Lack of descriptive and important Holidays.

[galaxyleggings]

Have you ever noticed the avoidance the Sims team has when it comes to proper names for Holidays, and a complete lack of important preset Holidays? I know that it may not be intended this way but completely forgetting to add revolutionary Holidays such as, but not limited to, The 4th of July, Veterans day, and Independence day, seems less woke and progressive and more of an attack on the culture it so clearly strives to take inspiration from. Veterans day is just as important, if not MORE important then "Winterfest" aka Christmas, so I really shouldn't need to go through and personally add it to my calendar each time I create a new save. How are you going to have "depth" and acceptance towards others thoughts and feelings whilst being an American-based and originated game and not include Veterans day or any of the previously mentioned holidays?

[bruh]

no one cares. you can add your own holidays without mods.

[Xenon The Noble]

Originally posted by Dino:

no one cares. you can add your own holidays without mods.

Really this.
I think the issue, tho... is that Christmas is purged. Christmas tree is changed to Winterfest tree, etc while Light KInara and Light Menorah are offered.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3130583195
But you can change "winterfest" to "Christmas", and "Father Winter" to "Santa Clause" with simple mods that even I can make. Not going to distribute the mod because the whole "Don't you dare redistribute my mod except on Feb 29th in years the ground hog doesn't see his shadow" culture. I don't want the grief from those who are butthurt because I don't play my game their way. Making a mod means that someone who doesn't like your mod is free to accuse your mod of crashing their game, inducing a rash, infected with covid or is spyware. Nah. I don't want to play that. It's not like I'm making 50k$/month like some people with a high demand mod...
There's also "fireworks" if you want to make a 4th of July and "remembrance" for Memorial day so go ahead and make the game you want to play.
And there are mods out there that add traditions... looks like only 3 TDESC files describe it.

[Cheran]

Originally posted by Xenon The Noble:

But you can change "winterfest" to "Christmas", and "Father Winter" to "Santa Clause" with simple mods that even I can make.
...
There's also "fireworks" if you want to make a 4th of July and "remembrance" for Memorial day so go ahead and make the game you want to play.
And there are mods out there that add traditions... looks like only 3 TDESC files describe it.

But you don't understand! Every piece of work has to cater to my western, white, christian, heteronormative, conservative (bonus if American) beliefs und I will act if I'm offended if not, because that way I can make a farce out of equal rights activists and persons who are suffering under oppression for not being all those things; otherwise I won't retain my privileges and have to put even the slightest effort into being a decent human. /s

[bruh]

Originally posted by Xenon The Noble:

Originally posted by Dino:

no one cares. you can add your own holidays without mods.

Really this.
I think the issue, tho... is that Christmas is purged. Christmas tree is changed to Winterfest tree, etc while Light KInara and Light Menorah are offered.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3130583195
But you can change "winterfest" to "Christmas", and "Father Winter" to "Santa Clause" with simple mods that even I can make. Not going to distribute the mod because the whole "Don't you dare redistribute my mod except on Feb 29th in years the ground hog doesn't see his shadow" culture. I don't want the grief from those who are butthurt because I don't play my game their way. Making a mod means that someone who doesn't like your mod is free to accuse your mod of crashing their game, inducing a rash, infected with covid or is spyware. Nah. I don't want to play that. It's not like I'm making 50k$/month like some people with a high demand mod...
There's also "fireworks" if you want to make a 4th of July and "remembrance" for Memorial day so go ahead and make the game you want to play.
And there are mods out there that add traditions... looks like only 3 TDESC files describe it.

First of all, thank you.
Second, I don't even see why it's such a problem, it's literally a life sim game that isn't realistic out of the box.

let's not forget hat this is merely a game that we can mod to our liking. EA gave us a canvas, and we just paint on it, regardless of any "agendas" that are being promoted.

[galaxyleggings]

Originally posted by James3157:

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Clearly some of you are still butthurt about my last forum and sharing your opinions about that, rather then what i am saying here. This is #1, not political. I did include a comment about the left in a later response, yes, but that was solely an off-topic remark, and not part of this discussion. I am actively trying to keep it respectful as most of you couldnt handle me being real previously. And #2, James, I am not engaging with Sovereign Dark, because they are clearly just gripping onto make-believe bs to avoid admitting that I am correct in my statement, I will not be reading their essay, so stop being annoying about it.

If anything, what I am writing is more woke then conservative so I really don’t see the issue.

