#not so berry founder

[illusivekati]

Ocean Aqua

“Eternity begins and ends with the ocean's tides.”

@samssims

[butteredfrogs]

not so berry gen 1 - mint!

going to be attempting to do the nsb challenge, i've done it once (before i had simblr) and made it to orange gen so lets see how far i make it this time!! i'm going to be playing a mix of the regular rules and the base game rules !

[mmmatchasims]

Primrose: I think, at the very least, her feelings about it would be.. complicated.

[bloomingkyras]

Its time! but.. Sienna have to make pinky promise to Lily, that what ever happen to her, Lily have to promise her to take care of herself, wait her to come home or finding someone to replace her.

that her late mum and Sienna's half blood sister Xienna (zianna)

[errantce]

sage rinehart | he/him

[szczek]

at least i still have her

[faeriefrolic]

Albion: Maman.. you're the best doctor I know, and a wonderful mother, even if you don't think you are. You didn't neglect us. You cared for everyone and you still care. If you didn't, then… we wouldn't be talking right now. I'm choosing to stay here with you because I love you, and you're my mother. You worked hard to get where you are. Madeline: Tu vas me faire pleurer, petite fraise… Albion: Promise me something Maman, please… that when you aren't working.. you'll enjoy your days off. Relax. Go to the park with Mom. Play with Chandler, put down the research journal. It's okay to take time for yourself. Madeline: [soft sigh] … I… Albion: Maman… Madeline: …I promise. I promise to be better, for you, and for me. Albion: That's all I can ask for. Merci, Maman. END OF GENERATION ONE: STRAWBERRY 🍓

Gen 1: Strawberry

Everyone loves strawberries. They are sweet and popular just like you. You love getting to talk and meet new people at every chance you get and everyone loves how friendly you are. But your desire to help people has been the main driving point in your life. As you tend to others, you also tend to neglect taking care of yourself. As a workaholic, your house is a mess, your children don’t get to see you anymore, and your personal life is in shambles. Need to take some PTO if you ask me. 

How to make Strawberry:

Ingredients:

Career: Doctor

LTW: Super Popular

2 Traits - Workaholic & Slob

20 Friends

Skill - Charisma

Directions:

Must have the Workaholic and Slob traits ✔

Have 20 friends and maintain those relationships until the next generation ✔ (They moved around a lot but she did end up gaining 20 friends in each save and keeping them!)

Neglect your children’s skills (No teaching toddler skills, helping with homework or teaching teens to drive) ✔

Can only clean the house once a week ✔

Must cancel any other interaction and no outside help ✔ (hard to do with Albion being neat and so many sims so I did my best lol)

Master the Charisma skill ✔

[simsaugust]

tweaked patrick and george in cas bc their freckles were a little too strong for my liking

[cowplant-cult]

[tricklesimz]

zooming p3 gen 2 edition

[illusivekati]

Alieen Discovered Magic Realm

You would think a scientist like her would be skeptical of Magic Realms etc, nope not while she was in Midlife crises mode, first it was wanting to sleep in a coffin then it was Travel to Magic Realm along with catching critters and digging and fishing with bait.

[xxsimschallengesxx]

100 Not So Berry Baby Challenge: Peach Generation Founder

Momo Peach Goofball Lazy Foodie

[strangersim-s]

☆TS3 NOT SO BERRY CHALLENGE: GEN ONE - MINTY BERRY☆ Founder: Minty Berry - Traits: Angler, Eco-Friendly, Green Thumb, Lucky, Vegetarian - LTW: Become a Creature-Robot Cross Breeder - Carrer: Scientist - Favorites: Lime, Indie music and Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich. Generation Goals: - Master gardening, fishing, and handiness skills - Master science career and complete LTW - Have three good friends

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

You may notice I frequently comment on the assumptions people make about animal facilities based on their branding. Frequently, people assume accredited facilities are inherently better for animals than unaccredited facilities, or assume sanctuaries are inherently more moral / better at caring for their animals than zoos.

I want to show you an example of why I am always, always skeptical of these assumptions.

