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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 55 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Till you want to apply for a job but your bar isn’t green enough.

Then have the wealthy class try to distinguish themselves by always having a full green bar while the politicians balance your means to make the majority just miserable enough to always be light orange.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Exactly. My first thought seeing this was that shitty people are going to gamify making people more miserable now that they can see exactly how well they're doing.

Omg, you made a terrible idea terrifying. I think you nailed it in the head only they would keep at least 25% to 50% at the red limit just to incentivise the yellow bars.

If we want to talk about the current scales the greens would be holding us to a 60% red line rate. I'm not current but I'm guessing the average American living paycheck to paycheck is around 60% now.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 months ago

I used to have wristbands - green, yellow, and red - that I'd switch between. Lost the green and yellow ones around 2020 or so. If that isn't a metaphor, I don't know what is.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 months ago

Why is your mental fortitude going down, I'm just TALKING to you!?

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 16 points 2 months ago

And constantly have the Pokémon alarm sound when I’m in the red? No thanks.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

“Why did you eat the entire glass of olives out of the fridge?”

Me pointing at my increasing mental health bar.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

like hell it would. It would just let awful people know who to abuse.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago

Damn, it would be a fun time every day at work with my coworkers constantly seeing my bar at 10-20% and slowly going down

[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to have boss music start playing when there are enemies nearby so I know it's time to leave.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

hears boss music at home

chuckes "I'm in danger"

[–] molten@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

staring in shocked horror at anyone with a full bar

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

FINISH HIM!!!!

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'd love to have one for myself. That would help so much

[–] coherent_domain 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, a lot of time I don't know if I am just fine or too tired to feel anything...

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Happy cake day!

[–] Knuschberkeks@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

Happy Cakeday

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Then you end up with Rimworld mental breaks.

[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I could go for a Sad Wander right about now tbh

[–] pankuleczkapl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I am a catatonic breakdown fan

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Current status: binging smokeleaf

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Twist: We already do. Everyone's is just empty.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a multiple healthbar boss! I break down but I keep going!

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Like Mysterio in Spider-Man 2?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

My smart watch kinda does this. It has a concept called body battery that tries to calculate the amount of rest you get vs the amount of energy you use.

[–] nathanjent@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

I've seen Scott Pilgrim. It would just be another way to sell you energy drinks which promise to improve your health bar.

[–] Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

When it gets low enough, it starts beeping like the health bar from LoZ LttP and takes itself out the rest of the way

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

That would stress me out, causing my health bar to go down, which would stress me out even more, causing my health bar to go down, which would....

[–] SrNobody@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

This would be awesome, I could go around hitting people with clutch complements, and moral support and see their heath bar go up.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Debuffs would be helpful as well so I know wtf is wrong with me

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

An energy bar too.

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

The mental one would be a sekiro-esque posture indicator

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I'd like to know what that health bar says for me.

Oi.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Mob Psycho in real life.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I feel like I have a Fallout style health bar, but instead of rad counters it's old age counters. My max available HP drops over time, with the space being filled up with pain. Not to mention permanent debuffs like "arthritis," and "bad knee."

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'd be doing a sl 1 run with 1 HP..

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i was really considering the rig from dead space!

was doing sketches, i mean it would just be LEDS and tubing, might be considered faddish though

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago

Mines been stuck at 0 for decades, no its not broke.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's the sanity bar, from Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Except having a meltdown in that game was like, walking into a room and having a delusion that your controller is disconnected, or a cockroach crawls across the screen, or all your arms fall off.

That was a great game.

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

My bar is empty. Oh well.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

MENTAL BREAK: BERSERK

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

I'd basically be doing a Red Tear Stone Ring run. 1HP, but super strong.

[–] Angelusz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Would that not ruin the surprise breakdown??

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What that would actually mean is more empathy and more openness from everyone. Sounds good.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Would also be used to torture people to just before they died.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Your boss would absolutely exploit it.

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[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 months ago

also easier bullying, because bullies know exactly what's effective and when to bully

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People used to feel that instinctively.

Then capitalism, especially in the US, incentivized people to always look "fit" so people hide their true emotions.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Then capitalism slept with my wife!