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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 176 points 1 week ago (11 children)

The last thing they said. I'll never have to say "What?" 4 times in a row again.

[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You win. The amount of times I've wished the real world had subtitles...

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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 147 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Number of times they molested kids.

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 76 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Monkey paw's finger curls: You can see them. They're EVERYWHERE. People you thought you knew and loved have numbers greater than zero over their head. Despite your horror, you try to make use of the power to try to bring them to justice. No one believes you. You have the Cassandra's curse of the status quo. 'Steve? What are you talking about? He'd never do anything like that. Butter wouldn't melt. You should probably shut your mouth before we get offended about what you said about our friend and kick the shit out of you. Know what I mean?' You watch the news and see everyone who has a position of power over you and your loved ones has a non-zero number. You try to escape into fictional media but your favorite actors are non-zeroes, the author pictures in your favorite books show non-zeroes, the album sleeves of your favorite bands show non-zeroes.

Knowledge can be a burden.

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Justice can be brought without anyone believing a thing you say.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Ehh. Serial killers tend to only get so far.

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 week ago

We truly live in the worst timeline that this would even be considered.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 89 points 1 week ago (10 children)

First name.

"Hey Janine, can you move your cart out of the way, thanks, gonna get by here and go get some ice cream sandwiches."

"Excuse me, Ravi, trying to get off the train, one moment, thanks."

"Oh hey, you're a Tanis too, just like me, neat!"

This will absolutely weird everyone out.

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[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Realtime running count of lies told

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[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 67 points 1 week ago (9 children)

How likely they are to have sex with me this very second behind those bushes over there.

Good God I'm shallow sometimes...

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

"This stupid stat is broken, it just shows 0 for everybody."

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 week ago

Laughs in ugly

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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Is "how much I would like them on a scale from 0 to 10 (with a resolution of like 0.01) if I got to know them at a deep level" allowed? Or is that cheating?

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

It's a hypothetical question, so yeah. It can be whatever you want it to be. =)

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm here to toot for the "lifetime farts" number

[–] fork@feddit.online 24 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I was gonna say a percentage of how close they are to their next fart, lol.

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

«WARNING: FART INCOMING»

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago (7 children)

all the others seem a lot more invasive, so I'll go with their pronouns/gender so I never have to ask and be awkward

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

% of how genuine they are with me, easy to figure out who's worth the time and who isn't.

Could be a problem in a relationship tho. I take it back, just the cumulative numbers of fart in a lifetime.

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The "genuineness" statistic sounds like the sort of thing that would gradually drive me insane.

I'd probably end up staring into the mirror and seeing an abysmally low number for myself.

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[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 38 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Some kind of "empathy score." Not sure what the formula would be, but it would reflect how readily they feel empathy for another person, and how many other people they can care about.

A narcissist would have a 0 -- they can only care about themself. Someone with very limited empathy would have a small number -- say, they can only care about their immediate family, and they need to really get to know someone before they care about that person. People who naturally care about others, even if they don't know the other person, would have high numbers.

This number would sometimes just flat out tell you that certain people should be avoided, or certain conversations are pointless with that person. Or if you do need to try to convince them of something, the number may show you how to frame the conversation. E.g., show how it's in their own interest if they have a low number.

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[–] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A scale of 1-10 at how likely we could be friends.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 18 points 1 week ago

Put me in horny jail, but I think the world would be a better place if we could see a measure of how likely we could be mating partners.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The time and date of their death.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 45 points 1 week ago (7 children)

It would be interesting to see this update in realtime. You see someone about to get in their car, with a death time 5 mins from now. You call out "hey", they stop, see you were talking to someone else. The date updates to 30 years in the future, as that momentary pause meant they won't be in the place they would have when someone runs a red light.

Somewhere unseen, someone's number changes from 20 years away to 5 mins away.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Healthbar.

"Hey, fuck you! I'm gonna kick your ass, man!"

"Mighty big talk for someone who only has 4hp."

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[–] Doom@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

An icon to indicate if they washed their hands after the last time they used the bathroom.

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[–] redwattlebird@thelemmy.club 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A boolean indicating if they want a conversation or not

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[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Number of cumulative years they would be imprisoned for, had they been caught and convicted of every single crime they ever committed.

I'm betting most adults are not at zero.

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[–] ladybugs@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

None. Someday, some company will build and sell a tool that actually does that, and it will be hella privacy invasive. Actually, it'll probably just be another invasive feature added to the Ray Ban perv glasses.

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[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How willing they are to talk to you right now. You can always pick the right person to talk to if you need to ask a question, give a friend the exact amount of space they need if they’re going thru something, and easily identify people that are interested in you (or not). Best of all, though, you can spot someone who’s a little too eager to talk and avoid a hostage-style conversation where they won’t let you leave politely

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your eyes scan the room, skimming the numbers. Everyone is in their own conversation, 20, 35, 15, nothing promising until you spot an 85. Their back is turned but you make your way through the crowd to their side of the room. You say "Hey", and they turn, and as soon at they see you their number starts to drop. 75, 60 45, 10. Ouch, sometimes you wonder why you even try.

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[–] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

HP bar, level, and whether they have aggro

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[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Number of racial slurs used genuinely.

[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

aw man that would be rough for those of us who were raised by terrible people but learned how to be a better human

[–] plaztek@piefed.ca 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel a better one would be amount of time since the last slur was used, or number used in the past 30 days or something.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 24 points 1 week ago

12304 days since last racist incident

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[–] raspirate@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Total net worth. No hidden assets or secret bank accounts. Every last cent that a person is worth. Also, it gets brighter/more noticeable whenever you're advocating for something that increases your net worth.

I feel like this would be the only way to get a lot of people to connect the dots.

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[–] petrichornetrainfall@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A percentage of how much our core values/morals/beliefs align, weighted by how important they are to us.

It would make it super easy to know upfront who I should include in my life and who I shouldnt.

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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Number of times they've lied

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[–] uKale@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A sort of hunger bar. It would be useful in so many situations.

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