top quality garbage

go touch grass

[daggerdoggy]

settings > wound > my wound > reopen

[daggerdoggy]

do not forget this

[nsectloop]

daverose cool outfit mirror selfie

[haoqw]

On his way to slam a faygo

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[creepstreet]

[gallusrostromegalus]

Upstairs Kevin Is Actually For Real The World's Most Perfect Betta Fish

So for those of you not familiar with my recent descent into fishkeeping, about 2 months ago a friend of mine who does Hazardous Waste cleanup (specifically cleaning up hazardous places like meth labs) called me up and asked:

"You have fish, right?"

"...Why?" I asked, having become aware that the Fish Distribution System is even more aggressive than the cat one.

"I found a fish in the back of an abandoned trap house. Alive." She clarified.

I could feel my fate settling upon my soul.

"...Send me a pic so I can ID the species and I'll see what I can do."

She sent me a picture of a small purplish squiggle in six inches of fetid green muck. But when I arrived to collect the sludge creature he turned out to look like this:

He's difficult to photograph in focus, but he's a deep wine-dark creature with an iridescent blue sheen. The red patches on his fins mirror where the fins of a Plakat/wild Betta splendens would be, and the rest of his fins are a ghostly shimmering white. This fish was in six inches of toxic green shit.

Naturally, he needed the finest tank I could put together that afternoon.

I think I did alright.

He's so fucking cute. He always swims up to watch when anyone approaches. I've got him trained to do a little dance when I feed him. He likes watching me doing anything in front of his tank.

That's all actually pretty typical of Bettas- they're very intelligent and curious creatures and like learning, which is more than I can say for some of my relatives.

Where Upstairs Kevin (so named because his tank is in my upstairs bathroom) really shines is that a lot of Bettas are... Not sociable. They often eat shrimp, attack other fish in their tank (or get stressed out of they can't commit enough violence to maintain their personal space) or constantly harass and nip the snails in their tanks. Most Bettas are genuinely happier being alone.

Kevin fucking loves his snail (Bluebert) and will shimmy as fast as he can over whenever Bluebert falls off something (it's fine, this is a normal way for mystery snails to get from one place to another).

When I had my Nego D'Aguas in the holding tank, I had to put three of the smallest ones in with him because they were being harassed in the small tank, and he was a perfect gentleman with them. He was trying very hard to shoal with them, but they're very zippy. He was visibly upset (lethargic, dulled colors) when I moved them back to the big tank.

Today was the real acid test: I'm going to move him from his 5 gallon to the 10 gallon so I can use the 5 as a hospital/spare plants tank, and I needed to know if I could have shrimp in with him. Even Betta that are cool with other fish can still see a shrimp and decide they're at the buffet. Unfortunately, there's no real way to know without putting shrimp in with the Betta.

So earlier today, I got half a dozen super-discounted Rilli shrimp (LFS has a massive overstock of them for some reason) and added them to his 5 gallon. There are a bunch of hiding places for shrimp in there and if he was aggressive with them I'd move him to the 10 gallon immediately (I don't want to do that just yet because I need to move the furniture around in there a bit).

Friends.

The shrimp are fully swimming in the open and Kevin is just following them around, curious, but only curious. No gill-flaring, no posturing, no lunges or snapping. Some of them are red, a color that normally triggers aggression in Bettas, and he's just. Hanging out, watching them eat biofilm off the moss. One of them accidentally landed on his head and stayed there for 3 seconds and he only went "???" Until it took off again.

My beautiful and perfect and son who is so kind and gentle with his tiny friends.

[panicawa]

Timeskip beach episode, with Vriska

[socialistexan]

[unalivejournal]

Run don't walk to HomeGoods before the Frankenstein's monster gay marriage selfcest pillow sells out

[likeafieldmouse-deactivated2015]

Gustave Caillebotte - The Floor Scrapers (1875-6)

Original on top, later version below

“Despite the effort Caillebotte put into the painting, it was rejected by France’s most prestigious art exhibition, The Salon, in 1875. The depiction of working-class people in their trade, not fully clothed, shocked the jurors and was deemed a ‘vulgar subject matter.’ 

The images of the floor scrapers came to be associated with Degas’s paintings of washerwomen, also presented at the same exhibition and similarly scorned as ‘vulgar’”.

[mssming]

I got tired of my sims just sitting around neglecting their house and responsibilities, so I made some changes to push them to be productive. Most interactions were only autonomous for sims with the neat trait, so I made cleaning a priority for all sims except for slobs.

Made changes to the laundry system. Sims will do the whole laundry process autonomously. The process includes doing laundry, drying clothes in both the dryer and on the clothesline, and getting clean laundry from both the dryer and clothesline. Sims will also pick up their dirty clothes from the floor.

All cleaning interactions listed below are now a priority to sims.

Wash dishes (sims will prefer to use the dishwasher if they have access to one)

Clean counter

Clean Stove

Clean toilet

Clean shower, sink and bathtub

Clean Litterbox

Bathe pet

Feed pet and fill pet bowl

Take out trash

Mop puddles

Put away books and toy box toys

Wash hands (increase hygiene)

Download (download on Patreon)

[miamaimania]

“Lettuce Ware” (1960) by Dodie Thayer ☀ When dinner becomes botanical theater

[cosmicretreat]

[daysleftofsecondterm]

this post makes me feel patriotic

[transcyberism]

this post makes me feel a complex mixture of love for the people around me and consternation about what "patriotism" entails politically and ethically

[stubborndodecahedron]

horrifying how qualified for my job i am

[teaaddictyt]

Farm Fields Texture Default

Now that we can all finally SEE the farm fields from lot view (Will, I love you, seriously), I thought we could all use some nicer textures for them.

