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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I was thinking about gamifying spoon theory in a similar manner.

It's in Balatro style. Normally, you have a limited number of spoons each day, which you need to spend on doing things. If you overspend one day, it will raise your burnout levels and your meltdown chance, as well as having less spoons for the next few days. However you can gain various extra spoons and/or kitchen utensils, so you can have a better chance at surviving the day.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Isn't spoon theory just a convoluted way of saying you have limited energy for daily life activities?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes. Why spoons? Makes no sense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think it is a case of using a purposefully absurd metaphor because more straight forward ones are too obviously in conflict with basic immutable, toxic aspects of people's belief systems (drilled and blasted through in their childhoods) that function to labotomize their empathy for the hardships of others.

You know how like other cultures use fairy tales and myths to talk about taboos or impossible truths so does "western" culture use the absurd framework of spoons to talk about the "impossible" state of being incapable of what the ruling class demands of us daily.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Poké Ball Theory

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From the wiki, the idea comes from an essay that somebody has written about a conversation they had with a friend about the struggles of chronic illness. The conversation took place at a restaurant, and she grabbed the spoons for use in a metaphor because there were spoons nearby. She gave her friend a set of spoons, and every time her friend mentioned doing a task, she took a spoon away.

It could have been anything, but spoons happened to be at hand and she wanted to make a physical representation of an abstract concept. The essay resonated with people, so spoons became entrenched. And now I hear people say that they're all out of spoons to express the idea that they've done all that they can that day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Oh. I thought it was supposed to be about how hard it would be to do stuff while carrying around spoons in your hands all day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I like to use D&D's concept of spell slots. Some activities are cantrips, I can do them every day no problem. Other activities may need a leveled spell slot, and depending on what else I need to do I might not have a spell slot available, or may need to use a higher level spell slot for a low-level activity.

Main difference is a long rest IRL doesn't always give me all my spell slots back.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Yes but for some reason when you tell people you don't have energy they don't believe you. Because they think mental energy is an infinite resources you can just force out or something

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I'm a big proponent of fork theory.

Basically, fork this shit we are all forking forked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

spoon theory

Thanks for introducing me to a new concept (or at least a term for it), always nice to learn something new.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One spoon is enough for me thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm literally eating with my hands right now.