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screenshot: EA \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nEver since mankind figured out various pigments could be smeared on cave walls, humans have drawn cocks on stuff. From the Cerne Abbas Giant<\/span> to your mom’s bathroom wall, winky and winky-shaped creations appear anywhere anything<\/em> can be crafted. So it is that the The Sims 4 Gallery <\/em>has been as replete with dicks as the underside of any bridge. Until now.<\/p>\nAs spotted by VG247<\/em><\/span>moment update on the official The Sims 4<\/em> blog<\/span> reports that it has added a Gallery Profanity Filter Update.<\/p>\n\u201cWe are aware of and have seen some select instances of wholly unacceptable content that has been uploaded to The Sims 4 <\/em>Gallery,\u201d begins the post, like a disappointed principal speaking to the whole school. \u201cOur team has reviewed, and made critical updates to, the profanity filter to help prevent this from happening again in the future.\u201d They’re not asking for pupils to put up hands, but if anyone would like to come forward and confess before they’re caught, it’ll make life easier for all involved.<\/p>\nThe Sims 4<\/em> Gallery is a place where players of the recently made free-to-play game can share their creations, allowing others to download them and add them to their own game. This might be beautiful pieces of hand-crafted architecture, a specific room to add to a house, or a Sims lady with big boobs and a nice suit. And where creativity is allowed to flourish, rude stuff will appear.<\/p>\nRead More:<\/strong> The Sims 4<\/em> Update Accidentally Adds Incest<\/span><\/p>\nMy favorite example of this was when another Will Wright game, spore<\/em>released its free character creator, and immediately \u201cSport\u201d was born<\/span>. sims<\/em> creator, Wright, even praised such endeavors<\/span>, calling them \u201camazingly explicit.\u201d However, that’s not something The Sims<\/em>, with its family-friendly image, could ever lean into. No matter how depraved you<\/em> might be when you play it in the comfort of your own hovel.<\/p>\nSo it is that The Sims 4<\/em>‘s profanity filters have been given an overhaul, in an attempt to make its Gallery a safe place for kids to browse. EA continues to call on the community for help in policing this, flagging naughty uploads, while the promise \u201cto do our part by quickly taking down objectionable content that surfaces.\u201d They also say they’ll \u201cremove\u201d repeat offenders, and keep \u201cregularly reviewing the profanity filter in case any updates need to be made.\u201d<\/p>\nEA is too shy to give examples of what has found its way to the database, (and it’s not exactly innocent when it comes to adding inappropriate content itself<\/span>) but it seems fairly safe to bet it’s cocks. It’s always cocks.<\/p>\nSearching through the Gallery this morning<\/span>the most offensive content I could find is people’s dress sense<\/span>. And no cocks at all.<\/p>\n