So I took these lovely hi-res farm fields and did some stuff and changed things up.

Before:

After:

New textures are 1024x1024, sorry, but with the pink soup fix, it should be fine right? 😂

Credits to Criquette and Pixeldolly, I just did stuff in photoshop.

@spockthewok thank you for once again fixing something I asked you to fix no matter how tedious and painful it turned out to be 🙈❤️🥰

Download Here!

[sonja92yu]

Sims 3 Performance Boost Patch Collection

Hey everyone, here's another spicy experimental thingy from me. Emphasis: experimental. Please back up your saves! I haven't found any issues, but you should err on the safe side!

I'm resisting the urge to write this description as a winding story about why this thing exists and how so here's as quick a rundown as I can manage:

This is an ASI mod (like Smooth Patch or Settings Setter) that goes into your Bin folder and does its thing at runtime.

Depending on your setup, it might significantly speed up loading times from game launch to in-world. In one of my saves, it went down from over 18 minutes down to between 3 and 4.

It should also reduce memory usage (specifically, the 'virtual address space'--the real reason for Error 12 and memory-related crashes). How much depends on your setup, but it could be up to several hundred MB.

In-game stutters and especially multi-minute freezes (if you experience those) should be shorter and fewer overall. Not gone, but much more playable.

This mainly works on retail and Steam versions of the game. Many of the patches won't activate on EA App version. You can still use it, and might still reap some benefits, but the strongest patches aren't supported yet. It's in the pipeline, though, so stay tuned.

You need an ASI loader for the mod to load (like the wininet.dll from Ultimate ASI loader). If you use any other ASI mod, like Smooth Patch or Settings Setter, you likely already have it.

DOWNLOAD LINK

SPECIAL THANKS:

sims3fiend et al for Sims 3 Settings Setter. This mod started out as a "Settings Setter lite" for personal use because Setter proper added a little too much VAS for my bloated save's liking. But all the S3SS patches are removed from this release version. You can use them together freely if you want all the patches.

Also, here's the number that's your real enemy:

[mssming]

Pregnancy Ups & Downs V1.3

Note: It's important to take care of your pregnant sims since early pregnancy will be harder on them.

Update V 1.3.1

Fixed trait chance.

added more birth outcomes.

Sims will now pay $5500 for Childbirth Expenses when they give birth. The cost will be added to their Unpaid bills if they don’t have enough money. (If sims had a bad birth experience, they will be charged an additional $10,000 due to complications.

Good and bad birth experience depending on mood. (mood value 70and above= good and under 70 = bad)

Medical Advice: All Pregnant Sims including NPC can autonomously get medical advice at the hospital. Send your pregnant sim to visit the hospital and they will get medical advice after visiting.

Sims who are family oriented will more likely get medical advice.

Sims will stay at the hospital for 2 hours.

You will get to choose the baby’s traits when you get medical advice at the hospital because it will increase the chance of having a smooth pregnancy. (this is not always guaranteed because you have to take care of pregnant sims) negative traits might outweigh positive traits.

Spa: All sims including NPC can autonomously get massages at the spa which can help relieve backache. Send your pregnant sim to visit the spa and they will get a massage after visiting.

  Pregnancy Tracking:

Sims are in the second trimester when a timer is being shown on the pregnancy buff. (default pregnancy length)

Sims are in the third trimester when the timer is no longer showing on the pregnancy buff. (default pregnancy length)

       Pregnancy:

Pregnant sims are now moody.

New pregnancy buff.

Pregnancy is now uncomfortable for sims which will decrease mood by -10.

      Nauseous:

Pregnant sims will experience more nausea as a downside of early pregnancy.

Pregnant sims will vomit more frequently as a downside of early pregnancy.

Sims may or may not accept romance when nauseous.

Nausea will decrease mood.

       Backache:

Sims have a 100% chance of getting a backache.

Backache can be eased for 3 hours after getting a massage.

Sims may or may not accept romance while having backache.

Backache Will decrease mood by -20

(Sims who were already pregnant before adding this mod won't get mixed feelings)

     Anxiously Expecting:

Sims who are anxious about their pregnancy will now have a chance of rejecting romance and socials.

Sims will feel anxious about their pregnancy if they have one or more of these negative traits.

(Dislike Children, Neurotic, Grumpy, Brooding, Commitment issues, Evil, Daredevil, Rebellious, Unstable, Insane, Coward, Absent-minded, Loner, Unlucky, overly emotional)

1 trait matched = 25% chance every in-game hour

2 traits matched = 40% chance every in-game hour

Sims will be stressed, and their mood will decrease by -60

    Eagerly Expecting:

Sims who are eagerly expecting will more likely be social and romantic.

Sims will be happy and their mood will increase by +50.

Sims will be eagerly expecting if they have one or two of these Positive traits.

(Excitable, Nurturing, Family Oriented, Hopelessly Romantic, Brave, Lucky, Disciplined, Friendly, Good, Social Butterfly, Overly Emotional, Easily Impressed)1 trait matched = 25% chance every in-game hour2 traits matched = 40% chance every in-game hour

More Negative Moodlets:

Negative Buffs will decrease mood by -30 or -50.

Note: You can use any pregnancy length since all pregnancy related buffs will be removed after sim gives birth.

More Negative Moodlets ranging from -30 to -50.

Conflicts: 

This mod will conflict with any mod that modifies the default bufflist. (not custom bufflist).

Lizcandor Mixed Pregnancy Feelings. (This mod is already a part of my mod).

More Negative Moodlets Mod. (Already a part of my mod with some changes).

Credit to Lizcandor for the original Mixed Pregnancy Feelings mod and MoominMariah for the More Negative Moodlets mod.

   (Previous versions are no longer supported)

Download on Patreon (Public Release 08/13/2026)