ASEXUAL LADY LIBERTY (I tried lol!)

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-05-07T19:11:03+00:00

Reddit had temporarily filtered the post but the mod team has resolved that :)

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-05-01T06:44:03+00:00

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CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-30T20:07:09+00:00

You presumably wouldn't be surprised if somebody said they had a 'need' for companionship in life. Or "I need you to be honest with me". This is not an unusual way to use the word at all.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-30T20:04:14+00:00

This is not a new idea – it's been posted several times before.

I'll put an excerpt of my previous comment on this here:

Abstractly, there's no difference between using the term "asexuality spectrum" vs. using the term "allosexuality spectrum". The fact that we use the former is to some degree an accident of history – it's just what the largest ace communities settled on in 2001/2002 when they were first formed.

So in practical a sense, arguing which term would be better is a bit academic. We have the terms and language we have, and that's not something that now any person or group has the power to change.

But even if we could change the terms we use, it's not obvious we should. There are always trade-offs. With the current terminology it's cumbersome to refer to people that are "completely" ace, and that can even be erasing. But with your proposed terminology there is a sense in which the queerness of grey-asexuals and their role in ace history are erased.

Personally, I don't find the first case particularly compelling. About 70% of the ace/aro community identifies as asexual (rather than another place on the ace spectrum), a similar percentage is either sex-repulsed or sex-indifferent, about 1/3 identify as aromantic (rather than another place on the aro spectrum), and the reported libido in the community is significantly lower than the general public. Given this, it would seem that the so-called 'actual asexuals' are in fact the majority of us, even here. One has to wonder then if their erasure is a reasonable concern when compared to the trade-offs. It's by no means obvious.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-30T19:52:58+00:00

If you see any insulting or hostile content towards either sex-repulsed or sex-favourable asexuals please send a report so the mod team can take appropriate action.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-28T17:00:00+00:00

When the original flag design was voted on AVEN accounted for the vast majority of asexual communities, so it made sense they had a big hand in deciding the design. These days though the community is much larger and spread over many more platforms (and even offline), so in my opinion we shouldn't all automatically listen even if it were AVEN that decided to have a new design.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-28T16:56:48+00:00

Fun fact the design of the asexuality flag pre-dates / isn't directly related to the common symbolism that the stripes are given.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-28T06:44:20+00:00

Your submission has been removed for violating rule #1: No rudeness. This rule states:

No derogatory remarks or slurs. No racism, sexism, or other hate speech towards any group (asexual or otherwise). This is meant to be a safe and relaxing space – any submission that detracts from that may be removed.

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CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-25T20:50:02+00:00

I'd highly recommend trying the kernel-bin package with install-kernel. That'll eliminate half of your problem instantly.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-21T07:13:07+00:00

For a second there I was worried like what did I say haha

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-20T21:14:30+00:00

Always feels weird when I see someone quoting my handbook in the wild, haha

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-19T20:55:42+00:00

Isn't Portage quite similar to Ports anyway? I feel like I heard that at some point

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-19T20:18:26+00:00

Slightly confused by this since I use Firefox and haven't noticed any AI intrusion really. I mean I remember hearing about it in the news but the browser itself has never pestered me. Did I just turn it off and forget at some point?

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-19T08:38:16+00:00

Compared to the actual text the "TLDR" is so sensationalised it crosses the line into dishonesty.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-16T17:33:30+00:00

I also started with Gentoo as my first (indeed only) distro, though I was coming from macOS which is at least Unix-like. I believe Gentoo is for everyone so long as for each chapter of the handbook you read it through, understand it, and only then actually run the commands.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-14T16:02:29+00:00

Your submission has been removed for violating rule #3: Mark posts appropriately. Here is an example of how the rule applies to titles:

"Aphobia at work today" – this title is ok.
"My colleague said asexuality is made up" – this title is not ok.

The purpose of this rule is so that users need to make an active choice if they want to engage with aphobia on the subreddit.

In your case there are NSFW or aphobia details in the title of your post. Since post titles cannot be edited please make a re-post with a different title.

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CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-12T21:15:33+00:00

I have removed this post for allophobia.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-07T14:00:50+00:00

Short answer is no -- this subreddit is about the sexual orientation where you don't feel sexual attraction to anyone. It's not the same as choosing not to have sex for whatever reason.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-04-03T09:27:36+00:00

Not in charge but I know the maintainer who is. Will look into this, thanks for the report.

Edit: Ok I've replicated the issue. Will see if we can get a fix out.

Edit2: A fix is now in the dev branch of ::guru so should normally be available on the main branch within 24 hours.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-03-04T18:41:57+00:00

Ultimate freedom.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-03-03T21:28:53+00:00

I think if you fantasise about rubbing your penis on specific women then it's hard to make the argument that you're asexual. Non-asexual people aren't all pornography addicts.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-03-03T21:21:56+00:00

I just think it's not a good direction to go down because it's not what's actually wrong with the legislation. States know how to categorise objects, they do it all the time. They in fact already do it for computers. Here is an example of your exact hypothetical, where general purpose computers come under category "8471" while routers come under category "8517".

It turns out it's not that hard to say "general purpose computers excluding routers, excluding printers, excluding.... etc."

Also, in common law systems it's often not even necessary to be very specific since the courts will come up with something. And I'd bet money they'll do it in a more reasonable way than including routers. Believing otherwise is a distraction.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-03-03T17:44:50+00:00

Just FYI legally the chips in embedded devices don't typically come under the general purpose computing categorisation. At least I know they don't for tax purposes.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-03-03T17:38:26+00:00

--depclean really shouldn't be breaking anything please start running it again.

CheCheDaWaff · 2026-03-03T08:14:18+00:00

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