So the mug is the best choice by far, due to its universe-breaking abilities surrounding temperature. Setup a Stirling engine on that for infinite power.
I do have to admit it's a bit disheartening to post that pic, and then people react to it by looking how to use the objects to 'hack' the nature of reality.
Kind of, lol. But you can see the difference in the type of hacking. The objects are only meant to hack your own, private reality. That's what the picture is meant to address, that aspect of our lives that can't be translated into external and/or mechanical utility.
Besides, the issue of energy scarcity that the replies are working off could be fixed or at least minimised through realistic technological and political/economic solutions, with no need for magical objects that defy the laws of physics. But no law or real invention can be guaranteed e.g. to give you good dreams.
I mean, that magic candle single handedly gives hope for reversing universal entropy. Everything else might be personally fulfilling but that thing could be the key to preventing the heat death of the universe.
Which would be pretty personally fulfilling too imo.
mein freund, some of us prefer to focus on extracting the most material value out of these hypothetical objects, simply because we want to. it's fun to imagine the possibilities with the infinite energy from the candle and the mug.
I think that's the point that they're making: it's supposed to be about which object of immense EMOTIONAL value would make people the happiest, and then a lot of people make it about their material value in stead.
As much as I understand their disappointment, though, Lemmy of all places is so full of nerds and geeks (said with love as a geek myself) who know a lot about technical stuff that it was pretty much bound to happen..
That was my realization when I invited people to my minecraft server and saw people dig a whole and breed cows just to kill them for xp, while I was over there giving them grass and water and a nice fence
I dont know how much energy you'd get per hour from a hot mug though. I'm much more intrigued by a blanket that would keep you safe in the arctic as well as the Sahara.
It depends on how you define the words "drink" and "warm". If "drink" includes something like molten tungsten, and "warm" includes 6200F then you can get a bunch of energy out of it
Not all liquid moving near the throat is drinking. Drowning, for example, isnāt drinking. It has to be ingested using swallowing muscles, etc. Molten lava would disintegrate the perimeter of your mouth and throat. Thatās ādrinkingā like a shotgun to the face is āeatingā.
I recently got put on new meds that give me really vivid dreams that I remember. Theyāre not bad dreams, but theyāre not really good dreams either. Itās the worst.
favorite mug is the best for breaking the laws of physics and generating infinite energy - though the blanket and the candle also have infinite heat, the mug would be the most versatile, as you could fill it with a super-hot liquid, then treat it like an RTG, generating electricity from the temperature difference between the mug and its environment. use the mug as your spaceship's power supply, and you'll never even need big honkin photovoltaic panels !
Fuck the rest that pillow is the only way to go. Dreaming means I hit REM every night which means I am better at most of the other times almost automatically
I will literally settle for just one quality of one of these.
Give me the "perfect temperature blanket," I don't even care if it's soft or the right size. If it somehow stabilized my temperature so it didn't feel like it fluctuated 20ā° every hour, I would sleep like a baby
If not for the "almost", I'd have chosen the candle for sure, but as long as it's not COMPLETELY impossible, my ADHD/anxiety combo is GOING to find something to stress about.
So yeah, I'm going to go with the treasure stone and hope people don't get the wrong idea about me fiddling in my pocket at high pressure moments š
If I was a fae creature, I'd get the endless candle so I could lure people to my hut in the forest and they would not get a sense of danger at all (assuming everyone around the candle can also feel the effects by smelling it)
Damn, usually these challenges are pretty bad and there's only one or two good options so it makes choosing easier but this one is horrible becuase everything is amazing. I want it all!
The fact that the pillow won't help my awful insomnia (or help you fall asleep in general) makes it so close to being the best choice to me, but it falls short in the most frustrating way.
Technically it says every night not every sleep it gives you good dreams, so either you'll be forced asleep so you can dream or you'll have pleasant day dreams while you lie awake at least.
The others have cool abilities, but I'd take the Treasure Stone - I'm anxious when it comes to confrontation and speaking, so something I could hold onto to make me more confident in myself would be a godsend.
Blankets curse would suck but pillows would be great, less time in reality yes please. Bears curse is already a thing so whatever. Endless candles curse? Just vibe stress free and then have a nice stress free suicide when I'm out of money? Honestly sounds ideal. Good curses on mug and stone tho
Iād kill for that mug if it could also keep drinks cold
I make iced lattes every morning and use a mug for it, and Iād kill for it to stay cold for more than 5 minutes without adding so much ice it becomes weak
cuddly bear cause I hate feeling empthy at times, favorite mug cause I am going to put a very hot liquid in it. Than harvest the heat energy that the mug uses to keep the liquid warm, to ensure that the maximum amount of energy is created to preserve the temperature I am going to put it in the fridge. Infinite energy source. š
Endless candle would be good for battlefield imagine new recruits not having to go through stress and just straight up function as they were trained. Probably removes PTSD or reduce the chances.
