Sims 2 and Discrimination... these two don't mix.
J00wish:
That's another reason why I love the report button. Maybe it's a problem, or maybe my interpretation. If I think it sounds off I'll simply click the report button with a 'this may be a possible issue' and let the moderators decide.
I can't imagine why someone would tell you how to play your own game... but I have had someone make me feel like the way I posted was wrong... because they didn't post the same way. In the end it really doesn't matter. You do what you enjoy and the people who try to make you do what THEY think is correct can go jump. :p
EKozski:
Actually, Tenshii, she did move on. She chalked it up to an opinion. And, she's right. That's all it was.
I've only been a member here for a few short months. I feel very comfortable here. (I even have my very own Stalker!!). I do what I can to help people out. If I'm wrong, I learn something in the process.
As for people telling me how to play my game, never happen. I have a gay couple in my game that I play all the time. They are two of the most funniest Sims I've ever seen. I get a good laugh from them. My partner gets rather upset from time to time because I play the game too much. But, if I feel the need to escape into my personal space, I'll start the game up.
But, you know, trolls are just bored kids/people with nothing better to do than terrorize other peoples lives. Someone crying out for attention. And by replying back to them, we're just playing their game. In the end, it will come back to them. Karma. They never think of the long term. Only the moment.
I have very strong morals, values, beliefs that was instilled in me thanks to my parents. I thank my parents every day for my upbringing. I pick up my dad's picture and visit with him for a bit. Dad died six years ago. I call my mother four or five times a day to make sure she's doing ok. One day a week, I drive her all over town. Take her grocery shopping, Doctor appointments, anywhere she wants to go, I take her. I still tell my mom I love her before we hang up. I come from a very strong Roman Catholic backround. When to a Catholic school and went to a Catholic church.
Yes, this is the internet. Anybody and everybody is fair game. Including me. I'm an out of the closet gay man. I've had my share of ridicule. I've been called a lot of things in my life. But, I didn't let it get the best of me. I just thought I'm better than they are. And, I was. And, I still am. When I was younger, I was gayer than a clutch purse on Tony night. I dressed really different then. I didn't dress up in girl's clothing. I dressed up more or less like a hippie. And, I'd put on a tiny bit of blush, for effect. I was a beautiful gay boy. And, I got my share of giggles and finger pointing. I'd just look at them and say, "you know nothing about good taste," and walked away. Ahhhhhhh, to be young again.
lewisb40:
I understand your anger and frustration, Tenshii. However, I am older than alot of simmers at this site, and in my youth, I was just as passionate about confronting people on how stupid or inconsiderate their spoken opinion can hurt or injure others. Take this point, while in college, late 70's early 80's, we had lots of campaigns from the Klan (I lived and went to college in Indiana) recruiting new members. They had also been burning dorms and houses of students they deemed inappropriate for higher learning. During one of the campaigns, I was tired of walking pass them trying to get to class, listening to their insidious, drone speeches. Since they were passing out leaflets and expressing students (well what they wanted was white, conservatives) to grab one. I went up and grabbed one of the leaflets, only to be stopped and be rebuked. Expecting this, I argued that I was a student and had a right to get this leaflet, also. Needless to say, I was on a list, which I didn't care cause I had friends from every race, creed, and walk of life.
The point of telling that little story, I would get so incensed and want to retailiate about every time someone would call me a name, it would leave me totally stressed out. I had to learn to ignore and to get them back by being everything they thought I couldn't achieve. Professors and school officials were treating minorities and unconservatives with different lifestyles the same way. I had one professor that told me I would never amount to anything in her class, she would never pass me. Well she wrote nasty remarks on my papers and would pass me with A's and B's on my term papers, but failed me on my final essay, and making it known to NAACP and (she didn't know I had political assets in the state) the state assembly in Indianapolis, she had to give me a passing grade on my finals and be booted from her job a year later.
All and all I am trying to say, once you mature and see the world for what it is, you learn there are other ways to combat what others may think of you or anything you do. Live your life, be the best you can be, and relieve yourself of the stress of worrying about what others think. Your mind will be clearer and if you do come across discrimination that affects your life or job, then you can combat it with the tools that are handed to you. There are always tools when you can outthink an opponent. I learned that throughout my years. :D
Tenshii~Akari:
:smile bi: I see. I've even started to see a change in my self, especially the past few years. If I were to hear this type of stuff when I was in my mid-teens, I'd probably be on an all-out tirade, trying to physically defend myself from people's words. Definitely not the way to go. I've also noticed how my anger has diminished over it. I used to mull over stuff like that for weeks, because I was at my most vulnerable and self-conscious place in life. Now, I'd just be mad about it for most of the day, but a night of sleep and a fresh start to another day makes me forget about all that stuff. It really helps. :dance:
I know I can't change the way people think... and I definitely know I'm preaching to the choir here. :lol: But in all honesty, it's really something I want to learn on both sides of the issue... hopefully in asking that, there will (eventually) be someone on the other side of the fence willing to tell their view on it. I'm not asking for something to start a bash fest with. Just so that we (those who have gone through said discrimination) can know why they (those who may do it in some way, form or fashion) choose to do it without so many assumptions. One can always assume that there's narrow-mindedness, ignorance, self-hate, or just overall meanness to factor in, but just to be fair, I do want to hear it in some way. :angel:
(Maybe I'm asking for too much right there, or maybe it's just bound to bring drama? Don't want that to happen... I'm just a curious little George sometimes... hopefully it won't get out of hand. :laughing:)
AlbinoBambi:
Honestly, I don't understand how people can discriminate. It's about the person in itself, not about where they come from or what color their skin is. Of course those things are part of the person, but that doesn't make him/her any less or more than other people. In the end it all comes down to the way you act, what your morals, values and beliefs are.
But, looking at it from the other side, of course a lot of what is said, is just plain wrong. But there are also the cases where it was meant as a joke, but got misunderstood. The hard thing about the internet is, that you can't hear how somebody says something, and you can't see their faces.
I personally try to stay polite and friendly, and the only times I fail in that is when (it seems like) somebody is just plain lazy and posts in the (obviously) wrong section or asks questions that have already been answered 10 times.
Most of the time, I just choose to ignore the people that irritate me.
About creators and all, I can't imagine you being mean because you're jealous. Jealousy in itself I can understand, I'm easily jealous too, but seriously, these people are kind enough to share their talents with the world so you can make your game even more enjoyable, and you go and call them or their stuff names? And if you don't like something, just don't look at it and go search for something that you do enjoy. Apparently there are people who like it, otherwise it wouldn't be on the web, so just let it be.
So yeah anyways, what I'm trying to say is 'choose, and let choose'.
But don't go around 'attacking' people for how they play their game and who they are.
Peace! :P
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