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[–] [email protected] 130 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

You've just charged my battery!

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well maybe if you remember to plug it in every once in awhile

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

So that's what I was doing wrong, just needed to use a plug to recharge!

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ive been considering getting one of these honestly. as an introvert there are just some days where I really don't want to talk to people but retail doesn't care about that and I need money. at least having some kind of gague seems better than just glowering and hoping i don't have to deal with small talk

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You'd just be drawing more attention to yourself... Or inviting a challenge

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I'd rather take that then yet another soulless 'how are you today'

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

just reply with “no, i’m not”

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do it the German way and just trauma dump. I mean if they didn't care they shouldn't have asked.

In Germany "how are you" is also smalltalk but you are not expected to lie. Just keep it short.

"Wie geht's?"

"Nicht so gut gerade und bei dir?"

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

"let me fix that for you"

  • drags it to positive
[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (7 children)

imagine flirting with someone and she slides her genderfluid pronoun pin from she/her to he/they

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

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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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

isn't that how batteries work though

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

I wouldn’t take it as a slight. If they’re like me, any social interaction, even a pleasant one drains my battery

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (5 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] 26 points 1 month 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 month ago (4 children)

Yes. Why spoons? Makes no sense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month 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] 8 points 1 month ago

I'm a big proponent of fork theory.

Basically, fork this shit we are all forking forked.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’d quite like one of these so I can adjust it down when someone says “happy Friday”.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

At first I read it as "Sorry to be a brother..." It's hard to be a sibling sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I need this exact pin. You can save some money and make it without any moving parts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"how are you doing?"

"I'm alright"

"Oh, just alright?"

Social battery falls to zero

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Everyone should own one of these.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Imagine a barista with a pin that says "Here are some of the soft skills that this job demands and which I lack."

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