I've actually bought some of these for some autistic children I used to work with. It gave them agency, even if they weren't able to communicate it verbally.
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"how are you doing?"
"I'm alright"
"Oh, just alright?"
Social battery falls to zero
I need this exact pin. You can save some money and make it without any moving parts.
I wouldn’t take it as a slight. If they’re like me, any social interaction, even a pleasant one drains my battery
At first I read it as "Sorry to be a brother..." It's hard to be a sibling sometimes.
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.
Isn't spoon theory just a convoluted way of saying you have limited energy for daily life activities?
Yes. Why spoons? Makes no sense.
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.
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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.
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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
I'm a big proponent of fork theory.
Basically, fork this shit we are all forking forked.
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Imagine seeing one of these and believing you're so special that you don't drain other people's social batteries. So you get offended when you learn that you do.
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isn't that how batteries work though
imagine flirting with someone and she slides her genderfluid pronoun pin from she/her to he/they
That would be awesome for a person with a compatible gender. Like, you are so interesting and attractive I'm willing to expand my horizons.
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If I see anyone wearing this I will make it a mission to get it down to zero. Then I'll come up with efficient strategies to grind it down. I'll try and beat my new best time. I see this as a challenge.
But the best part is? Once it reaches zero, I leave them alone. Because I still respect them as a person
Buddy, this is a good way to get some unlicensed dental work.
Facts.
You know it's true when I'm getting upvoted for Internet tough guy sounding shit. 😆
Just wearing this isn't an open invitation for people (read: you) to be pieces of shit and nothing anyone is wearing gives you the right to monopolize their time or energy.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
"One of the best ways to drain people's energy is via the internet." —Colin Robinson
What if they're working, or have other obligations that require social battery charge? Your personal mission may have ruined their day.
Are you an energy vampire?
YES
semi-related but my economics teacher on the first day said "you can't offend me, I've been a national football/baseball/other sport coach for 20 years. I've been called every name in the book!"
3rd week of school as he was talking about how socialism is the devil, showing videos of cubas abandoned builds and stuff, I said "I did the math and you make 0.0006771% of what Jeff bezos makes in a year."
He admitted defeat but still didn't give me extra credit like he said he would as a joke :/
I really like brutalism, especially when contrasted with greenery. A set of brutalist apartment blocks, with ample space between each of them, which contains native flora would be rather beautiful. The space between the blocks could also be used as a communal barbeque place. Or a fitness trail.
Joke's on you, I would slide it down all the way to zero as soon as I leave home
The smart thing to do
If you were given me that attention, my gauge would go green.
I am a very interesting person
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