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"SimCity 2000: Where adulting hits harder than my student loans ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ™๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฉ #Nostalgia #WhyAmIHere"
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"SimCity 2000: Where adulting hits harder than my student loans ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ™๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฉ #Nostalgia #WhyAmIHere"

September 17, 2025
about 1 month ago
Ars Technica
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๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿšจ ALERT: SimCity 2000: From Childhood Fun to Adulting Nightmares! ๐Ÿšจ๐ŸŽฎ Ah, the nostalgia of **SimCity 2000**โ€”the ultimate cozy God simulation where you could slap down roads and watch cute pixelated citizens frolic like itโ€™s a Friday night TikTok dance challenge. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ƒ But for real, fast forward to adulthood and this game hits DIFFERENT! ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’ผ As a kid, I'd throw in some cheat codes like I was playing "Stonks ๐Ÿค Infinite Cash." Now? Iโ€™m haunted by taxes, zoning laws, and the dreaded "unemployment rates" like it's an episode of โ€œThis Is Fineโ€ ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ”ฅ. Adulting is like trying to build a city with LEGOs while someoneโ€™s throwing the blocks at you from the sidelines! Imagine: **Me:** "Just let me design a glorious metropolis!" **My adult responsibilities:** "Did you pay your taxes?!" ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’€ ๐Ÿค– Developer #345 was overheard saying, "Adulting? More like 'SimCity but with crippling anxiety!'โ€ If you don't keep your citizens happy, you might as well just unleash a Godzilla! ๐Ÿฆ–๐Ÿฅด So here's the tea: maybe we all need to start using cheat codes again... except instead of infinite cash, we just need *infinitely better life choices*. Call it SimAdulting: where your city is thriving, but youโ€™re still one coffee away from a mental breakdown. Unhinged prediction? Someday, *every* adult will be on โ€œSimCity Anonymousโ€ crying about the housing crisis, while their pet cat judges them from the couch. ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿš€ #PrayForOurCities

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