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    XX + XX = XY?

    leo3487leo3487 Posts: 4,067 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    Yeah, the title say all
    We have the option to customize genders, so both females can try for baby
    But then.... you follow me?

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    • crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member
      Well, I suppose all sims should be able to try for baby, but the fact that they are successful in this combination makes it questionable. :)
    • mightyspritemightysprite Posts: 6,211 Member
      Obviously a consequence of alien reproductive technology, which when used between non-alien Sims can have unpredictable results

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    • babajaynebabajayne Posts: 1,866 Member
      At least XX males are possible, though they are infertile.
      XY + XY could result in YY which does not exist!
    • friendlysimmersfriendlysimmers Posts: 7,587 Member
      sorry to say this but i do not get it as a player
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    • leo3487leo3487 Posts: 4,067 Member
      babajayne wrote: »
      At least XX males are possible, though they are infertile.
      XY + XY could result in YY which does not exist!

      Now than you say it
      Sure, if XY + XY can be YY (matrix error)
    • Calico45Calico45 Posts: 2,038 Member
      I'm not sure if I am missing the joke here, but obviously because the game doesn't use a chromosome genetic inheritance system. It is very simply Sim + Sim = Sim with ideally mixed traits, but they have a wider pool of possibilities to pull from.

      Implementing something like this would be akin to implementing a sex mechanic on top of gender, and I don't really see what we would really gain from going that detailed. Especially when we have gender customization the way it is.
    • elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,662 Member
      Since, irl, XX + XX = no baby, I'm not sure I understand your point. Obviously the game is not realistic in the equation or the outcome.
    • EgonVMEgonVM Posts: 5,028 Member
      A simple answer from me: it's a game.

      I'll just say this: I take these gender options as the way that the science has evolved so much in The Sims 4 that same-gender couple can have babies. What exactly have they done, I don't know. How they make X into Y, I don't know.

      Of course, XX males exist in real life. They were born male, just SRY-gene got into X gene and decided to activate. This does cause infertility though... Nah, it's a game. Not everything in games make sense...

      So, let's say that the science in this area has evolved, ok?
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    • StrawberryYogurtStrawberryYogurt Posts: 2,799 Member
      What is the question?
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    • EnkiSchmidtEnkiSchmidt Posts: 5,382 Member
      Back in Sims 2 that was an actual plotpoint in my Strangetown at one time. I was playing Circe Beaker and her townie love (I don't remember that one's name), and they managed to get pregnant via mad science (aka mods), hoping for a genetics defying boy. They got two girls. Good times!

      Nowadays I don't think this issue is worth being upset about, since we have ways to correct or prevent getting boys from a double xx couple: Giving the baby a female name and switching it to female soon as it leaves the crib (pretending it has always been a girl) or feeding the mother strawberries.
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    • randy2355randy2355 Posts: 157 Member
      edited May 2022
      Irl... not everyone is xx or xy. Some people are xxy or xyx. There are other combinations too. It is called "intersex" and approximately 1 in 500 people have a third chromosome. Maybe the Sims in question have three chromosomes as well? Just a thought.

      Edit: I just thought, in MWS there are "intersex" wedding cake toppers. I'm sure that the genders settings are set to reflect that if you want them too.
    • BeardedgeekBeardedgeek Posts: 5,520 Member
      leo3487 wrote: »
      Yeah, the title say all
      We have the option to customize genders, so both females can try for baby
      But then.... you follow me?

      I do not follow, since nowhere in the options chromosomes are mentioned, but gender.
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    • LeGardePourpreLeGardePourpre Posts: 15,560 Member
      edited May 2022
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    • CelSimsCelSims Posts: 2,270 Member
      Beardedgeek wrote: »
      leo3487 wrote: »
      Yeah, the title say all
      We have the option to customize genders, so both females can try for baby
      But then.... you follow me?

      I do not follow, since nowhere in the options chromosomes are mentioned, but gender.

      Don't have my game open but doesn't it say male or female? It's my understanding that these refer to biological sex in the strictest use of the terms, where man, woman, or any other way someone identifies, would refer to gender? I could be wrong.

      Either way, magic exists. And aliens. I have no problem using custom setting when I want my couple to have children. It's a magical made up world. I personally love that not only can players represent themselves, but they can make the world follow rules they would ideally prefer, instead of being beholden to our current reality <3
    • VeeDubVeeDub Posts: 1,862 Member
      CelSims wrote: »
      Beardedgeek wrote: »
      leo3487 wrote: »
      Yeah, the title say all
      We have the option to customize genders, so both females can try for baby
      But then.... you follow me?

      I do not follow, since nowhere in the options chromosomes are mentioned, but gender.

      Don't have my game open but doesn't it say male or female? It's my understanding that these refer to biological sex in the strictest use of the terms, where man, woman, or any other way someone identifies, would refer to gender? I could be wrong.

      Either way, magic exists. And aliens. I have no problem using custom setting when I want my couple to have children. It's a magical made up world. I personally love that not only can players represent themselves, but they can make the world follow rules they would ideally prefer, instead of being beholden to our current reality <3

      Exactly. If one plays as if this is meant to be a simulated version of real life, one no doubt has already had many, many problems with that approach. Many other very unreal things (compared to the world and life we currently know, anyway) have existed in these games since day one. :wink:
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    • catmando830catmando830 Posts: 9,117 Member
      StrawberryYogurt wrote: »
      What is the question?

      Yeah, I don't get it either on what the question is.
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    • KyreRoenKyreRoen Posts: 677 Member
      Obviously XX + XX = A diamond...in particular, it's a plumbob...

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    • LeGardePourpreLeGardePourpre Posts: 15,560 Member
      edited May 2022
      XX + XX = XY

      This equation is wrong, it should be XX + XX = 2 XY (twins) for a perfect equity :p


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    • Brd709Brd709 Posts: 2,185 Member
      I thought you could already toggle it in CAS so that any partner can have a baby?
    • BeardedgeekBeardedgeek Posts: 5,520 Member
      Brd709 wrote: »
      I thought you could already toggle it in CAS so that any partner can have a baby?

      Yeah. That's part of the gender options. Which why the chromosome thing isn't a valid argument since that argument has nothing to do with gender.

      That's the last I will comment on this issue.
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    • DaWaterRatDaWaterRat Posts: 3,378 Member
      Real life Biology is far more complicated than XX and XY.

      Biology in the Sims doesn't have to match Real life Biology anyway.

      And that's all I'm going to say.
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