Prompt Cast
Finding solace and connection through The Sims and The Black Simmer website
TLDR A woman named Autumn finds comfort and support in playing The Sims and creating a Sim that looks like her deceased grandmother. She discovers The Black Simmer website, where she can keep her grandmother's memory alive and connect with others who understand her experience.
Timestamped Summary
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A woman named Autumn finds solace in playing The Sims as a child to escape her difficult home life.
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Autumn's grandma was the one bright spot in her life, but when her grandma gets sick and eventually passes away, Autumn loses her main source of support and love.
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After her grandma dies, Autumn tries to recreate her in The Sims, but struggles with the limited options for creating a realistic Black sim until she discovers The Black Simmer website.
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Autumn finds solace in The Black Simmer website, where she can create a Sim that looks like her grandmother and keep her memory alive.
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Autumn realizes that creating a world in The Sims where her grandma can never die prevents her from grieving, so she decides to turn on aging in the game and face the reality of her grandmother's passing.
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Autumn lets her Sim grandmother pass away peacefully in the game, finding comfort in the fact that she lived a long and fulfilling life, surrounded by family, and without suffering or pain.
27:39
Autumn visits her Sim grandmother's grave every year to lay flowers, and the story originally appeared on "The Nod," a podcast that covers black culture and features a variety of different and surprising episodes.
31:44
The speaker describes their experience in a mental hospital, feeling trapped and lacking autonomy, and their desire to connect with others who understand their experience.
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The hosts discuss the phenomenon of people becoming depressed after watching the movie Avatar and longing to be one of the blue characters, but they question the validity of these claims.
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