Battery Theory: For when the Spoon Theory is too confusing
another person on facebook was having trouble getting their family to understand the spoon theory because they couldn’t 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’ve never been a big fan of the spoon theory because it’s kind of abstract and confusing to explain unless you print out and carry the thing with you and make people read it because it makes NO SENSE out of context so I made one that most people will be able to understand easier. (might not help with elderly people but generally they will get it because their battery might not be defective, but all batteries stop holding charge when they get old so they are more likely to Get It without a metaphor)
When you get an electronic device, like a laptop or cell phone it comes with an rechargeable battery. Some people are unlucky and get a dud. Or maybe there is a recall and the entire line of the product due to a defect.
My battery isn’t any good.
When I’m all charged up I and it says it’s ok to unplug the charger, I’m not at 100%. I haven’t been able to charge that far up for years. I am already basically in the yellow when I start my day. If you only have a half hour of battery life just browsing the internet, how are you expected to load a flash video to watch that takes up way more juice?
You can maybe do it with the right help, such as a portable charger (here representing accessibility devices like wheelchairs, or treatment/medication). Sometimes the percentage amount is also inaccurate to. It says you have 20% battery and 20 minutes left and then your computer just -shuts off- out of nowhere. Surprise! you crashed! I hope you were anticipating that risk and saved your work!
In addition my charger doesn’t always work.
I can plug it in and it just says “not charging”. So sometimes you leave the computer overnight to charge and wake up, wait, 30% battery when my 100% is a normal person’s 60%????!!!?? not fair! This is what happens when you combine in the restfulness or inadequate sleep.
The combination means you are really working at rationing what you can do with your device. Should I turn it off most of the day in case I need it later? How many people can I talk to on my phone for how long before it runs out of juice. How much work can I get done on my laptop before the battery dies, possibly taking the work with it?
That’s how are bodies are. We have to carefully monitor how much energy we (think) we have, what amount of stuff we should be able to do with it, what must be sacrificed, as well as try and keep track of charging stations, battery packs etc. to rescue us if we miscalculate. And if we do we could lose something important in the power outage.
But batteries aren’t user replaceable and we don’t have a warranty, we can’t get it fixed, just have to deal with it 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’t experienced a energy crash, they have probably experienced the hell that is the computer shutting down and destroying hours of effort you’ve put into something as punishment for taking that risk.
izzy806
andulkaphoto
jacobvanloon
pixelskylines
dailybridgerton
