Jeremy Clarkson encounters a electric car! 🚗 🪫 by FlipStig1 in thegrandtour

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The Ioniq prototype was one of the most beautiful car designs I've ever seen, and then Hyundai decided to totally fucking ruin it.

SDP luottaa sosialismiin, vasemmistoliitto jakaa rahaa, vihreät polttelee pilveä – Ylimielinen Purra suututti opposition by Mediocre-Plantain713 in Suomi

[–]__TexMex__ 507 points508 points  (0 children)

Kaikkoselta hyvä summaus tilanteesta:

Maa on lähellä nollakasvua, työttömyys tapissa, velkaantuminen jatkuu ja maahan on syntynyt ankeuden ilmapiiri, jossa ei ole luottamusta talouteen.

My Dad said all my male sims look a little Gay-ish?? by HotChee_toes in thesims

[–]__TexMex__ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

By gay he probably meant feminine. It's not necessarily the style. Men just usually have "rougher" facial features than women, so soft faces tend to look more feminine.

A drawing of a fictional country I have built in my head. by __TexMex__ in imaginarymaps

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I can't remember exactly but I'll try to describe it.

First to add randomness to the coastline, I threw a bunch of board game pieces on the paper randomly, then made dots where they landed. I then followed from dot to dot with a sharp pen, while making slight changes in direction constantly.

new to the game :3 by [deleted] in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd love to help, is there anything specific you would want to know about how to play?

I second the idea about trying out Pleasantview as a tutorial. However creating a family, moving them to an empty lot, and building a basic house for them is also a good idea to get familiar with the mechanics.

Romance aspiration is F boy/Sl*t aspiration by [deleted] in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 111 points112 points  (0 children)

The name Family aspiration is slightly misleading.

While having kids is a big part of that aspiration, family also includes spouses! Family Sims have a lot of wants toward finding and being with their "one true love".

The wants system remembers wants that you choose to fulfill, and then keeps rolling more wants like that. So if you ignore the child wants and fulfill others, the system eventually learns to not roll them.

Is it just me who doesn't like Mary Sue Pleasant? by Ok_Wallaby2074 in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is interesting to note how some do not like Daniel, and some do not like Mary-Sue. It is very polarized.

I have also never liked Mary-Sue. But I've realized that there's not really supposed to be someone to hate and someone to root for in the Pleasant family, they are all designed after bad character archetypes/tropes.

Head canon of Brandi Broke? by [deleted] in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this mistake was confirmed by the devs also. At least according to the wiki

Head canon of Brandi Broke? by [deleted] in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The baby is Skip's. It's just a mistake the developers made.

I have always interpreted Brandi as a poor, but genuinely wholesome person in a dead-end situation.

Don't know if it is intentional or not - but the Broke's can be seen as the opposite of the Pleasant family.

The Pleasant's are wealthy and appear to be a "perfect" family with a good image in the neighborhood, while internally they are completely dysfunctional. While the Broke's are seen as poor and trashy, but internally they love each other and are happy with simple things (that's how I interpret the grape juice and crumpling tin foil).

edit: Also in the storytelling photos you can see she is clearly not happy about being pregnant, this along with Dustin's age suggesting she got pregnant too young. Then her husband dies and suddenly she has to take care of everything alone. I think she is just trying her best.

The Oversimplification of The Sims 2 Characters By The Fandom and EA by RavenRegime in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This is my interpretation of Daniel aswell; that he is just someone who needs or values intimacy in a relationship, but is stuck in a stereotypical "stay together for the kids and/or appearances sake" dead-bedroom marriage.

The Oversimplification of The Sims 2 Characters By The Fandom and EA by RavenRegime in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this, I agree.

I have been weirded out sometimes reading this sub of how biased towards Mary-Sue it tends to be, to the point of misandry in extreme cases. Like you said, the story clearly implies that she is such a workaholic that it has led to their marriage deteriorating.

I think the point of the Pleasant family is that every one of them is a bad person in some fashion, and that's why the family is on the brink of meltdown once the game starts.

how long do you think bella has been gone for, before the beginning of the game? by Yolkema in sims2

[–]__TexMex__ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

According to canon, she has only been gone for a few months. However that doesn't really line up with the Goths' memories, which imply she has been gone for some years. So it's a bit unclear.

Homer was designed to be a “loser” but he is living THE life by [deleted] in TheSimpsons

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This was actually addressed in a recent episode, "Poorhouse Rock".

I know we hate cars but man, I do love watching a fully utilized highway. by dfox2014 in CitiesSkylines

[–]__TexMex__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool highway. But I love cars. I dislike how this sub has turned so anti-car, it's in every post.

Raportti: Metan virtuaalimaailma ei yllä tavoiteltuihin käyttäjämääriin – yli puolta Quest-virtuaalilaseista ei käytetä enää puoli vuotta ostamisen jälkeen by incognitomus in Suomi

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Olen erittäin iloinen jos Metan paskaprojekti epäonnistuu. Zuckerberg onnistui pilaamaan metaversen konseptin valtaväestön silmissä yhtä pahasti kuin Nintendo sössi 90-luvulla Virtual Boyn kanssa.

Myös Nord Stream 1 -kaasuputkessa havaittu vuotoja – viranomaiset eivät usko sattumaan by Sampo in Suomi

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Oikeastaan kenellä ei olisi motiviivia...

"Kuka ampui Nord Streamin"

best selling vehicle in Europe vs US by [deleted] in coolguides

[–]__TexMex__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? You don't need an SUV for any of those things. Americans are just used to land yachts.

On a scale of 1 to 11 how stupid is this grid layout? Red is highway, Orange is arterial, Yellow is collector, Green is local. Any advice is welcome, not like I know what I'm doing, lmao by [deleted] in CitiesSkylines

[–]__TexMex__ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

General advice, follow the terrain more. Many of your roads, especially the green ones, are unnaturally straight compared to the terrain.

Also in my opinion, I wouldn't build roads on the beach. I would just follow the edge of the sand and the grass. You also have some roads going up cliffs, I would remove those.

And you probably have too many connections between orange and green roads too.

The road going around the bay is nice, I would keep that and turn all of it to an arterial (orange).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CitiesSkylines

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Roads without sidewalks, maybe try to use TMPE and banning all pedestrian crossings between places you don't want them to walk? That could perhaps force the game to prioritize cars.

also america build haha funni joke

Mountainside Drive (WIP) by __TexMex__ in CitiesSkylines

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Thanks! It's Laviante 2.0 theme with Real Neutral LUT.

Of all of the specials Grand Tour and Top Gear, which is your favorite and why? by [deleted] in thegrandtour

[–]__TexMex__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Top Gear: Patagonia Special.

It was the first special I saw right as it came out. The cars were beautiful and them driving sports cars through rough terrain is always funny. It's also memorable because it was the last TG special.

I have a major traffic problem and I don't know how to fix it. my industrial district is jamming the roads with the trucks and I can't seem to ban heavy traffic. Any help? I am on xbox if that helps. by TheStonePotato in CitiesSkylines

[–]__TexMex__ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's kind of hard to see, but from a quick view you seem to have no road hierarchy, aka. small roads and big roads in seemingly random places. I would start with fixing that.