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[-] Mac@mander.xyz 130 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 month ago

You've just charged my battery!

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[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago
[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 55 points 1 month ago
[-] Caesium@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

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

[-] exanime@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Caesium@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

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

[-] xor@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago

just reply with “no, i’m not”

[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago

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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[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"let me fix that for you"

  • drags it to positive
[-] match@pawb.social 38 points 1 month ago

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

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 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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[-] pyre@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

isn't that how batteries work though

[-] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 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

[-] teemrokit@lemmy.world 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.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago
[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 month ago

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

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Yes. Why spoons? Makes no sense.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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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[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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

[-] Juice@midwest.social 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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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 15 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

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

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago
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[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago

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

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

"how are you doing?"

"I'm alright"

"Oh, just alright?"

Social battery falls to zero

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Everyone should own one of these.

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[-] deathbird@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

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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