{"id":9538,"date":"2016-01-27T04:26:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T04:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/01\/27\/battery-theory-for-when-the-spoon-theory-is-too\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T04:26:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T04:26:31","slug":"battery-theory-for-when-the-spoon-theory-is-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/01\/27\/battery-theory-for-when-the-spoon-theory-is-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Theory: For when the Spoon Theory is too confusing"},"content":{"rendered":"

rampyourvoice<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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nzbekitty<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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bittersnurr<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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another person on facebook was having trouble getting their family to understand the spoon theory because they couldn\u2019t wrap their head around the metaphor so I wrote up a detailed version of my battery post <\/a>I made ages ago inspired by my macbook, might as well post it here too.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never been a big fan of the spoon theory because it\u2019s kind of
\nabstract and confusing to explain unless you print out and carry the
\nthing with you and make people read it because it makes NO SENSE out of
\ncontext so I made one that most people will be able to understand
\neasier. (might not help with elderly people but generally they will get
\nit because their battery might not be defective, but all batteries stop
\nholding charge when they get old so they are more likely to Get It without a metaphor)<\/p>\n

\n When you get an electronic device, like a laptop or cell phone it comes
\n with an rechargeable battery. Some people are unlucky and get a dud. Or
\n maybe there is a recall and the entire line of the product due to a defect.<\/p>\n

My battery isn\u2019t any good.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

When I\u2019m all charged up I and it says it\u2019s ok to unplug the charger,
\nI\u2019m not at 100%. I haven\u2019t been able to charge that far up for years. I
\nam already basically in the yellow when I start my day. If you only have
\n a half hour of battery life just browsing the internet, how are you
\nexpected to load a flash video to watch that takes up way more juice? <\/p>\n

You can maybe do it with the right help, such as a portable charger
\n(here representing accessibility devices like wheelchairs, or treatment\/medication). Sometimes the percentage amount is also inaccurate
\nto. It says you have 20% battery and 20 minutes left and then your
\ncomputer just -shuts off- out of nowhere. Surprise! you crashed! I hope
\nyou were anticipating that risk and saved your work!<\/p>\n

In addition
\nmy charger doesn\u2019t always work. <\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

I can plug it in and it just says \u201cnot
\ncharging\u201d. So sometimes you leave the computer overnight to charge and
\nwake up, wait, 30% battery when my 100% is a normal person\u2019s
\n60%????!!!?? not fair! This is what happens when you combine in the
\nrestfulness or inadequate sleep. <\/p>\n

The combination means you are
\nreally working at rationing what you can do with your device. Should I
\nturn it off most of the day in case I need it later? How many people can
\n I talk to on my phone for how long before it runs out of juice. How
\nmuch work can I get done on my laptop before the battery dies, possibly
\ntaking the work with it? <\/p>\n

That\u2019s how are bodies are. We have to
\ncarefully monitor how much energy we (think) we have, what amount of
\nstuff we should be able to do with it, what must be sacrificed, as well
\nas try and keep track of charging stations, battery packs etc. to rescue
\n us if we miscalculate. And if we do we could lose something important
\nin the power outage. <\/p>\n

But batteries aren\u2019t user replaceable and
\nwe don\u2019t have a warranty, we can\u2019t get it fixed, just have to deal with
\nit as well as we can. The battery does not define us but it effects every part of our lives effecting everything we do and every decision because while most people haven\u2019t experienced a energy crash, they have probably experienced the hell that is the computer shutting down and destroying hours of effort you\u2019ve put into something as punishment for taking that risk. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yup. Absolutely this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I like this WAY better. \u00a0So glad for this. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

rampyourvoice: nzbekitty: bittersnurr: another person on facebook was having trouble getting their family to understand the spoon theory because they couldn\u2019t wrap their head around the metaphor so I wrote up a detailed version of my battery post I made ages ago inspired by my macbook, might as well post it here too. I\u2019ve never … Continue reading Battery Theory: For when the Spoon Theory is too confusing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3163],"class_list":["post-9538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-good-info","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}