Things that are acceptable in The Sims but not in real life

Hours, no, days I have been glued to the computer playing The Sims. Back then it was the very first part and my god, how addictive that was. Sometimes I built the most beautiful villas (if I may say so) using ‘rosebud’, ‘claupaucius’ and of course ‘!;!;!;!;!;’ and sometimes I went for the real deal. As in: building a house with the money you have and gradually expanding it with the money you earn from your job. Now I quickly found out that getting ahead in The Sims is even harder than in real life. Which promotion asks that you make at least six new friends? And in what time, because vacation days do not exist in The Sims. And then that damn Christiaan van de Kerkhof who keeps coming by uninvited with his wife Cora.

Yes, life in The Sims is hectic. And life in The Sims is also not comparable to the real world. I was passionately shouting ‘rosebud’ at the ING, I was roughly thrown out of the building and there wasn't a single cent left in my account. Madness.

But yes, that is one of the examples that might work in The Sims, and where it is even seen as normal, but in real life... Not so much. Just like these situations.

1. Attending a spontaneous funeral in your swimwear because someone just died in your pool.

2. And that funeral? It just takes place in your backyard, after which you sit with the gravestone.

3. Going to someone's house and taking food from the fridge, preparing it and then eating it while sitting on a bed in the bedroom.

4. And then doing your own dishes in the bathroom sink.

5. Visiting someone and then not saying a word to each other but sitting for hours behind that person's game console. Is it the middle of the night and is that person going to sleep? No problem, you just keep playing.

6. But do come say goodbye when you leave, even if the host has been in a coma for five Sim hours.

7. Immediately setting the kitchen on fire when you can't cook well, and then just screaming ‘fire’ and not — maybe a crazy idea — getting out of the way? Calling the fire department? You knew that if you forgot to place a fire alarm in the house, the whole place would burn down. (But who cares, three times ‘rosebud’ and you just build a new one?)

8. Building a room in your house without a door and then placing the baby in there so you don't hear the crying anymore. And that child protection wants to come pick up your baby, but can't get in.

9. Having to go to the toilet badly but being so engaged in conversation with someone that you just let it go. And then start crying. And then not showering but continuing to talk.

10. That no one has alarm bells ringing because people keep drowning in your pool where the ladder keeps disappearing.

11. Anyway: dying in a pool because there is no ladder anymore.

12. Going to someone's place and uninvited sleeping in his/her bed.

13. Suddenly pointing your finger and shouting when you want someone (whom you don't know well yet) to leave. And that it is not taken badly at all.

14. Making friends by giving someone countless high fives.

15. Wanting to shower but not being able to because you just placed an empty plate from your breakfast down. And then standing there surprised for an hour while you just keep shrugging.

16. Selling your window to pay for a pizza.

17. Quitting your job as an astronaut because you accepted a vacancy for ‘thief’.

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