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[–] Angelusz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Would that not ruin the surprise breakdown??

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 55 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 16 points 1 week ago

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

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

hears boss music at home

chuckes "I'm in danger"

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] coherent_domain 5 points 1 week ago

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

Happy cake day!

[–] Knuschberkeks@leminal.space 2 points 1 week ago

Happy Cakeday

FINISH HIM!!!!

[–] molten@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

staring in shocked horror at anyone with a full bar

[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

No, bullies would just target the weak ones. Privacy is king. Having said that, reach out to your friends, make an effort to connect in life. Go out for a walk and a coffee with them.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Then you end up with Rimworld mental breaks.

[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I could go for a Sad Wander right about now tbh

I am a catatonic breakdown fan

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Current status: binging smokeleaf

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

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

Like Mysterio in Spider-Man 2?

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] nathanjent@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week 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.

[–] Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week 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

[–] SrNobody@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week 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....

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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."

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

The mental one would be a sekiro-esque posture indicator

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

An energy bar too.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

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

Oi.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Mob Psycho in real life.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week 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.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

My bar is empty. Oh well.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

MENTAL BREAK: BERSERK

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Your boss would absolutely exploit it.

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[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago

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

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

Then capitalism slept with my wife!

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