Well, nah - stress is "almost impossible". Which means that it is possible, and with disorders it wouldn't work at all most likely. Without it being 100% every time, I don't think it is worth discarding other items.
As for functioning as they were trained - the bravery stone would be better I think. Stress is a great motivator, couple that with complete and utter bravery and you have an army that never routes
123 Comments
Godort@lemm.ee · 88 pts · 2y
So the mug is the best choice by far, due to its universe-breaking abilities surrounding temperature. Setup a Stirling engine on that for infinite power.
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 74 pts · 2y
I do have to admit it's a bit disheartening to post that pic, and then people react to it by looking how to use the objects to 'hack' the nature of reality.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev · 96 pts · 2y
OP: "Hey, guys! Here are some objects that hack the nature of reality."
Posters: *Uses them to further hack the nature of reality, just in other ways*
OP:
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 2y
Kind of, lol. But you can see the difference in the type of hacking. The objects are only meant to hack your own, private reality. That's what the picture is meant to address, that aspect of our lives that can't be translated into external and/or mechanical utility.
Besides, the issue of energy scarcity that the replies are working off could be fixed or at least minimised through realistic technological and political/economic solutions, with no need for magical objects that defy the laws of physics. But no law or real invention can be guaranteed e.g. to give you good dreams.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y
So they induce a kind of psychosis? Ah, sweet. Man-made horrors beyond my comprehension. š
problematicPanther@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
we have things that do that already, they're called drugs.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 20 pts · 2y
I mean, that magic candle single handedly gives hope for reversing universal entropy. Everything else might be personally fulfilling but that thing could be the key to preventing the heat death of the universe.
Which would be pretty personally fulfilling too imo.
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 6 pts · 2y
Universe schmuniverse, I just want to smell my theatre days! š
HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 2y
mein freund, some of us prefer to focus on extracting the most material value out of these hypothetical objects, simply because we want to. it's fun to imagine the possibilities with the infinite energy from the candle and the mug.
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 2y
I think that's the point that they're making: it's supposed to be about which object of immense EMOTIONAL value would make people the happiest, and then a lot of people make it about their material value in stead.
As much as I understand their disappointment, though, Lemmy of all places is so full of nerds and geeks (said with love as a geek myself) who know a lot about technical stuff that it was pretty much bound to happen..
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
Yes, thank you :D (I mean, of course I'm exaggerating a bit by claiming I'm disappointed, it's more of a... "conceptual" disappointment)
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 2y
I was in a band called Conceptual Disappointment. We had excellent stage design, but the music was mediocre at best.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y
I think infinite energy would create muuuch more happiness for so many more people. But i direct happiness cheats are easier to understand i guess.
Lena@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 2y
I agree. And thank you for the heartwarming content ā¤ļø
variants@possumpat.io · 3 pts · 2y
That was my realization when I invited people to my minecraft server and saw people dig a whole and breed cows just to kill them for xp, while I was over there giving them grass and water and a nice fence
Linuto@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
I dont know how much energy you'd get per hour from a hot mug though. I'm much more intrigued by a blanket that would keep you safe in the arctic as well as the Sahara.
Godort@lemm.ee · 32 pts · 2y
It depends on how you define the words "drink" and "warm". If "drink" includes something like molten tungsten, and "warm" includes 6200F then you can get a bunch of energy out of it
Linuto@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
I did not consider a 6200F heavy metal to be a hot drink.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
Jeez I dunno if we could get it any hotter for you, sorry
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
Thats fair i think :)
SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 2y
Drinks tend to be drinkable.
Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 2y
Everything is drinkable. Once.
alx@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 2y
All liquids are drinkable at least once
SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
Not all liquid moving near the throat is drinking. Drowning, for example, isnāt drinking. It has to be ingested using swallowing muscles, etc. Molten lava would disintegrate the perimeter of your mouth and throat. Thatās ādrinkingā like a shotgun to the face is āeatingā.
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 2y
Would that make Kurt Cobain the 1994 Seattle speed eating champion?
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 2y
Only on Lemmy would you encounter such lunacy and I love it! šā¤ļø
Klear@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Who would pick being safe in the arctic when an antidote for existential dread is right there?
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 2y
Arctic researchers? š¤·
Iceblade02@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
dojan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I recently got put on new meds that give me really vivid dreams that I remember. Theyāre not bad dreams, but theyāre not really good dreams either. Itās the worst.
Iād love a pillow like that right now.
Carnelian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
The blanket too, it keeps whatever it covers at 36.5~37.5 Ā°C.
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 66 pts · 2y
They need to buff the candle. Stress is almost impossible? Lol watch me.
snowe@programming.dev · 38 pts · 2y
Candle that never burns out means fire in a vacuum. Pretty powerful stuff.
