# What's Pissing off my Sims? (Sims 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591 "2004-11-13T19:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/21 "2004-11-14T13:32:11Z")
> [@Khiadra](#): > > Sadly, I hear it’s really, really hard to get them to die that way. One person tried locking them in a house with dirty dishes piled in every available space and still couldn’t get them to die by flies. Apparently it’s an extremely rare event and even if you have every requirement covered it may not trigger. > > On the other hand, I reckon you must be able to electrocute them. I was watching my Sim upstairs in a house and there was a repairman downstairs fixing the dishwasher. When he came upstairs to fix the toilet he was charred and his hair was black and burnt. I _so_ wish I’d been looking downstairs when that happened! I’d have to grab my book for specifics, but a very large (80%? 90%? Something like that) proportion of the entire lot has to be covered in flies for the “flies shaped like an arrow” to attack. The more expensive an electronic item is, the more likely it is to electrocute a hapless sim. The likelihood of electrocution is also inversely proportionate to a Sim’s mechanical skill. So if you have a zero-mechanical skill Sim, have him fix the computer, and he’ll very likely get zapped. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/22 "2004-11-14T14:21:46Z")
Can you still drown themn in Sims 2? Install a pool have them jump in and take out the ladders? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/23 "2004-11-14T14:40:07Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I’d have to grab my book for specifics, but a very large (80%? 90%? Something like that) proportion of the entire lot has to be covered in flies for the “flies shaped like an arrow” to attack. Flies shaped like an arrow, you say? Maybe they’ll attack more often if your sims were skateboarding at the time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/24 "2004-11-14T15:44:59Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Can you still drown themn in Sims 2? Install a pool have them jump in and take out the ladders? Yep, that works, but it has a couple of drawbacks. 1. You can’t save them. If a close relative or friend (the chance of success is connected to their relationship score) pleads with death on your behalf, he may bring you back to life. With a drowner, death appears standing on the surface of the pool, so nobody can reach him and ask for ressurection. 2. Wet ghosts. Each ghost is different depending on how it died. Drowning victims are bluish and drip water wherever they go. Ghosts in Sims2 wander around a lot longer than they did in Sims1, which means that in the morning your house will be _covered_ with water, and your yard will be filled with weeds, dropping everyone’s environment score to rock bottom. Even hiring a maid and a gardener may not be enough to keep it in check. Electrocution survivors are neat, though. They look like post-explosion Wile E. Coyotes. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/25 "2004-11-14T18:01:21Z")
You know it’s only a matter of time till those damn things climb out of the computer and start chasing you around with little knives, like Zuni fetish dolls. ---
**Author:** ![passengerpigeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@passengerpigeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/passengerpigeon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/26 "2004-11-14T18:39:36Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Electrocution survivors are neat, though. They look like post-explosion Wile E. Coyotes. The best thing about this is that it changes your aspirations to “stay home from work.” This, I feel, is an appropriate response. –p ---
**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/27 "2004-12-22T07:28:40Z")
To die by flies, you should “lock” a sim in a small room with a pizza box. Have them clean up and drop the box over and over until the room is covered with garbage. Then make them walk back and forth through the garbage. Eventually, the flies will attack. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/28 "2004-12-22T16:52:10Z")
On the topic of Sims, I saw the funniest thing one time. This person had made their Sims the smallest house possible. They put no doors in and only put in a fireplace and a clown picture. Then they documented what happened. I wish I could find it again. If anyone knows what I am on about please let me know where it is. I almost wet myself laughing last time. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/29 "2004-12-22T16:55:19Z")
[Found it](http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/simstorture.htm) Enjoy if you are a mean bugger like me. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/30 "2004-12-22T17:10:40Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > [Found it](http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/simstorture.htm) > Enjoy if you are a mean bugger like me. That was great! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/31 "2004-12-23T00:34:19Z")
Good god! There must be a diagnosis for whoever posted that (and for me, for laughing so hard). ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591/32 "2005-01-23T02:26:08Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > [Found it](http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/simstorture.htm) > Enjoy if you are a mean bugger like me. That just had me in tears! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-off-my-sims-sims-2/274591.md?page=1)