#story extras

[nova-siims]

IT NEVER DECLINES!

[storiesbyjes2g]

Rest in peace, Alessandro Murillo.

Thank you for your contribution to this legacy! As Luca said, I'm not sure where he would be in this manhood journey if not for you. I had grander plans for your life, but the game had another agenda. We rooted for you, and although you didn't get the happy ending you dreamed about, you were happy and fulfilled in the end, and we were glad to see it! Have a happy afterlife! We'll see you soon.

[happy-lemon]

Zuri's older sister, Coco, recently got married, as well. Her husband is Chatri Nguyen, and they moved to his home in Tomarang.

[hedgehogs-and-songbirds]

Never too old for Trick-or-Treating... 🎃🍬

[mosneakers]

I wanted to post some stills from Montgomery's flashback, since in the post, we see them flash by quickly, and they're pretty obscured.

These were flashbacks to Montgomery and Donna's youth, when they fell in love. I know we hate to see it because DOLLOW FOREVER but the photos still turned out so pretty and romantic so I had to share ♥

This week was a pretty big deal for Red Wolf Fury. We got two posts in a row, (go check them out if you haven't yet!) which isn't usually common for this series! Despite them not getting much attention, I spent a ton of time on those posts and really love how they turned out 🥺

[havenroyals]

She gets it from her Mama

[livelovesimallways]

Dana's current matches on Simder. At least she's not looking for anything serious...So she says... 😒👀

(Related post)

To be continued.....

[angelasscribbles]

The De Facto Queen Extras: Polo Edition

Logging in and finding these edits from @secretaryunpaid made my day!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[theheartwoodinside]

[Club Love]

A mini modern AU of my original story~

Rating: E - Explicit sexual content

Relationship: Aurelius/Lugh

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53476723/chapters/135355270

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Summary:

Aurelius is going to do something tonight he's never even dared to entertain the idea of before: he's heading straight for the gay bar in this new city he's landed in for work. Choked with uncertainty, he nonetheless steels himself, opens the heavy, nondescript door, and slips inside.

Despite perpetual exhaustion from shift work, Lugh works hard but plays harder. The Fairy Mound is his favourite place to blow off steam. It promises just what he needs: a beat loud enough to rattle your lungs, abundant liquor, and people as touch-starved as he is. Club love might not fill the hole in his chest, but it's a damn good distraction.

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[simiaysa]

Scenes that didn’t make the cut.

[shesthespinstersimmer]

Party extras 🍾

I took an unbelievable amount of pics for this party - here’s some that didn’t make the cut. 🖤

[forabeatofadrum]

El WooWoo! Thank you @quizasvivamos (how the tables have turned) and @cutestkilla for the tags.

I am still working on [REDACTED]. It's a-going, nothing else to say. So instead I am back with a philosophy talk! The last time I did this, I mentioned Cartesian Dualism and the epilogue of my Snowbaz fic Time After Time.

We're going to Klaine fic now! We're talking about consciousness, mind, cognition etc. in class. Who has a mind? Who can think? Who has consciousness? These are all broader questions, but last week and today we applied these questions to machines and AI and we had a lot of amazing discussions about it.

But one moment stood out to me.

I'm going to put it under the tags and a cut, but if you're interested, feel free to read on. It's going to be about Myosotis sylvatica, and it's spoiler-free!

And now, the weather: @jinglejavey @coffeegleek @otherworldsivelivedin @caramelcoffeeaddict @sillyunicorn @dragoneggos @raenestee @tectonicduck @nightimedreamersworld @urban-sith @thnxforknowingme @captain-aralias @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @justgleekout @cerriddwenluna @tea-brigade @ivelovedhimthroughworse @bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @1908jmd @special-bc-ur-part-of-it @larkral @wellbelesbian ​ @artsyunderstudy ​ @martsonmars ​ @facewithoutheart ​ @shrekgogurt @rockitmans @bitbybitwrites @blackberrysummer @whatevertheweather @theotherhufflepuff

Someone argued that the fact that we might not be able to fully communicate with machines doesn't rule out that machines can think. Think of animals. We understand that animal minds work vastly different from human minds and yet we do not discredit them as cognitive beings. In fact, we even attempt to communicate with them. We all know Mimi is a good girl, after al #MimiFanclub!

And someone argued back that we do not have the same emotional bonds with AI as we do with our pets, which made me laugh, because it made me think of the original Mimi: Blaine's personal AI in Myosotis sylvatica. The whole point of Mimi is that Kurt is weirded out by how Blaine's phone seems to have replaced a pet.