If you’re in the California area, you might have heard about Hank the Tank - who is actually a Henrietta, btw - the 500 pound nuisance bear from Lake Tahoe who broke into 21 homes in search of food. She was recently captured by wildlife officials and moved to a sanctuary in Colorado. The Wild Animal Sanctuary has three main facilities, two in Colorado and one in TX. To give you some context, it’s the biggest carnivore sanctuary in the country - they advertise somewhere between 300-500 animals, mostly large carnivores, between their properties. It’s where most of the Tiger King cats went. It’s PETA’s preferred placement for confiscated exotic animals. So, obviously, it’s got to be great, right? Except… take a look at what they posted about Henrietta’s arrival.

Here’s their post about Henrietta’s arrival at the Refuge, the large facility in Colorado that isn’t open to the public. Let’s take a closer look at that food trough…

What do we see here? An entire rotisserie chicken that is either blackened or highly seasoned, and a whole ham. Maybe a second chicken underneath the pile, I can’t quite tell. The sanctuary gets the majority of their bear food donated from groceries stores once it’s past the sell-by date, so we know those are older meats and they’re full of a ton of salt. Then, for fruit and veg, there’s a cantaloupe, mango, corn, avocado, grapes, and apples. Maybe a pepper or two, it’s hard to tell. That’s a lot of sugar and not a lot of fiber or roughage.

But… on top of it and to the right… are those Twizzlers?

Yes.

The sanctuary confirmed on Facebook that they fed this recently rescued obese bear what looks like almost an entire pack of Twizzlers.

I don’t know of any world in which it’s appropriate to feed candy to a bear. Maybe a piece or two as a really high value reinforcer for hard behaviors (that isn’t relevant here, it’s openly against this sanctuary’s ethos to do any husbandry or medical training). An entire pack of Twizzlers is just appalling. But it’s not uncommon for this facility! I have a book written about their operations and animal care (that I bought at their gift shop this spring) which openly discusses how the bears get fed bread, doughnuts, marshmallows, and all sorts of incredibly unhealthy food that comes in with the grocery donations.

But hey, this is apparently fine for the bears, according to the sanctuary’s founder. He was quoted in that same book as saying “Bears are the only animal I know of that can eat insane amounts of sugar and it never hurts them. It does not hurt their organs. They do not get clogged arteries. They do not have high blood pressure. In the wild they eat all these sweet berries in the fall, and they convert sugar to fat… so the more sugar they get the better… we would all love to have a system like that!”

Now while it’s true that bears have physiological adaptations that modulate their insulin production and sensitivity in ways that appear to prevent them from from developing diabetes, that does’t mean it’s healthy for them to regularly eat processed carbohydrates, sugar, and general junk food. And remember - Henrietta gained her fame because of how incredibly overweight she already is, and because she was seeking out human food, According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, a healthy weight for a normal adult black bear is between 100-300 pounds. So, obviously, the best thing to do is… continue to feed her candy.

Then, later on in the book, it details how they have to bribe a camel to sit tight for a regular medical examination (since they don’t train for medical behaviors) by letting him drink a can of Mountain Dew each time.

If a zoo was known publicly to be feeding their animals Mountain Dew or a couple Twizzlers - even just once, on a rare occasion - they’d be eviscerated in the media and by public opinion. But feeding out inappropriate junk food appears to be a pretty common practice at this place, and it just goes unscrutinized because everyone assumes sanctuaries are inherently better for animals.

So, long story short, never make assumptions about the quality of a facility based on it’s branding or accreditation. (TWAS is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries). If you have concerns about the ethics or practices of a facility, always try to put your preconceptions aside, go and see for yourself, and think critically about what you see and what you’re told.

[plumbewb]

meet kiba berryfroot (she/they) my not so berry founder 🌱

[chere-indolente-plays]

Soo I might be starting a 2nd save parallel to the Au Fil du Temps/decade one... What can I say, how could I keep my grubby little hands away from 60s fashion anymore, especially with @surely-sims and @ice-creamforbreakfast taunting me like that !

Anyway I want to try out DrGluon's Rotten Berry challenge so

Meet Dr Zita Zed

...my evil scientist of a founder