Chris JagsChrisJagged@mastodon.social
Jul 12, 2026, 12:25 AMWhich of the following video game abilities do you MOST wish you had in real life?
(No extra lives, sorry 😛 )
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Jul 12, 2026, 2:11 AM@ChrisJagged auto-sort inventory 😭
C.S.Strowbridgecsstrowbridge@mastodon.socialJul 13, 2026, 7:53 AMExactly. The ability to carry enormous amount of items depends on the inventory management tools I get. Really good tools would be incredible. No clutter and the ability to find everything I need immediately would be tempting. Sort by value would make it easy to take out the trash.
On the other hand, fast travel means never being stuck in traffic again, while healing from food means spicy curries would help me instead of hurting me.
May likes Torontomayintoronto@beige.partyJul 12, 2026, 2:56 AM@ChrisJagged Easy money for basic upkeep and early luxuries, so you can get better at fun things and build skills that let you get ahead in life.
Rob Vincent 🎙️Rob_T_Firefly@masto.hackers.townJul 12, 2026, 2:58 AM@ChrisJagged Specifically, eating food found in random unsanitary places. https://theonion.com/video-game-character-feeling-healthier-after-eating-tur-1819588274/
Dr Suzanne she/herDrSuzanne@ohai.socialJul 12, 2026, 3:14 AM@ChrisJagged I’m already trying to fix all my health issues by eating.
Catcatmisgivings@stranger.socialJul 12, 2026, 3:40 AM@ChrisJagged when i was a kid i would have picked double-jump but now i see how useful fast travel would be
Jul 12, 2026, 4:31 AM@ChrisJagged @mayintoronto When I was younger I would have picked 'fast travel' without thinking twice. Now that I am older, I have to go with 'fix all heath issues by eating'.
I will theorize vaguely that you can estimate the age distribution of the poll's audience by the split between these two.
- May likes Torontomayintoronto@beige.partyJul 12, 2026, 4:43 AM
@cks @ChrisJagged Even with all my health issues, I was still 49-51 on fast travel. I could go see all my friends on the other side of the planet whenever. Commuting would be free. We basically wouldn't need cars anymore.
It'd be an incredible social good.
- Catcatmisgivings@stranger.socialJul 12, 2026, 5:21 AM
@cks @ChrisJagged @mayintoronto i think eating ... is very possibly a health issue for me? otherwise i would have probably seen myself more in that answer
derptroncrazyeddie@mastodon.socialJul 12, 2026, 4:33 AM@ChrisJagged I'd be curious how much age plays into responses here.
Sam Stephenschopsstephens@mastodon.nzoss.nzJul 12, 2026, 4:48 AM@ChrisJagged I do wonder how responses to this poll vary by age. Now I'm of an age where I'm not perfectly healthy, my friends are developing health conditions, and one died recently of an extremely aggressive cancer, health condition instant cure is the only choice.
ChasMusic (he/him)ChasMusic@ohai.socialJul 12, 2026, 5:05 AM@ChrisJagged sign of the times
Dror BedrackDrorBedrack@mastodon.socialJul 12, 2026, 5:11 AM@ChrisJagged "press 'a' to chat " would make my social life so much easier
Jul 12, 2026, 7:18 AM@DrorBedrack @ChrisJagged which you can disable at will, of course
Tracks and Trekstracksandtreks@social.lolJul 12, 2026, 5:25 AM@ChrisJagged Fast travel sounds fun but definitely going to have to go with fixing all health issues by eating
- Jul 12, 2026, 7:17 AM
@ChrisJagged Fast travel to places I've been before essentially unlocks timetravel, but finite unless I somehow work up the math (lol no) that says it's infinitely possible given these "rules."
tkissingtkissing@mastodon.socialJul 12, 2026, 7:21 AM@ChrisJagged Looks like about half the respondents so far are over 40 and know the real priority.
- C.S.Strowbridgecsstrowbridge@mastodon.socialJul 13, 2026, 7:54 AM
Yep. I tried going to bed two hours ago, but my nacho dinner had decided I won't get to sleep for at least another two hours. Eating to fix health problems would be invaluable right now.
Emma CoxEmmacox@writing.exchangeJul 12, 2026, 8:57 AM@ChrisJagged where are reduce difficulty mid-game and restore from last save point on this list? 😄
Mer-fOKxTOwlglowl@chaos.socialJul 12, 2026, 11:15 AM@ChrisJagged do not need double jump if i just have to get somewhere with a ladder once and can fast travel afterwards, also carrying lots of items gets kinda unnecessary by fast travel too. 😈
though fix all wounds & health issues by eating sounds very useful.