(For the ones who don't know the context: the story takes place in 2027 and in this year, there is a market for personal AIs, since the AIs from big companies aren't privacy-safe. With your personal AI, that you can install on all your smart tech, you own your own data. This is why many people like this.)

Yes, Kurt has his own AI as well, but again, Kurt's from 2012, not 2027 where personal AIs have become a standard. You know, I always say that I wrote this technological world that would be slightly weird but also highly realistic for a near future. I wrote it in 2019, way before ChatGPT and crap.

There was also a mini discussion on ethics, because I also talked about how everything is done from our phones now and all I could think of was "ah yes, like the Springo". Apparently some want to get rid of public transport tickets and replace them with "checking in with our phones", which is fun, because Kurt bemoans the loss of physical MetroCards in this fic.

But yeah, back to Mimi (and Lizzie, Kurt's AI). It was just really interesting, because if we believe in Dennett's intentionality theory of cognition, then we can argue that Mimi and Lizzie do have a mind of sorts. Dennett's 'intentional stance' basically says we, human beings, ascribe intention and all other cognitive processes to other people. I assume that you, the person reading this, have the cognitive capabilities to read it and process what you're reading. I assume that people in the Netherlands made a conscious decision to vote (or not) today. I assume that my teacher know how to check the time while lecturing.

And so on. Dennett says that this is how we interact with each other as conscious beings. But you can make this broader: you can ascribe these cognitive things to objects as well. You can assume that a machine or AI (like Mimi or Lizzie, or ChatGPT) has intentions, thoughts, feelings, desires, etc. If you can do that with ease, then it's probably right.

Of course, there is a lot of criticism on this intentional stance as well. When it comes to ascribing these things to objects, then which objects do count? People can imagine a conscious machine, robot or AI (hi, Mimi!), but if I were to say "Your fork has a conscious mind", you might wonder something is up with my mind. In this line of thinking, you can already wonder if you can even ascribe these things to a machine or AI in the first place.

(To be clear, I wrote Mimi and Lizzie as unconscious objects. I am of the belief that AI, robots and machines aren't conscious, we just program them to resemble consciousness.)

But even if you don't believe that machines have a consciousness, like I do, it is undeniable that people can form a bond with objects. Heck, I even wrote a whole paper on that. We antropomorfise the shit out of objects and we did that even before we had ChatGPT. I know someone who has named her bike and how many of us have felt genuinely saddened when, for example, our favourite mug broke?

Anyway, that's all for this philosophy talk. Now I will return to fighting ableism in philosophy! Bye, bye.

[storiesbyjes2g]

Good afternoon and happy Standard Time!!

I was gonna wait two more chapters to do this, but I think now is a good time too, especially since we have gotten reacquainted with Sophia. A few of you in the comments playfully suggested creating a roster for Luca's Ladies lol. I thought it was actually a good idea, so I created profiles for all of them so you can see who they are, what they're about, and how they really feel about Luca. I also created one for Luca so we can learn a little more about him too. Hopefully all of this makes what he/they do a lot clearer.

Luca doesn't know everything about the ladies yet, so you may see some traits/preferences that seem not to go with their personalities. I also forgot to include Luca currently has the single and loving it lifestyle. 😑

edited to add: My YA lifespan is now 65 days. So the ages are where they are on that timeline.

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What do you think?? Who is your favorite friend so far?

[happy-lemon]

BYRNE-HOWARD GENERATION 4

Lola Wells Cooper (Delaney > Julia > Eliana)

Soraia Fontaine Mendoza (Delaney > Julia > Eliana)

Keone Wells (Delaney > Julia > Eliana)

Leo Machado (Delaney > Julia > Iara)

Ana Machado (Delaney > Julia > Iara)

Rhett Batiste (Delaney > Ajae > Amelia)

Ashton Batiste (Delaney > Ajae > Amelia)

Harmony Batiste (Delaney > Ajae > Amelia) DEC.

Tomas Machado (Delaney > Julia > Iara) DEC.

All are elders, except for Ashton who is a young adult and Ana who is an adult. Both were born when the rest were older.

[hedgehogs-and-songbirds]

Oh, Summer 🎵

My sims are so in love with their significant others 🥹

Also here is a pic of the whole pool lot! I had so much fun making it!! :D

[mosneakers]

UMMMMMMMMMMMM this is not FUCKING OK EA/the sims 4 you will be hearing from my lawyers do you hear me!