Ironically, The Sims 4 is mostly just make believe and always has been that never was intended for realism when EA made this game and its dlc content as well. Rather than complain just add those holidays in for yourself on The SIms 4 if you own Seasons. It is really that simple.

You also obviously did not even read what im talking about so you can excuse yourself too.

[galaxyleggings]

Originally posted by Cheran:

Originally posted by Xenon The Noble:

But you can change "winterfest" to "Christmas", and "Father Winter" to "Santa Clause" with simple mods that even I can make.
...
There's also "fireworks" if you want to make a 4th of July and "remembrance" for Memorial day so go ahead and make the game you want to play.
And there are mods out there that add traditions... looks like only 3 TDESC files describe it.

But you don't understand! Every piece of work has to cater to my western, white, christian, heteronormative, conservative (bonus if American) beliefs und I will act if I'm offended if not, because that way I can make a farce out of equal rights activists and persons who are suffering under oppression for not being all those things; otherwise I won't retain my privileges and have to put even the slightest effort into being a decent human. /s

This has nothing to do with my statement

[Cheran]

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Originally posted by Cheran:

But you don't understand! Every piece of work has to cater to my western, white, christian, heteronormative, conservative (bonus if American) beliefs und I will act if I'm offended if not, because that way I can make a farce out of equal rights activists and persons who are suffering under oppression for not being all those things; otherwise I won't retain my privileges and have to put even the slightest effort into being a decent human. /s

This has nothing to do with my statement

Yes, it does.

[galaxyleggings]

Im not individually answering you all, however I will say that I am proud to be an American, ive worked hard for this life, and (to snowflake ❄️ it down for you all) a certain demographic that majorly plays this game, will not take that away from me. If you want to keep persisting that I am being a crazy American (on a completely irrelevant discussion) then yes ill set it straight for you all, your liberal, lazy, and sheep attitude is why theres no detail or thought put into ANYTHING, including this game. You all just agree with the next and thats why nothing gets done, we cant even get something as simple as proper preset holiday detailing because anytime anyone says something new it upsets you knowing that youve spent so much money and time on something so stupid. I “cant take criticism” or whatever but clearly all of YOU cant handle FACTS, especially when they dont benefit you. Common libs.

[Cheran]

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Im not individually answering you all, however I will say that I am proud to be an American, ive worked hard for this life, and (to snowflake ❄️ it down for you all) a certain demographic that majorly plays this game, will not take that away from me. If you want to keep persisting that I am being a crazy American (on a completely irrelevant discussion) then yes ill set it straight for you all, your liberal, lazy, and sheep attitude is why theres no detail or thought put into ANYTHING, including this game. You all just agree with the next and thats why nothing gets done, we cant even get something as simple as proper preset holiday detailing because anytime anyone says something new it upsets you knowing that youve spent so much money and time on something so stupid. I “cant take criticism” or whatever but clearly all of YOU cant handle FACTS, especially when they dont benefit you. Common libs.

Congratulations on confirming every point I made with my sarcastic reply from post #33. Maybe some day you'll come across a world map and realise that the whole world isn't the USA and 300 million U.S. citizens are in the minority of approx. 8 billion people on this planet.

You will never hear me complaining about the absence of my national holidays, because I know there are other countries out there which couldn't care less about them. So much about being a snowflake...

[galaxyleggings]

Originally posted by Cheran:

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Im not individually answering you all, however I will say that I am proud to be an American, ive worked hard for this life, and (to snowflake ❄️ it down for you all) a certain demographic that majorly plays this game, will not take that away from me. If you want to keep persisting that I am being a crazy American (on a completely irrelevant discussion) then yes ill set it straight for you all, your liberal, lazy, and sheep attitude is why theres no detail or thought put into ANYTHING, including this game. You all just agree with the next and thats why nothing gets done, we cant even get something as simple as proper preset holiday detailing because anytime anyone says something new it upsets you knowing that youve spent so much money and time on something so stupid. I “cant take criticism” or whatever but clearly all of YOU cant handle FACTS, especially when they dont benefit you. Common libs.

Congratulations on confirming every point I made with my sarcastic reply from post #33. Maybe some day you'll come across a world map and realise that the whole world isn't the USA and 300 million U.S. citizens are in the minority of approx. 8 billion people on this planet.

You will never hear me complaining about the absence of my national holidays, because I know there are other countries out there which couldn't care less about them. So much about being a snowflake...

Congratulations on once again, ignoring the entire point of my message and acting like youre some sort of victim in this discussion.

