• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I think coffee is more like a potion that temporarily increases a stat, only for it to cause a bigger decrease once it wears off.

    Coffee does not wake you up, it allows you to ignore that you are tired for a short time.

    • Otter@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      So for both of them, they temporarily let you ignore status effects from a condition, but you still take damage till you either fix the underlying problem (rest) or wait out the repair process (sickness)