“Vampires Exist. They Always Have…”  - Sorel

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You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and your for us.

Can't believe I'm making another post about Adf*y in 2021 but here we go...

I'm sure you all know the new adf*y page which (i'm pretty sure) adf*y skipper can't skip anymore, the one where it asks to send notifications and won't let you proceed until you let them send notifications.

I accidentally just allowed one of these notifications (not at home and using a janky mouse on a pillow, keeps going crazy), so I immediately headed to my chrome settings to get rid of it.

I'm going through blocking everything before I delete it (just so I feel better about it truly being gone lol) and I see this:

I'm thinking, what the hell is a payment handler and why is it set to allow?? That super doesn't sound good... And after some googling I find yeah, it's probably not great.

So, what's a payment handler? Basically, it's when google saves your payment details to autofill later on when you're making an online purchase. So that includes your credit card, debit card, paypal, ect, details. (Source - askcybersecurity.com) Now these are usually fine on legitimate sites but this site specifically:

You just google 'christianivory.pro' and every result is how to get rid of it because it's malware. (That picture was after I cleared the cookies it had already stored, no idea what they were)

(btw, I wouldn't recommend clicking on any of these since malware/viruses are often hidden behind fake anti-malware ads/programs)

Luckily I don't keep any of my payment details saved so I'm pretty sure I'm fine after deleting it and MalwareBytes or Windows Defender hasn't detected anything. I can't say for sure what it would have done if I hadn't of deleted it, it seems to mostly be notification spam but the fact that it was trying to access my payment methods doesn't sound all that great. Even if having the payment methods allowed doesn't do shit, I've had money stolen from me through an adf*y virus before (source - my tumblr)

Like I said, I'm pretty sure I got lucky because I don't save those things but I'm going to offer a hypothetical situation which could be extremely likely in our community specifically;

Lets say I'm a 14 year old simmer who uses their parents computer to play the sims. I've recently discovered custom content and my favourite creator uses adf*y, but since I'm young and new to the community I have no idea that adf*y can be bad and I trust this creator so they would never link me to anything that could harm my computer... right? So I accept that adf*y notification and don't think anything of it, I get the CC I really like and I'm happy. But that notification I just accepted has saved my parents credit card details. I'm sure you can guess where the rest of this situation goes.

So this is me, creator to creator, telling you need to stop. I know finding a source of income can be awful right now, but your source of income could be coming at the expense of someone else who did not agree to this.

If you think your content is worth a price then I urge you to start a Patreon, Ko-Fi or even a paypal because these are platforms that are safe for both parties and are OPTIONAL. Adf*y is not optional for the downloader.

Stop putting the younger and more susceptible people in our community at risk. As creators it is likely that we gain a larger following so stop taking advantage of that. Especially if you're older or are someone who preaches the safety of our younger members in this space, step up and actually practice what you fucking preach instead of just saying it for likes and reblogs.

I am genuinely sick of this, I've been in this community for over half a goddamn decade now and I've posted before about adf*y, as have dozens of other people and this shit is STILL happening.

I am so close to wiping my old laptop and recording myself going through creators adf*y links and downloading as many malicious things as I can JUST to prove to people that adf*y is not safe. And no, I wouldn't blur out blog names, I would specifically be calling people out on their shit. This isn't just petty simblr drama, this can actually affect peoples lives.

TL:DR;

It's Adf*y?? We all know it's bad, stop using it for the sake of our community members!?? I'm gonna start calling people out for pretty soon?? STOP PISSING WHERE YOU EAT

how to remove notifications on chrome:

Checking/removing payment methods on chrome:

I'm sure there are some of you who will take issue with my post for whatever reason so:

1. Don't comment saying that we should just keep downloading however many adfl*y skippers or avoidant addons or be careful about what we click, that is not the point of this post. We shouldn't HAVE to do that just to get cc, and new/young community members DON'T KNOW THIS.

2. SimGuruDrake explicitly saying creators cannot use permanent paywalls

source (sims forums)

video on adf*y (old but still relevant info)

video (this dude basically just speedruns getting malware from link shorteners and the ads on the sites lol)

“In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.”

hey overyone! recently i got an ask wondering how i edit my screenshots so here’s my tutorial on it under the cut. (beware! it’s long af)

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„The Sims” base game, 2000

Hii, do you take all your edit photos in cas? Or do you use one of those photo studio sets too? Your screenshots are always so good. Sorry if this has been asked before, I went searching but couldn't find anything (might not have searched the right terms).

yeah u can expect that if like. there’s no plants or art in an edit that it’s in CAS. i’ve always been too lazy to do a studio setup haha! but here’s a quick explanation of my screenshot process recently

when i know what pose i want to use, i use this method to like freeze my sim into the pose. also by default i installed a stand still in cas mod (by catsblob)

i pull up SRWE to expand my screen size to 3000x3000. Here’s info on how to get it and here’s a super helpful video by @foursims

At this point i just screenshot w/ the ‘c’ key OR i toggle on my fav reshade (sumahuma by @wilderbees) and capture it with my screenshot capture key for reshade. and that’s it!

𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑒

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✧ Ebihara Student Dorm ✧

A student dorm in front of Hamachi Gakuen for those who want to live closer to the school~ Because this was meant for my own gameplay, only 4 rooms are furnished equally but not decorated, so you can do it yourself to fit your gameplay best! The other rooms are hidden with a mark, to freely edit them you must use the RestrictBuildBuyInBuildings false cheat.

☆ Lot Size: 25x25 ☆ EP/SP:  Ambitions | Late Night | Generations | Pets | University Life | Island Paradise | Fast Lane Stuff ☆ Download: MEGA | SFS

Please notice that custom patterns are not included.

Thank you all CC creators and converters!

If there’s anything missing or wrong with this download, please contact me.

This lot was built for Boroughsburg. 

saniya knox for @dogsill’s weird cult, joey

songwriter

rapper

vocalist

from a young age saniya was someone who was always on the move, couldn’t really keep her attention on one thing for so long, her parents thought it would be a great idea to put her in dance classes, and then singing…and then guitar. she was good at all of it, a jack of all trades but it didn’t satisfy her until she started writing and composing music. that’s where her real talent was which led her to make her own mixtapes experimenting with different genres: alternative, rnb, rap. she would try to sell them to anyone that was interested, going bar to bar performing she realized that there was more than just this and was determined to find it.