[Sovereign Dark]

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

This is MY discussion, that I created to complain about what I want. This is my own personal complaint, not yours. If you want to make a GROUP complaint where you all pass around a talking stick and share SHEEP opinions go ahead and do so. But ill be damned if I step off my high ground to empathize with you lazy, boring people and your common wishy washy opinions.

lmao! It's all very well this miserable child won't engage. The above reads like a toddler having a tantrum.

Originally posted by James3157:

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

James, I am not engaging with Sovereign Dark, because they are clearly just gripping onto make-believe bs to avoid admitting that I am correct in my statement

Ironically, The Sims 4 is mostly just make believe and always has been that never was intended for realism when EA made this game and its dlc content as well. Rather than complain just add those holidays in for yourself on The SIms 4 if you own Seasons. It is really that simple.

James, you're exactly right. The Sims is a fantasy simulation game. The child (OP) had made the mistake of bringing religion into it, then made that a political agenda about the left.

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Also, although I do not believe Jewish people are correct in their religion, why is "Winterfest" the base and not Hanukkah? Why is there a Christmas at all when there are religions who don't celebrate it. This is the issue with the left, you strive for equality for all without thinking of the FULL circle and not just the one you chose to stand in the center of.

What I'd written pertains to documented history of humanities, actual history. The context of it may be make-believe bs, but the history isn't. Christ is no different..make-believe bs and yet actual documented history.
It's not mine. I'm not responsible for writing thousands of years of human history. I simply enjoy learning and unlike some pathetic child (OP), I'd learnt the difference between 'opinions' and 'facts'. I'm capable of understanding that my opinions, whilst I may have these, are not facts.

[Cheran]

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Originally posted by Cheran:

Congratulations on confirming every point I made with my sarcastic reply from post #33. Maybe some day you'll come across a world map and realise that the whole world isn't the USA and 300 million U.S. citizens are in the minority of approx. 8 billion people on this planet.

You will never hear me complaining about the absence of my national holidays, because I know there are other countries out there which couldn't care less about them. So much about being a snowflake...

Congratulations on once again, ignoring the entire point of my message and acting like youre some sort of victim in this discussion.

The only one making a victim out themself is you.
I'm not the one being butthurt when faced with criticism. Or ignoring facts when someone else brings them up. Or getting wound up about a frigging video game.

[galaxyleggings]

Originally posted by Cheran:

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Congratulations on once again, ignoring the entire point of my message and acting like youre some sort of victim in this discussion.

The only one making a victim out themself is you.
I'm not the one being butthurt when faced with criticism. Or ignoring facts when someone else brings them up. Or getting wound up about a frigging video game.

I bet if you even slightly tried to summarize what im talking about you would get it entirely wrong considering you are just arguing to argue. I stated my facts, I wrote what I needed to but you just keep going on about something irrelevant that I dont even completey understand at this point so you can go ahead and excuse yourself.

[Cheran]

Originally posted by galaxyleggings:

Originally posted by Cheran:

The only one making a victim out themself is you.
I'm not the one being butthurt when faced with criticism. Or ignoring facts when someone else brings them up. Or getting wound up about a frigging video game.

I bet if you even slightly tried to summarize what im talking about you would get it entirely wrong considering you are just arguing to argue. I stated my facts, I wrote what I needed to but you just keep going on about something irrelevant that I dont even completey understand at this point so you can go ahead and excuse yourself.

You are offended because there is a piece of work not catering to your preferences, arguing that because the depiction of the world in it resembles vaguely your nation it has to be exactly like it, ignoring the fact that a large part of it depicts other nations as well.

Or do you think, for, e.g., Mt. Komorebi (Japan), San Myshuno (Japan, China, Australia, Canada, etc), Tomarang (Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), Selvadorada (Middle/South America), Henford-on-Bagley (Great Britain), Tartosa (Mediterranian) and Windenburg (Switzerland, Austria, Italy, France) are all part of the USA? Then why aren't the national holidays of those countries part of the default calendar?

[Cheran]

Making even further points: Why aren't you offended about the inclusion of horses, goats, sheep, cows, llamas, chicken, foxes, bunnies, cats and dogs? All of them aren't native to the U.S. and shouldn't be in the game, according to your logic of it being a truly American game.

And what about white or black people? They sure aren't native to America. Not to mention Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam... short: Every religion not being of Native-American origin.

EDIT: Listing all plants in the game which aren't native to the U.S. would be way too much work.