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.

Mine would always be red.

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

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

isn't that how batteries work though

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

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.

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.

Looks like various places sell them, here's an Etsy one I found: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1596896586/my-social-battery-funny-lapel-pin-hard

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

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

Everyone should own one of these.

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

if you can't handle dealing with endless insufferable people and decided to sign up for a barista job, then that's definitely on you