IN3S Piercings

I was digging around my external hard drive and found my downloads folders for sims 3 from waaaaayyy back, like years ago when I first tried the game but didn’t like it and went back to playing sims 2. IN3S had a mega folder for their downloads but it no longer exists so I thought I’d pack up a few things I have of theirs and put them up for download for those who never got the chance to snatch them before they disappeared.

Here are all the piercings I have from them. Some piercings have doubles because this was before “multiple accessories per location” existed and they are categorized as different accessories. ^^

I take no credit whatsoever for this download, all credit belongs to IN3S. I just clicked a few things (I mean, I spend more time drawing those cats than making this download ^^).

Download (.package files only)

A Crash Course to Kendrick's Super Bowl Performance, from a Black Woman

Note: this does NOT go in depth into all of the song's lyrics. I don't have time to recount two decades of his discography. This is just a summary of the performance itself.

Let's start with the first visual we get:

UNCLE SAM - most notably recognized from WWII American wartime propaganda, Uncle Sam is the personification of American patriotism and freedom. The term "uncle" is also evocative of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist book that aided in inciting the Civil War. Uncle is also a very common term (both endearment and derogatory) towards Black men (eg. "unc"). Samuel L Jackson was fantastic.

Uncle Sam also resembles a circus ringleader, notable for my next point:

THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME - no, not Super Bowl. The GAG is us the people being pitted against each other: through late-stage capitalism, through the culture war, through class warfare, through being built of the backs of slaves. We are all players in the GAG because none of us on this site were the oligarchs seated at the inauguration.

This is also seen as Kendrick's stage was a Play Station controller. Not only did it remind of circus rings visually, but it was a game battle stage. The Great American Game is a battle royale of the commoners for the amusement of the rich whites.

Remember the foods / Them color was tin and brown / But now they 100 and blue - For this I'll just say, look what the last election said about lowering the price of eggs... and look at the prices now.

The revolution about to be televised / You picked the right time / But the wrong guy - Election 2024 once more. *Edit to add, the first part of this lyric is in reference to the Black Liberation Song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron. Thanks to everyone who mentioned that.

THE FLAG DANCERS - yes, the dancers formed the US flag... off of the backs of Black people. Not a single white person in sight, and that's true of the cotton pickers in the fields. Plantations are part of how the US came to economic prominence after being a "backwater" colony. Remember tobacco? Cotton? Our bloodlines do. *Edit to add: they also all piled out of a clown car. The US flag in a clown car? Brilliant.

The red and blue dancers are also notable for representing the Crips and Bloods, two infamous street gangs. The dance in Not Like Us is the Crip Walk. I recommend researching more on your own time about them, but just know they are a large part of the stereotype of Black people being "ghetto."

TOO LOUD, TOO RECKLESS, TOO GHETTO. Do you really know how to play the game? - This is exactly what Black people, especially Black men, get told all the time. It's why we change our names on resumes if they sound "too Black." It's why we codeswitch in non-Black company. This is especially rich considering how non-Black people love our culture and love to make money off of us, as the latter part of the quote points to. And it's even more profound during the Super Bowl-- the NFL is majority Black players.

STREET LIGHT A CAPELLA -- "thug" stereotype dancers to counteract the a capella connotations, with Uncle Sam then saying that Kendrick figured out "bringing other street guys around being a culture cheat code." Yes, this is a direct hit at Drake (listen to "Not Like Us") but also politically. Look up "model minority". Notably I would point to Candace Owens, or the Miami Venezuelan political group that's been in the news recently, especially as this directly led to Kendrick being surrounded by...

DANCERS IN WHITE -- it's white America. That's... that's the allegory.

NOT LIKE US TEASER -- Kendrick says "Not Like Us" is "their favorite song." -> he means white people specifically here. It comes after he's surrounded by all white dancers, the women around him who are his call and response are also in white (my opinion, they represent the industry). He's saying "Not Like Us" is the favorite of yts because it is about BLACK MEN FIGHTING. This again is reflected in the video game stage and ringleader Uncle Sam.

SZA -- instead of giving what they want, we see SZA. She's one of Drake's exes and Kendrick has always supported her.

ALL THE STARS -- This was in the first Black Panther movie, which I recommend you watch. Rest in Power Chadwick. Notably, this movie was incredibly mainstream as a major Marvel movie, and then we have Uncle Sam say...

"THAT'S WHAT AMERICA WANTS: NICE AND CALM. DON'T MESS THIS UP" -- translation: Marvel (the industry, America, etc.) wanted a safe, semi-pop song because white American likes safe pop songs, not Kendrick's usual heavy rap style about his life as a Black man! Don't mess up what you've got going mainstream for having this "Black rap feud" with Drake, who is an R&B model minority to white people because he's safe.

