In large crowds there's no need to be social, you've come full circle.

I think I’d actually prefer crowds like that. There are so many people that you become insignificant and barely draw any attention.

Worse situation: being trapped at a family gathering in a rural relative's compound that you are socially obliged to attend without any friend or independent mode of transport. Also, you're expected to serve food to and clean up after creepy uncles who would shamelessly harass you in public.

I stopped going to this one park that host multiple different ethnic food fests throughout the year. Every single one looks like this. They're not fun. It's like an hour plus wait to get to one booth, and they don't even have the prices listed (stupidly overpriced) or the menus visible while you wait.

The whole point of those is to try multiple things, but the format kills that opportunity.

As if I'd go to something like that in the first place.

Horrible place if you need to find someone.

Perfect place when you don’t want to be found.

Ohh no i have a lithium ion social battery, take me out of here or i'm gonna spontaneously combust now.

Pfft, as if I would take my social battery to something like this.

Are you a cartoon character? Just go right or left????

Find a dog! Dogs are the best even when you don’t want to socialize. 🐕

My social battery dies the moment I SEE something like this. I'd just look at that crowd, and nope right on back home.

Use my superpower — not being noticed.

Just ascend.

dies

Seeing this and reading the caption sent a bead of sweat running down my spine almost instantly.

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Eh, it’s not the social battery at this point that is the issue. Even if the battery were good, the people all meandering unpredictably and too slowly would be frustrating AF.

More beer?

This wouldn't bother me, my social battery only runs low when forced to talk to people. That's why I work in a dark, loud spicy box.

I'd jump off the nearest bridge, but that's also full of people. 😭

I just do as my ma would do. Find path and move through. If someone gets in your way "Excuse me." Didn't move? Say it louder and a little more rude. When they move and give you a look, just go. Don't stop. What are they gonna chase you? That's weird. Fuck em.

Make em move till you are outta that shit.

Time to pull a Francesco Schettino and run away in a most inconspicuous manner regardless of the consequences

Bulldozer mode activate.

Meltdown yay!

see if you can find a taco truck, you can pull a quick 20% refill with tacos alone.

Oh boooy, Ann, what have you gotten yourself into this time?

This is me trying to find a nice place to watch the fireworks in Montreal then realize 10 minutes before it starts that I'll have to go through that crowd when it's over, so I just turn around and go back home pre-emptively.

If they die, they die