You can't control whose mind to read and must read the mind of every person you're around all of the time. You become overwhelmed with all the mind reading.
Have you seen how much cottages go for? It makes sense that it would take two people to afford a one bedroom cottage. And since there's only one bedroom then there's no need for a second bed.
I wonder if it was a rights issue. Konami made the arcade game while all of the Simpsons games on the NES/SNES/Genesis/Game Boy/Game Gear were published by Acclaim.
I'm just keeping it real