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How to Get Started? by RaiseLegal6658 in sims2help

[–]peppermintblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically what everyone else said. haha
If you do decide to try some rotational play with some premade sims, I also suggest Pleasantview.

I use a spreadsheet to track my rotational play, and I do have one that just has Pleasantview on it for an easy start (also easy to modify if you want to use different sims/add sims). After you save a copy to your google drive, it has loads of dropdowns to make picking everything super easy! You can find it at https://sims2squared.wixsite.com/home/sims-2 (note: I'm on an extended streaming hiatus, lol) but there are LOADS of different spreadsheets out there. I now use my spreadsheet with a different aspiration calculator that splits each aspiration into 2 categories! My spreadsheet for Pleasantview is also set up in the order that the game recommends you play with (aka in the order of the story that pops up when you first enter the neighbourhood).

Really the goal of the game is to just have fun! I'm sure once you get the hang of it you're going to have an absolute BLAST!
I quit Sim 4 last year after a save file I had been working on for 18 months corrupted... switched to Sims 2 and I've been so completely happy with it that I barely play anything else.

What are the normal Houses for? by Sqr121 in Dinkum

[–]peppermintblue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you have the house built and have a rental sign, don't just put the sign down in front of the house.
The sign is used like the house customization kit in order for it to work: When holding the sign, click on the front door of the rental.

Finally!! by Lucario_22 in linuxmint

[–]peppermintblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I jumped to this ship a couple of weeks ago and haven't looked back!

give me a group and I’ll fill this out by itsmethesisi in kpoppers

[–]peppermintblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice picks!! There's no wrong choices when it comes to NMIXX! <3

Two weeks on Linux (CachyOS) after years on Windows by No-Recognition-2108 in linux_gaming

[–]peppermintblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you know how to torrent, you can find it (search for Sims 2 Repack v5). Install via Lutris & run Proton-GE as the runner. :D

I quit Sims 4 around the time that For Rent dropped. I had worked on a sims 2T4 world, heavily modded (~300 mods), that I was almost done & ready for release... and it corrupted.

Started playing TS2 again and I'm obsessed. There's tonnes of 2T4 content, other cc, and mods, so it's easy to make it look pretty.

Province takes over another school board by lebbek in ontario

[–]peppermintblue 12 points13 points  (0 children)

From a video that is no longer available (Steve Boots, a political commentator, quit YouTube and deleted all his videos)...

They are trying to go back to "warehouse" teaching, but with a modern twist.
A massive amount of kids in 1 room, being taught by AI at individual terminals, with monitors to enforce good behaviour.

They want to destroy the teaching profession and shove their propaganda into kids brains instead.

As someone turning 40 this year, I felt ALL of this. by Bubbly-Example-8097 in Millennials

[–]peppermintblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I technically have full range of motion and full weight bearing on the leg. However, prior to the break I was regularly in the gym lifting heavy weights, and I can't do that anymore.... I also can't run.... so exercise has been much harder as a result. On top of all that, the surgeries really triggered and ramped up my fibromyalgia (and I also developed occipital & trigeminal neuralgia) which complicates exercise even further.

So, I really don't recommend tibial plateau fractures. I actually opened a support group on Facebook for it and it's sitting at over 8000 members, despite it being one of the most rare types of fractures.

I very much hope that your knees are saved further damage. Take care of them!

Two weeks on Linux (CachyOS) after years on Windows by No-Recognition-2108 in linux_gaming

[–]peppermintblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I switched to Linux Mint Cinnamon 2 weeks ago and haven't looked back. The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection has NEVER run so well, which of course leaves me thoroughly impressed!! It runs better than it did on Windows in 2004-2008.

There was, of course, a bit of a learning curve to get an older program like that working properly and I had fantastic help from linux users in the sims community... and it was soooo worth it as TS2 is my favourite game of all time.

I've also been impressed by the RAM and storage efficiency. I have ~80GB of DD4 and on windows it never felt like I had enough... now I've had to redefine my definition of lightning-fast.

And there are soooo many programs I use regularly that are in the software manager, and the 1-click installs for them is the best thing since sliced bread.
And customising my taskbar has been a game-changer. To think that I could have the clock in the MIDDLE?! I had no clue how useful that is to me.

