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What the fuck is up with that spoons analogy for talking about motivation

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 2:18 pm
by Metek
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory

Why in the goddamn hell did she decide to use spoons as her analogy in the scenario? Why is it spoons is the fucking currency of energy you spend to do a thing? Spoons was the best she could come up with? Not like... Gasoline in a car. Or electricity in a battery. Or calories even. But spoons.

Re: What the fuck is up with that spoons analogy for talking about motivation

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 2:20 pm
by Metek
I posted this in the wrong forum

Re: What the fuck is up with that spoons analogy for talking about motivation

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 2:22 pm
by distributivgesetz
do you want to be magically teleported into the right forum, and if so, which one
nvm too late

Re: What the fuck is up with that spoons analogy for talking about motivation

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 2:24 pm
by Metek
Like any self-respecting American pioneer I just turned my wagon train around and made up the distance so we can just go ahead and leave this one for the buzzards

Re: What the fuck is up with that spoons analogy for talking about motivation

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 5:19 pm
by Jacquerel
are you asking this legitimately as a question because it is answered like, pretty early in the wikipedia article that you linked yourself