high chair - the toddler is definitely displaying "be put in high chair" animations.
31  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Unoccupied House disappears with Story Progression? on: 2009 July 15, 18:28:59
Well my point is that it's not likely a Story Progression bug, but some other bug.  There aren't any story actions that I am aware of that physically remove buildings from existence.
32  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Unoccupied House disappears with Story Progression? on: 2009 July 15, 16:54:50
I tend to doubt this is related to Story Progression or AwesomeMod.  Perhaps the save didn't actually take, or the game somehow hiccupped?  I've built several homes via "Edit Town" and never lost any of them.
33  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Sim jumps out of work on: 2009 July 15, 10:45:37
All rabbithole are the same for Sunset Valley & Riverview.

I believe the school is different, as is the military base and a couple of others, I think.
34  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Sims finding new routes for walking stand still for hours. on: 2009 July 14, 14:14:34
The worst pathing I experienced was having a toddler in this house.  Any attempt to have his parents interact with him anywhere inside the house would result in him traipsing outside (the door is to the right of the large window on the first story), into the fenced area, and setting himself in the corner next to the playscape.  He did this for bottles, for learn to walk/talk, to be picked up, etc.  The stupidest part was that if I canceled his pathing, he'd stop where he was and the Sim would interact with him normally.  

35  Awesomeware / AwesomeMod! / Re: Awesomod discussion/questions/helpful tips thread on: 2009 July 14, 14:01:54
If you want to move homeless Sims into the neighborhood, give them enough of a handout with familyfunds so that they can afford one of the existing houses.  To keep the neighborhood growing, it helps to have a supply of low cost homes available.  I've been going in once each day (real time) and building starter homes with 3 beds and the basics and have gotten pretty good at keeping it below 16K, so that even single Sims can move in.  Story Progression, by EAxian design (if not intent) can be slow to make things happen, so you may have to exert some of your godliness over the neighborhood at large and move them into bigger houses occasionally to keep the starter homes clear for newcomers.
36  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 14, 09:35:19
Languages evolve.  Is it arrogance that Mexican Spanish differs from the language spoken in Spain?  Or, closer to home, that Afrikaans differs from Dutch?  Americans, in general, are not trying to foist their spellings on everyone else.  On the contrary, as seems to be the case here, there's this frequent insistence that American English is somehow wrong, just because it's different.  Many languages share a common starting ground but have all developed and changed beyond them.  
37  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 14, 08:15:50


BTW, where did you Americans learn to spell?  When you read an 'English' novel, you must wonder about why Shakespeare added a 'u' to Love's Labours Lost.  What happened to all the 'u's in the words ending in 'our'?

Just as with pronunciation, how can anyone call regional variations in spelling or grammar incorrect?  American English is not subject to UK English rules.  Regardless of the reasons for the deviations, the deviations are there, they're real, they're official, and they're right.

And no one wonders why there's a U in labour/flavour/colour or why it's centre instead of center beyond about the 3rd grade, because we Americans learn pretty early that American English is different from UK English.
38  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 13, 22:40:57

Unfortunately we have inherited some of that, thanks to New England. Worcester, Massachusetts has to be the fault of the colonists. "Woo-ster"? Really? Come on.
I live quite close to the original Worcester, and unfortunately there are quite a few other odd names around here too. Gloucester (pronounced gloster), Cirencester (pronounced Siren-ses-ter), Leominster (pronounced Lemster) and Tewkesbury (pronounced by the locals as Chooks-burry) are just a few that spring to mind. It's always quite interesting to hear how these names are pronounced in the states, where many of the same place names exist.

Funnily enough, they're all towns (well, except for Cirencester, I think) in Massachussets.  I am not aware of Tewkesbury being pronounced Chooksburry but the other pronunciations remain.    

ETA: Actually, Leominster is "Lemminster", now that I think about it.
39  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Facts & Strategery / Re: Novels - A Guide on: 2009 July 13, 21:33:07
They never show up in the bookstore, despite hints to the contrary.  They show up in the library, but otherwise the free copies you get for writing them are the only copies in existence.

They can also show up as Book Club books (for bookworm Sims).
40  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 13, 19:15:09
Interesting - in-IV-a-TIV is also iambic, contrasted to trochaic IN-a-VAY-tiv.

I'm debating with myself as to whether the 4th syllable is stressed; my guess is that it is not, unless "initiative" is also iambic, as they have the same pattern of emphasis.

If you're talking about speech (and not writing) I don't think it's laziness - it's just another timing/stress-related effect.  It'd be more correct to spell it "would've" and "could've" though they're pronounced the same way.  In writing, though, most of that looks bad, even to me. Tongue

No, it's fucking laziness. How many other things in (American) English are spelled in a completely counterintuitive way, like phlegm or through? That doesn't make it okay to just spell them the way you'd prefer. Likewise, just because "would've" sounds more like "would of" instead of the full "would have" does NOT make it okay to use the former instead. It doesn't mean the same fucking thing, at all. It's no wonder people can't learn our goddamn stupid language, when this kind of "shortcut" excuse is being accepted even by otherwise intelligent communicators.

