delitomatoes@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCoffee is a mana potion and Cough Syrup is a health potionmessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareCoffee is a mana potion and Cough Syrup is a health potiondelitomatoes@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI 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.
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo 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)
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.
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)