NewSocial exhaustion is not the same as dislike of people. It is a finite resource that runs down, and for a lot of people it runs down faster after a period of having to manage somebody else's moods around the clock. Survivors of narcissistic relationships often describe a stretch of time afterwards when even ordinary socialising felt like work, because they had spent years reading a room for danger. Recovering the ability to enjoy company again takes a while, and in the meantime this shirt says the necessary thing without a conversation.
The armchair, the plaid pyjamas, the tumbler that says NO SMALL TALK, the cat in sunglasses who gets it. This is what running out of social battery actually looks like, drawn in detail.
It is a joke everybody understands immediately, which is exactly why it works as a shirt. You do not have to explain it and nobody asks a follow-up question, which is rather the point.
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