Oops, did I break it?

[witch]

A colleague, who has been working in this topic area for a master's paper, sent this to me the other day:

The  Silent  Generation...
people  born between
1925 and  1945.

The Baby Boomers...
people born between
1946 and 1964.

Generation X...
people born between
1965 and  1982.

Generation Y... 
people born between
1983 and 1997.

Why do we call the last group of people
Generation Y?

I had no idea until I saw this caricaturist's 
explanation! A picture is worth a  thousand words.

[Marhis]

Wha...? I was always sure I'm a Baby Boomer, now I discover I'm a Generation X instead  .

Witch, that picture is priceless.

[Julie Tinkerbell]

What game problems could these severed files cause?

It causes file corruption. I believe it starts with things like corrupted gossip memories getting passed around from sim to sim, and/or toddlers having adult wants. Then gradually more and more bizarre behavior until the neighborhood becomes unplayable. Sometimes you see the results of this, like sims disappearing, adults having the behavior of children because they aged up improperly, dogs that are just a floating head with no visible body, and other such creepy stuff. Sometimes you don't see a darn thing, which leads people to argue "oh, I use occupied lots from the lot bin and nothing bad happens so it's fine!" Either way, your neighborhood will eventually become unplayable.

I appreciate that explanation, the "aha!" light came on - I've wondered what symptoms to look for, since I played these families right away after getting the game, not knowing any better at the time.  I've been playing for a while now, and only a few odd things have ever happened, nothing particularly unpleasant or disruptive so far, the most significant being the one I described at the start of this thread.  I have not played any of the problem families after finding out about them, but they do still roam the hood and have relationships with other playables.  Will fix gossip and clean up memories on the lot debugger at least help with the ensuing corrupted gossip and memory files? Then would more drastic measures be required to quarantine (or repair, or remove) the borken families/prevent damage to the neighborhood?

[Jelenedra]

One sister is Generation X while my other sister and I are Generation Y. That's so weird.

[keirra]

My son and I are 2 years away from being in the same generation.

[Strangel]

Awww shit.. I'm a Gen Xer? -skulks off to put self down-

[PirateFaafy]

I'm a generation Y. And I thoroughly despise it. I do wish an untimely death upon most of my fellow Y-ers.

As for the rest, I wish no harm upon any of them individually, I just wish they would practise safe sex or abstain.

[J. M. Pescado]

These "Generation" dividing lines are arbitrary and reflect nothing. I suggest you just stick with the Rule of 6. The Rule of 6 is far more telling.

[PirateFaafy]

These "Generation" dividing lines are arbitrary and reflect nothing. I suggest you just stick with the Rule of 6. The Rule of 6 is far more telling.

So has it been Pescado'd, so shall it be done.

So I guess I fit into the 18 category. I hold this with contempt as well. Although at least I'm not in with the 60+ crowd - far too many of them are too conservative for me to be able to stand being alive. I want to move to Sweden.