When you see an NPC and just see the maxis face template. "Ugh another Komei Tellerman looking dude.."

When you briefly consider going into full-time lotus-eater mode in response to yet more potentially plan-wrecking world news (you can probably guess what it was, and if it wasn't that for you, I'm not spoiling your relative peace) and start planning out a daily routine involving at least 10 hours of Simming a day before remembering that you already tried that last time and only made yourself feel worse by failing. Sad thing is that I used to be able to do that kind of thing, but gave it up in favour of being a full-time functional adult. Kids (or anyone who has the ability to go into lotus-eater mode despite outside chaos), don't grow up. IT'S A TRAP!
Seriously, if you have the ability to escape into a hobby to the point that outside catastrophe is a good excuse to devote more time to it, keep it even if it is an addiction -- because it's too easy to lose the gift along with the time-sink. It's probably more permanent than any rewarding outside life can be, and even if things don't go horribly wrong, those rewarding lives tend to foster their own, nastier addictions. The bills won't pay themselves any more if you're in the Fortune 500 than if you're someone whose greatest achievement is in gaming, and if you're the latter you can play the incompetent-at-real-life card to get others to look after you because they wish they could be you (*cough* streamers *cough* oh wait, fake coughing isn't funny anymore...I'm not sick, just choking on those sour grapes a bit! ). Obviously, this doesn't only apply to Simming, or gaming in general. Solitary escapism in its own right is a worthy ability.

(I just remembered seeing a "weird destinations" article featuring a rather nice hotel room in a deep cave, which weirdly looked like a TS2 build in cutaway-walls mode surrounded by a deco cave. Maybe that would be a good lotus-eater's den...)

Ah, I am in the time sink you call that obsession, and it's because I've got about 9 months to go before I retire. I'm developing my lotus eater stance for playing my game, and it feels good.
Pandemic or no, I've always been a homebody, and having an excuse for idly passing my time away playing a game that I love is the best use of my time during this awful time, especially since I'm essentially alone without kith or kin to relate to.
It keeps you young, I think, to play a game, instead of dwelling on the outside world where you cannot change the course of destiny, or other people's lives. But before you say I'm a child, I am not-being an adult for so many years was all right, I did my job, paid my dues and if I want to sit at home, eat snacks and play pixels all day long, it's nobody's business but mine. I've earned this.

And nobody is around to scold me for doing it.

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I relate. The world seems to be such a mess. But I remind myself that that sort of thinking has been around...as long as people came out of caves? I remember when I first retired; had not had a computer at home, or played games. Got so obsessed, would often play all night, or wake up anxious to see what they had been doing (yes, I really thought that). Husband used to say I shouldn't be doing this; I would reply "Why NOT?"...now I wish he was here to tell me to go to bed.
Still, we are Sim-like, and have needs to "talk to", "play with". Some people have problems interacting with others even before covid, and now with covid MOST of us are not getting their daily smile & a hug. So I paint a smile on my mask. And I send a warm, Gramms-smells-like-a-cookie, hug to all.

Yes, we all have our need to talk to other people, and play with others in real life-but you adapt to the circumstances you live in. Let me be clear, I do miss my husband, but life does go on, and I have to learn to adapt to that change. I don't play games all day, every day-I have appointments, and things I must do to continue being here, but the game and my computer do connect me with the outside world in a way that would not be possible otherwise without them.
Right now I'm supposed to be testing a new mod (and no, I can't tell you what it is) so I do have a legitimate reason for playing right now...
I like that kind of excuse. It keeps me from feeling guilty at playing the game sometimes...

All I see is Plumbobs. My celing is Plumbobs.

@Bigsimsfan12 It looks like your Sims are having a party in your bathroom!

Are you on the maternity ward???

Sorry @Bigsimsfan12 ! I should have thought of that. I thought that rail hanging from the ceiling was for a shower curtain, hence me thinking it was a bathroom ceiling. I didn't think of it being for the curtain round a hospital bed.

Best wishes to you, to your baby-to-be, to your partner, and all your Sims! (If those are all plumbbobs, it looks like they've all come to visit you! )

Yes he was born just after midnight.

It was a reasonable guess though Andrew

@Bigsimsfan12 Hooray! Glad you are okay! Congratulation!

Congratulations Bigsimsfan! And Welcome to the New Arrival!

Congratulations!

Wait..what? That picture is your view..having a baby?Yea! (insert party balloons, confetti, sparkly something). What's his name? So precious...sending you much good wishes.

Congratulations-of course you'd see plumbobs! You're a pixel pusher!

Congratulations!

Thank you! He's called Elden Isaac. He came out looking like a mini version of my first born, so someone must have forgotten to roll the pacifier

Haha it was the birthing suite. I took the picture post-birth I'm not that hard-core... but while giving birth the midwife was talking to my partner about video games and he was telling them all I love Sims and I'm "a well known modder in the simming community" I made 1 mod several years ago and nothing since but ok

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

I always visualize a low fun meter when I'm feeling stressed and a red plumbob

Congratulations Bigsimsfan and Littlesimsfan

Congratulations to Bigsimfan and Elden! May both of you be permaplat, with all your needs met and many happy birthdays!

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What a shame, I was ready to go shopping!