Social Variety: Interaction Cooldowns

The full list of interactions that cooldowns have been added to. Ctrl/Cmd + F is your friend if you're looking for a specific interaction.

✨ = Recently added
🔧 = Recently tweaked

Personal Cooldowns

These prevent a Sim from performing the same interaction with any Sim for a period of time.

⌛ 30 min
Hip Bump
Pass Through

⌛ 1 hour
Noxious Cloud

⌛ 4 hours
Holiday Socials (Toast, Sing, Blow Horns, Throw Confetti, Spin Noisemaker, Belly Laugh)
Ask For Advice (Child to Parent/Caregiver)
Throw Drink
Spout Memes
Make a Mess

⌛ 8 hours
Joke With Costume

⌛ 1 day
Clean Up Pet Toys
Clean Up Toys

Targeted Cooldowns

These prevent a Sim from repeating the same interaction with the same Sim for a period of time.

⌛ 30 minutes
Praise Mess
Compliment Style
Compliment Form
Compliment Appearance
Compliment Color Choices
Compliment Outfit
Compliment Yoga Pants
Compliment Costume
Compliment Ghost
Compliment Art
Compliment House
Compliment E-Sports Skills
Neighborhood Potluck – Compliment
Heartfelt Compliment
Complain About Classes
Complain About Professor
Complain About Textbooks
Thank For Compliments

⌛ 1 hour
Check On (Infant)
Check On (Toddler)
Reminisce On Good Times
Reminisce About Life
Talk about Death

⌛ 2 hours
Gossip About Neighbors
Complain About Local Youths
Flash Crazy Eyes
Goof Around
Goof Around (Teen)
Goof Around (Child)
Smooth Recovery
What’s That Spot? (Child)
Share Ideas
Share Conspiracy Theories
Fish For Compliments (Self-Absorbed)
Ask For Compliment (Squad)

⌛ 3 hours
Weather/Temperature socials

⌛ 4 hours
Hand Buzzer
Tranquilizing Handshake
Chilling Touch
Attempt To Scare
Pretend To Bite (Vampire)
Ghost Scare
Start Preposterous Rumor
Spread Rumors About Woohoo
Tell A Vicious Rumor
Spread Fake Spoilers
Slap ’Em Silly
Pretend To Be Slapped
Play A Prank
Air Horn
Share Holiday Spirit
Share Holiday Excitement
Complain About Holiday
Praise Vampire Lifestyle
Enthuse About Vampires
Advise Resolving Relationship Issues
Ask About Day
Impersonate Celebrity
Impersonate Merfolk
✨ Imitate Boss

⌛ 8 hours
Ask Due Date (Friendly)
Ask Due Date (Mischief)
Give Fake Bad News
Invite To Fake Party
Give Bad Medical Advice
Serenade
Serenade (Self)
Be Thankful (Holiday)
Ask If Good Or Bad (Holiday)
Mistletoe Kiss
Share Lifestyle Tips (all lifestyle variants)
Instill With False Confidence
Lie About Bad Plasma (to Vampire)
Claim To Be A Criminal Mastermind
Teach About Relationship Satisfaction
Educate On Positive Romance Dynamics
Discuss Healthy Relationships
Share Secret
Share Vampire Secret
Describe Apocalypse

⌛ 1 day
Dare To Streak
Reminisce About Wedding
Ask To Clean Up Toys
Ask To Clean
Demand To Clean
Order To “Clean This Place Up”
Promise To Dedicate Song
Discuss Local Fishing Spots
Tell Wedding Story
Ask If Merfolk
Mock/Joke/Support socials for Acne/Body Hair/Facial Hair

⌛ 2 days
Check For Fever (Romantic social exclusive to doctors)
Discuss Neighborhood Changes
Chat About Property Values

⌛ Unique
Share Big News (Once per each pregnancy)
Ask About Home Region (Once)
Ask To Show Off Tattoos (Once unless a new Tattoo is added)