#merry927

[middleeasternsarecool]

merry927 replied to your post “@white belly dancers”

Not talking about race is racist. It's called erasure. You erase the real context of global imperialism and orientalism, reducing the cultures of the East and Africa to "exotic" stereotypes for the consumption of westerners. And it's just so classic to hear people who do this, claiming they are "appreciating" a culture and yet won't consider what people from that culture have to say when it isn't packaged up as a superficial commodity. It demonstrates your disrespect.

Anyway, it's called orientalism and it's it's really gross, as is the disrespect of telling people from the culture you appropriate that it's up to you as a western person to determine for everyone what is legit about *their* culture and politics. That's you're racist disrespect right there. You just all demonstrated that you don't see the culture as something to respect, but just as something to commodify for your own pleasure and fuck the actual people.             

[vampireloreskill]

merry927 replied to your post: hypothetically i would think you could replace a...

I’ve heard rumblings about this and defaulting the roads at S4S, but nothing ever comes of it. I hope you have success, @vampireloreskill​.

I now think that I can vaguely remember seeing someone who removed some of the deco buildings from Oasis Springs ages ago, but that’s it. I’m honestly really surprised people haven’t done more similar things, it seems relatively simple? Anyway thank you, I’ve actually done quite a bit since I made that post-! I was just about to post some pics.

[merry927]

Merit

Podcaster: Hi everybody. Today I'm out here to talk to the man on the street about a hot topic on the internet: MERIT.

At a passerby: Hey, hi. Do you have a minute to talk?

White lady: Oh, yeah, sure. Why not? Is this a podcast or something?

Podcaster: Yeah, it is! It's called TruthChud! and today I'm asking people to explain what "merit" means to them.

White lady: Well, I guess, it's mainly about being white and male, but, I think, class background and political bent have something to do with it too.

Podcaster: Ah, yes! I see you are well-informed on the subject! Can I ask you another question? Are you currently employed?

White lady: Yes, I am.

Podcaster: And did you have to go through a hiring process?

White lady: Yes, I did.

Podcaster (slightly skeptical tone): And do you believe your prospective employers hired you on merit??

White lady (a little defensive): Yes, I was the best person for the job.

Podcaster: And how do you know that?

White lady: Well, you know, most of the other candidates were Black women, who were either PhD candidates or former NASA pilots, so they were able to overlook my master's degree and 25 years of experience.

Podcaster: Ah, I see. So they gave you the job right away?

White lady (a little sheepishly): Well, no. I wasn't the first person offered the job.

Podcaster: OH! What happened?

White lady: Well, initially they gave the job to a white guy, who had credible allegations of sexual assault against him, but no convictions.

Podcaster (knowingly): OH! Well, how can you compete with that?!

White lady: I know! When you have a background check like that, who even needs to look at your resume?!

Podcaster: But, still, *you* got the job.

White lady: Well yeah, that guy ended up taking a better offer, so the AI interviewer called me back.

Podcaster: Well, lucky for you!

White lady: Yeah! *ha ha*

Podcaster: So just one more question...

(turns to camera) But first, if you like what I'm doing here at TruthChud! where we tell no lies, please like and subscribe!

(turns back): So, is everything you said here TRUE? No lies?

White lady (sheepish again): Well...I actually have 26 years of experience...

Podcaster (raising eyebrows): Oohh?!

White lady: Hey, you're gonna edit that out, right? I don't want to lose my job because I lied on my resume!

Podcaster (fading out): Yeah, no problem. We've all padded our resumes, right? I mean, hell, I don't actually know anything about using ChatGPT....

[merry927]

Cottage Living Food Forge in Aga Colors

I've recolored the Cottage Living Food Forge to match the original Aga enameled cast iron cookers. All the colors currently available from the manufacturer, including the new Contemporary Neutrals and Coastal Blues ranges, as well as, many popular discontinued colors are now available for your Sims! 

Because some of the online photos of Dark Blue and Aubergine were so wildly divergent, you get two swatches of each. (Hopefully, one of them is reasonably accurate for those who need to match their own or would otherwise know.) See the comparisons below: 

28 swatches total

Cottage Living required

TOU: As long as you don’t claim these as your own, make money off of derivative works, or abuse the TOUs of those whose work I’ve included, you may do whatever you want with my custom content. Just give credit.

You can find these and my other custom content in my Studio at S4S HERE.

@maxismatchccworld​

[merry927]

Strappy Tank & Bubble Shorts in Patterns

Base game strappy tank and bubble shorts in 25 cute patterns.

Buttons have been removed (with fixed bump map) from the back of the shorts to not interfere with the patterns (or sitting). 

In the 23 prints shown below plus two plaids. 

Tank top is base game. Bubble Shorts require the Toddler Stuff pack. 

TOU: As long as you don’t claim these as your own, make money off of derivative works, or abuse the TOUs of those whose work I’ve included, you may do whatever you want with my custom content. Just give credit.

Credits:

LadyFu and KiaraZurk for most of the adorable patterns

A Lucky Day and simgguk for the poses

Sims4Studio

You can find these and my other custom content in my Studio at S4S HERE.

@maxismatchccworld​

[merry927]

Iris Candles

Irises are my favorite flower. So I did this recolor of BrazenLotus' separated Story of Three candles. You need the originals for these recolors to show up in your game. Find them HERE.

You can find these and my other custom content in my Studio at S4S HERE.

@maxismatchccworld​

[merry927]

Spellbinding Tile Remix

Do you have the same experience that I do? You'd have just the right look for your game, were a different combination of textures available for so many build and buy items? You think, "Why are all the swatches so unusable? Such and such a combo would be super useful/pretty."

Over the years, I have made dozens of edits, recombining game textures, to create sets of more useful swatches. Here is the first of what will be many add-on sets. Most are for furniture, but this is a recombination of the Realm of Magic Spellbinding tile to start with. Now there are some more subtle versions, as well as, dramatic but not garish options. Hope others find these useful too.

All swatches shown. Realm of Magic required.

TOU: As long as you don’t claim these as your own, make money off of derivative works, or abuse the TOUs of those whose work I’ve included, you may do whatever you want with my custom content. Just give credit.

You can find these and my other custom content in my Studio at S4S HERE.

@maxismatchccworld​

[merry927]

Debug Cleaning Sponge Recolor & Default Override

There is a round sponge on a rope attached to a Tiny Living wall shelf with this color, so I put it on the debug cleaning sponge for a nicer Maxis match option. There is also a simple recolor of matching deco object. (You might assume that I'd be a neat Sim because this is the third default override sponge I've made, but actually I'm a lazy Sim. Go figure...)

Keep in mind that you can only have one default override per object in the game at a time.

TOU: As long as you don’t claim these as your own, make money off of derivative works, or abuse the TOUs of those whose work I’ve included, you may do whatever you want with my custom content. Just give credit.

You can find these and my other custom content in my Studio at S4S HERE.

Credit:Sims4Studio

@maxismatchccworld​