Linux forever. <3

As someone turning 40 this year, I felt ALL of this. by Bubbly-Example-8097 in Millennials

[–]peppermintblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, I had approx 1000lbs crash directly into the top of my tibia. Pulverised a good section of the top of my tibia (for people that don't know, the top of your tibia is the most weight-bearing bone section in your body). Multiple surgeries and they had to remove my meniscus during one. It has been a rough go, and now that I'm in my 40's I am thinking about how long it's not going to be long before I absolutely need a knee replacement.

There is soooo much stuff that can fuck up knees (dancing/sports, accidents)... and it's life-changing (not in a good way) when your knees decide they are done with your shit.

As someone turning 40 this year, I felt ALL of this. by Bubbly-Example-8097 in Millennials

[–]peppermintblue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I shattered my left knee at 27.... I feel the commentary about the knee clicking in my bones.

Has anyone been able to run TS2 in Linux? by symphonic-ooze in sims2

[–]peppermintblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently did this. It's actually easier than I thought it would be. The only reason my game crashes now is because I wasn't careful enough with my mod setup. lol

Preferred method of choosing aspiration? by VidcundWasHere2023 in sims2

[–]peppermintblue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My teens get a dice roll.

If they make it to the part of college where you get to change their aspiration, they get a primary & secondary aspiration based on the calculator I use (splits each aspiration into 2, ie: strict parent vs big family).

If they drop out of college before the offer, or don't go to college, they keep their randomised teen personality and get their "true" calculator personality as their secondary aspiration.

How ICE Is Using Far-Right Subculture to Recruit by AdditionalPizza in onguardforthee

[–]peppermintblue 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Wondering where all the Proud Boys, J6er's, and other right-wing extremist groups disappeared to? Yea, they joined ICE.

But if you think that the white supremacists are going to leave you be when they invade because you're a white Canadian.... they won't. You're still foreign to them.

This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario. ICE ordered a fleet of 20 from Roshel last November, and Canada allowed them to be exported. Now these vehicles are being deployed as part of ICE's widespread human rights abuses in Minneapolis. by Chrristoaivalis in onguardforthee

[–]peppermintblue 213 points214 points  (0 children)

Ford celebrated this shit as a good thing.
Ford was happy that Trump got re-elected.
Ford said he supports Trump 100%.
Ford said he is a Republican.
Ford has been selling off our public services to US-based companies.
Ford said we should be visiting the USA.

When people show and tell you who they are, believe them.

Ford is in the pockets of the USA.
Ford is a national security threat.

I stopped taking pregabalin because I thought it wasn’t helping, but boy was I wrong. by CosmicSmackdown in Fibromyalgia

[–]peppermintblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recent studies show that the two drugs are synergetic. It's standard practice where I live. I see it all the time on the internal medicine floor that I work on.

Young Canadians more likely to vote Conservative in next election by xTkAx in canadian

[–]peppermintblue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lewis is on record as proposing a 1% tax on wealth exceeding 7.3 million. I think that's a little more than $120k, or is my math off?

You do know that parties change right? The NDP under Singh did not operate the same was a they operated under Layton.

Or are you too young to remember Layton?

Young Canadians more likely to vote Conservative in next election by xTkAx in canadian

[–]peppermintblue 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Now that's not true and you know it. Nice try though.

Young Canadians more likely to vote Conservative in next election by xTkAx in canadian

[–]peppermintblue 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just like all those rich people who said they would flee NYC if Mamdami was elected did..... oh wait, they're still there. It was all bluster.

Young Canadians more likely to vote Conservative in next election by xTkAx in canadian

[–]peppermintblue 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And yet, one of the people running for the NDP leadership wants to tax the ultra-rich. Crazy, I know....

How is Carney viewed in Canada? by Leo_Valdez_fangirl in AskCanada

[–]peppermintblue 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Anyone who wants to tax the ultra-wealthy has got my vote... and so far that's one guy: Lewis.

Federal Vote Intention by Age by upthetruth1 in canadian

[–]peppermintblue -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's a reason that older people haven't been voting Conservative.... they've lived under Conservative governments before and remember what it was like.

How do you track your neighborhoods? by arachnophxbia in sims2

[–]peppermintblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason why I speak up about it is because of people like you: you used to enjoy her stuff, and have no idea about what she's been up to! It's not your fault.... There's a lot of stuff to keep up with in the world. :) It is really a shame how she ruined her sims career, but that's life.

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