So what does Kendrick say?

IT'S A CULTURAL DIVIDE / IMMA GET IT ON THE FLOOR -- He was warned not to be political or apologetically Black for this Super Bowl performance, but he is using this big stage opportunity to speak out.

40 ACRES AND A MULE / THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE MUSIC -- 40 acres and a mule are what the freed slaves were promised. Instead, this land went to white sharecroppers. Research Jim Crow laws.

THEY TRIED TO RIG THE GAME / BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE INFLUENCE -- rig the election, rig the industry like with model minority Drake, rig the Great American Game with culture war to distract from active class warfare.

NOT LIKE US -- the only thing I'll mention because it made me holler is Serena Williams crip walking on Drake's metaphorical grave. She's another one of his exes.

TURN THE TV OFF -- exactly like he said! The TV is a distraction, the Super Bowl is a distraction, the mainstream news is often a distraction. Turn it off and get with your people!

GAME OVER — could not see this on my stream but at the end of the performance, the lights in the stadium spelled this out. The world is watching, America…

In conclusion, Kendrick Lamar is a visionary and thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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yvonnestarr

2 years ago

real smooth

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yvonnestarr

2 years ago

4t3: More Chimney Defaults (TS4 Textures)

I wanted some more chimney options, so these came into existence. No in-game pictures this time.

Textures from TS4 Base Game, City Living, Discover University, Get Famous, Jungle Adventure, Vampires, and Country Kitchen Kit.

Compressed.

➨ Download ➨ Alt Download

General info:

Choose only ONE from each folder.

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yvonnestarr

2 years ago

Hairdresser Mod Update

Hello everyone! Kinda dropped off the face of the internet the other day; to apologise, here’s an update of the hairdressing mod!

New features:

Temporarily dye your sims’ hair for a tuneable length of time. Once your sims’ roots and eyebrows grow out, it’ll be time for a retouch!

Hairdressers can now try and impress salon bystanders into being clients with new social interactions such as: ‘Impress with skill’, ‘Name drop famous clients’, etc.

Sims with ‘Bad Hair Day’ buff can try and fix their hair in the mirror.

Fixed Features:

Pets will no longer get the ‘Bad Hair Day’ buff. Going into CAS will no longer change sims’ age. Tooltip now visible on social interactions.

For more info, check the MTS or page or the documentation included in the download!

Download MTS: https://modthesims.info/d/671731

Download SimFileShare: http://simfileshare.net/folder/172828/

Thanks,

Phoebe!

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yvonnestarr

2 years ago

1908 Queen Anne - The Master Bath

This is the final room. I would have loved to have shared the entire lot, but since I install cc as package files, uploading/installing would be a huge hassle. Anyway, this last room has a lot of goodies, so I hope everyone is able to find something to their liking. At some point, I may go back and list all the items used in each room (more than likely not! LOL), but wcif’s are welcome until then. On to the downloads…

Bathroom Art on Maxis Mesh ($50/Paintings, 60 Polys, CASTable) swatch

Two towel edit of Gosik’s Glass Bathroom Wall Towel - pics 1, 2, 4 & 6 ($55/Paintings, 816 Polys, CASTable)

2t3 conversion of Hulasims Round Ottoman, polys reduced and remapped ($100/Coffee Tables, 5029 Polys, CASTable)

LV Alma Bag deco - new mesh ($2000/Sculptures, 2712 Polys, CASTable) swatch

LV Tivoli Bag deco ($2000/Sculptures, 5859 Polys) swatch

Never-ending Camino Real Arches (pic 3) - new meshes, end and middle arches ($100/Arches, 934 & 452 Polys)

2t3 conversion of Pavli’s Condrus Armchair ($200/Living Chairs, 3380 Polys, CASTable 4 color channels & Pavli’s recolors) swatch

Serene Wall Lamp - pics 1 & 3, new mesh ($100/Wall Lamps, 572 Polys, CASTable)

4t3 conversion of Severinka’s Eco Living Tulips ($0/Plants, 1336 Polys, CASTable & SV’s recolors)

1 & 2-tile Glass Shelves - 1-tile in pics 1, 2, 4 & 6, new mesh ($20/Misc Surfaces, 1400 Polys, CASTable)

4t3 conversion of Starlord-sims deco conversion of SLYD’s Celine Trapeze bag ($2000/Sculptures, 2240 Polys, CASTable 4 color channels & SLYD’s snakeskin recolor)