Most people I've seen (and corrected) using "would of" simply didn't know it was incorrect, which makes it ignorance, not laziness.  Like I said before, I attribute this to a lack of awareness to what words mean - people making this mistake aren't paying enough attention to realize that what they are actually saying is "would have".  I have a suspicion that this is also the reason some idiots can't keep they're/their/there straight.
41  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 13, 19:02:52
I have to protest against differences in punctuation being attributed to laziness.  After all, laboratree is no less "lazy" than labratory is.  Pronunciations differ between countries, and even within countries, and despite age-old arguments to the contrary, there isn't one way that is more correct than another. 

Just out of spite, though, I will now P&L at the South African pronunciation of "innovative".  In-IV-uh-tiv.  Not inno-vay-tiv.  It makes me bonkers whenever I hear it, because I can't help but argue with the voices in my head about why it is so very wrong, especially since the word "innovate" is pronounced the same way as it is in the States (aside from accents, etc.). 
42  Awesomeware / AwesomeMod! / Re: Awesomod discussion/questions/helpful tips thread on: 2009 July 13, 18:50:23
Interesting. Is that just since No Raymundo and townies stealing from the library (now fixed), or was it that way prior to No Raymundo? 

There has always been a chance of finding Sim-written novels in the trash, though I believe it is supposed to be limited to books rated as flops.
43  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 13, 18:18:56
Is "labratory" a southern thing? That's how I hear it here. (Yes, including me. I always that it was a schedule/SHED-JU-EL thing)
I've always heard "labratory" and I've never lived in the south.  La-bor-a-tory sounds funny and British to me.  It's the same thing that happens with op(e)ra.


I'm pretty sure that labratory is an American thing - I've never heard an American pronounce it differently.  And here (South Africa), it isn't even la-bor-a-tory, it's la-BOR-a-tree.  I believe I've heard Brits pronounce it that way as well.  They still call it "lab" for short, so I say you can't have it both ways.

My English teacher in Grade 10 tried to teach us "would of". Go ahead, it's okay. You can cry.

This is one of my single greatest pet peeves.  It's such a perfect demonstration of how little attention  people pay to what the words they are saying actually mean.  
44  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 13, 15:27:17
Heh, I don't have a legal version either Wink  I are pirate cat.  If I get around to getting a retail version, though, I'll let you know.

And labratory is better to my Yankee ears than "labore-a-tree" (don't even get me started on the way "innovative" is pronounced here). But differences in pronunciation aside, yes, the general level of grammar in this country is atrocious.  I know of English teachers and school principals whose grasp of the language could make you cry.  And they're teaching the next generation!

45  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you. on: 2009 July 13, 13:09:36
Don't you know? It's just not "cool" to be smart, and commercial television caters to the masses, which are largely of the troglodyte variety. Not all Americans make these sorts of egregious errors. That privilege is reserved for the uneducated and the terminally stupid.

Actually I think it's 'masses, who are...." due to the fact that masses refers to people in this instance.   Wink

Even the supposedly erudite Americans on TV still make me cringe with this badly grammar.  Wink

As an American living in South Africa, I have to cry foul.  People having casual conversation on a TV show are one thing; newscasters and the like who have a terrible grasp of grammar are another.  I can't watch TV in this country without cringing.  Note that I'm not referring to the differences between American English and SA/UK English, but legitimately horrid use of the language.

Edited for grammar, naturally.
46  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: Sim advances four levels in career because he is lucky? on: 2009 July 13, 12:52:09
I can confirm that the Culinary career track does indeed have a boss metric. 
47  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Facts & Strategery / Re: How-to: Cleaning up the homeless scum in your town on: 2009 July 13, 07:51:14
It should probably be mentioned somewhere that this requires AwesomeMod.
48  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / Facts & Strategery / Re: How can we de-lard fat townies? on: 2009 July 12, 10:09:32
Would it be possible to mod foods so each fulfills hunger differently? We could then feed them on salads and stuff that don't fulfill their hunger meter fully so they will stay in shape for longer. Though it is good having all foods fulfill hunger fully, it's less time consuming.

Eating a single meal past the hunger bar does not cause weight gain, so having a less satisfying food makes little sense.  Sims only get fat if they eat a different plate of food while full, (or, I believe, eating a second plate of food that subsequently pushes them past full), which will also give them the "stuffed" moodlet.

If you want quick hunger satisfaction, go for a quick meal. 
49  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: The Legacy Challenge for TS3 on: 2009 July 09, 16:35:17
Hi there,

I was looking for something about the life duration ... without success.
So what, is it up to me/you/everyone ?  Wink

From the rules:

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Aging and story progression must be on and lifespans set to the normal level.
50  TS3/TSM: The Pudding / The World Of Pudding / Re: What's required for Sims detail set to highest? on: 2009 July 09, 12:22:17
I have a 7600GS (512) and have had no problems with Sim Detail set to high, and I've had it set that way from the beginning.
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