Evotech@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Huge scientific implications
Devonian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 44 pts · 2y
favorite mug is the best for breaking the laws of physics and generating infinite energy - though the blanket and the candle also have infinite heat, the mug would be the most versatile, as you could fill it with a super-hot liquid, then treat it like an RTG, generating electricity from the temperature difference between the mug and its environment. use the mug as your spaceship's power supply, and you'll never even need big honkin photovoltaic panels !
Befernafardofo@feddit.it · 6 pts · 2y
I love how this post was meant to be cozy, and the first thing you think of is breaking reality.
I would pick the candle!
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah infinite energy source was my first thought as well (mug/candle). Might be able to come up with some amazing uses for the blanket as well.
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
With the blanket you can walk on the sun though. (Assuming that you won't get crushed by gravity)
Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Hate to burst your bubble, but the favorite mug is actually just a perfect insulator. Energy go in, energy no come out.
Vespair@lemm.ee · 37 pts · 2y
... Where do I buy this bear?
I got a lot of emptiness
Ozy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
mood tho
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 2y
I'm gonna need some more information on this memery.
What kind of memes do they produce there?
HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 2y
the mug and candle are just free energy
CluckN@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Good old infinite energy
Delta_V@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
yeah, hook the mug up to a generator for a post-scarcity future
Devonian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
as is the blanket !
neo@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
With the blanket you basically no longer need heating
kittykittycatboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 2y
treasure stone pleaseee i got the bad axniety >< i would mind the bear eithrr mrrp
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
No joke, you can make this treasure stone yourself.
Prethoryn@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
Fuck the rest that pillow is the only way to go. Dreaming means I hit REM every night which means I am better at most of the other times almost automatically
ObsidianZed@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
I will literally settle for just one quality of one of these. Give me the "perfect temperature blanket," I don't even care if it's soft or the right size. If it somehow stabilized my temperature so it didn't feel like it fluctuated 20ā° every hour, I would sleep
like a babyVikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 17 pts · 2y
If not for the "almost", I'd have chosen the candle for sure, but as long as it's not COMPLETELY impossible, my ADHD/anxiety combo is GOING to find something to stress about.
So yeah, I'm going to go with the treasure stone and hope people don't get the wrong idea about me fiddling in my pocket at high pressure moments š
dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 2y
Take the blanket, move to Antarctica with laptop and star link, never be bothered again.
_number8_@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
bear and pillow seem to have the most utility -- having 100% good dreams must be incredibly blissful. but i do feel empty often as well
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Good dream pillow, basically doubling my percieved livespan, potentially more depending on how dream time relates to real life time.
variants@possumpat.io · 1 pts · 2y
But then you'll never wake up feeling rested
Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 2y
If I was a fae creature, I'd get the endless candle so I could lure people to my hut in the forest and they would not get a sense of danger at all (assuming everyone around the candle can also feel the effects by smelling it)
variants@possumpat.io · 2 pts · 2y
Especially with the meme-alia feature bringing endless memes into their mind to sooth them
AceCephalon@pawb.social · 3 pts · 2y
Memes, the DNA of the soul.
MTK@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Damn, usually these challenges are pretty bad and there's only one or two good options so it makes choosing easier but this one is horrible becuase everything is amazing. I want it all!
neo@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Take the stone first. Then have the courage to grab the rest. :)
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 2y
cuddly bear
rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
i need this how acquire
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
it's a plushie dreadful! i love them!
https://plushiedreadfuls.com/collections/plushiedreadfuls
i have the gender dysphoria and the anxiety one and i want the bpd and migrane ones next!
they also have sexuality ones and the lesbian one is so cute!
ambitious_bones@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
The pillow sounds like the ultimate psychodelic drug
Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 2y
The fact that the pillow won't help my awful insomnia (or help you fall asleep in general) makes it so close to being the best choice to me, but it falls short in the most frustrating way.
saigot@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Technically it says every night not every sleep it gives you good dreams, so either you'll be forced asleep so you can dream or you'll have pleasant day dreams while you lie awake at least.
Mrderisant@midwest.social · 12 pts · 2y
My treasure stone is a flask
Th4tGuyII@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y
The others have cool abilities, but I'd take the Treasure Stone - I'm anxious when it comes to confrontation and speaking, so something I could hold onto to make me more confident in myself would be a godsend.
activ8r@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y
Fuck. I need that bear.
dastechniker@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
can the pillow make ultraviolent ptsd nightmares go away
Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Yes
dastechniker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
:o
Kase@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
GIVE ME THE BEAR
tamal3@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
The pillow... Sleep is my nemesis.
