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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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You’ve just charged my battery!

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Not everyone feels drained by talking to people. I’d say most people don’t. Some people, a lot of people actually, get energized talking with people.

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Not everyone feels drained by talking to people

And those people wouldn’t be wearing this pin.

People that feel drained from socializing feel that way with everybody.

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I get energized from conversation and would totally wear this pin

I think it would be funny to slide it up throughout a social event

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I think you described quite accurately the difference between introverts and extroverts.

Extroverts gain energy with social interaction whereas it costs energy for introverts to be in these social interactions.

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3 points

Something something social vampirism?

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I believe scientific studies say it’s somewhere around half of each.

The reason you don’t see that, is because it’s considered socially unacceptable to get socially drained, so we learn to hide it, usually from very young.

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Yeah I was very ready to disagree with it being most people as that is far from my experience. I also come from one of those northern european countries that others describe as cold and closed of because we have a much more introvert aligned culture. And the fact that I’m someone who gets drained probably also biases my sample to more like minded people.

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This pin is not made for them. What is your point?

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The point is that you don’t need to think you’re special, or have some unique arrogance to think that you don’t drain people’s batteries. Younger extroverts have no awareness that there are people who get drained through human interactions.

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oh i get energy alright, the energy and will to leave as soon as possible

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61 points

Mine would always be red.

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

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

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Yeah, just make sure to plug it into the right port this time.

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This plug is not meant to enter an electric socket, mind you!

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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

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You’d just be drawing more attention to yourself… Or inviting a challenge

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

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14 points

just reply with “no, i’m not”

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6 points

You don’t think people would go “aww how come you are down? Let me cheer you up”?

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10 points

“let me fix that for you”

  • drags it to positive
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38 points

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

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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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Thats gotta be the funniest fucking trans joke I have seen in A LONG TIME.

IM NOT BEING SARCASTIC BTW, I MEAN THIS. God I wish I could give awards…

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Is this supposed to be indicating a problem because like if you like a person why should it matter what gender they are?

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i honestly have no idea what this would indicate i sorta spat it out automatically like an llm

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Ah, okay, thanks for explaining to us.

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I thought people agreed about being born gay and stuff? Are you saying you think it’s a choice?

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Lol, no, people definitely don’t agree on that for all people, and yes it can be a choice. Why does it matter if it is a choice? People should be allowed to choose if they are those that can choose.

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