Unless the blanket does away with menopausal hot flashes. I'm not near that age, but I dread them still.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
The pillow is the only one that can't be replicated
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
I'd take the treasure stone and go on the amazing race, can't really replicate those effects
neo@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
How do you replicate the stone?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
My wedding ring has the same powers
milkytoast@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
bear easily
Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Unspoken curses of each item:
Magic blanket - you will never get to taste a cold drink or feel a cool breeze again
Good dream pillow - you will be asleep every hour of sundown to sunrise
Cuddly bear - you will always feel empty when you are not hugging it
Endless candle - you will never feel stressed enough to feel the need to be productive again
Favorite mug - you will never get your hot drinks back
Treasure stone - you will progressively devolve into a narcissist the more you touch it
dutchkimble@lemy.lol · 16 pts · 2y
You're just making the pillow even better
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Yeah, Sleeping Beauty was supposed to be suffering under a curse. Sleeping for 100 years sounds great to me.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Blankets curse would suck but pillows would be great, less time in reality yes please. Bears curse is already a thing so whatever. Endless candles curse? Just vibe stress free and then have a nice stress free suicide when I'm out of money? Honestly sounds ideal. Good curses on mug and stone tho
RobotDaniel@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
You could just take the blanket off
Cikos@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
its hard to not game the physics with these kind of choices.
but personally i'd go with the candle or the pillow. i'd pay anything to directly improve my mental health than anything else
urfavlaura@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y
the mug so I can put plasma in it and boom infinite energy
KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Pillow
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 2y
The pillow. I would have peace. Probably wouldn't stop sleeping though, then lose my job.. hmmm maybe not.
Tough call.
theangryseal@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
That one that give me good memery. I like good memery.
Secret300@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Magic blanket, easiest choice of my life
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Try a lighter blanket and a heavier sheet. A good set of flannel sheets will help regulate temperatures.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Though choice, but I'd take the stone.
glassofwater369@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I am choosing all of them and you cant stope mwhahah
bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
Iād kill for that mug if it could also keep drinks cold
I make iced lattes every morning and use a mug for it, and Iād kill for it to stay cold for more than 5 minutes without adding so much ice it becomes weak
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
I already have the bear so I'd go with the blanket. I'm always just a bit too cold.
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Blanket for sure. You could travel anywhere and not worry about the temperature. Even if you ended up homeless you could sleep anywhere.
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
cuddly bear cause I hate feeling empthy at times, favorite mug cause I am going to put a very hot liquid in it. Than harvest the heat energy that the mug uses to keep the liquid warm, to ensure that the maximum amount of energy is created to preserve the temperature I am going to put it in the fridge. Infinite energy source. š
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Basically, you're exploiting that poor mug.
Maybe that's why you feel so empty.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Cuddly bear doesn't really love me. It's just after my money.
Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
If it makes you feel better, I don't love you for your money. I don't love you at all.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
You and the bear.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I literally have a heart shaped treasure stone. The weight is really grounding.
rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
blahaj already provides #3
padjakkels@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
First learn to spell
ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 27 pts · 2y
first learn to be fun :3
padjakkels@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
I refuse! :D
Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
For the memes, the candle of infinite burning, for the comfort, blankie.
Pantherina@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Of course the candle, as it will solve climate change.
If it can never burn out, you can divide it infinitively, and create infinite flames powering infinite generators.
Never say always ;D
Also the favourite mug would be an infinite power generator too
carnimoss@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y
Use the candle to open a spa actually no I'll just keep it for myself
Mango@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Omg gimme dat blanket!
I love my electric blanket already. It gets too hot sometimes though. Magic blanket I can bring outside!
We practically already have that mug. I have to put ice in my tea so I can drink it before the next 5 hours. š¤£
wabafee@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Endless candle would be good for battlefield imagine new recruits not having to go through stress and just straight up function as they were trained. Probably removes PTSD or reduce the chances.
Maalus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Well, nah - stress is "almost impossible". Which means that it is possible, and with disorders it wouldn't work at all most likely. Without it being 100% every time, I don't think it is worth discarding other items.
As for functioning as they were trained - the bravery stone would be better I think. Stress is a great motivator, couple that with complete and utter bravery and you have an army that never routes
MBM@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y
Using the cute, magic anti-anxiety gift to get better at fighting wars sounds like the most dystopian thing lol
Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I would pick the pillow except I would probably form a sleep addiction (again)
Toneswirly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
A good mug is really the closest to heaven i will get
Meowstermind@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
Having hashimoto I'll always take the blanket.
faceless@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
definitely the blanket, or the pillow. Sleep is most important
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
I can't tell if this is accidentally reminiscent of Omori or deliberately reminiscent of Omori
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Huh, that game looks really interesting
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
It is interesting, but... Please mind the content warnings.
saigot@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
I'll choose the mug, make super disgusting health drink meals in it so it tastes good but is super healthy.
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Endless candle sounds really perfect. I want to smell memery (assuming it's a misspell of memory)
_Sprite@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
bas h hesd wih roc