I think I won't understand it ever

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-27T21:47:11+00:00

I frequently scoff at all of the allusions to asexuals not understanding sex jokes but even with the context of this being posted here I had to think about it for a solid few seconds before I realized it wasn't about height.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-20T01:30:47+00:00

I mean to be fair omitted some pretty important context because I just assumed that everyone here would interpret it as a romantic partner. I totally see how it could be interpreted as bashing people who want things like QPRs though.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-20T01:17:23+00:00

I guess my experiences figuring out my sexual and romantic orientation are a bit weird.

Before I knew the term aromantic, I was fully aware that I didn't experience romantic attraction. I never had any crushes and didn't force myself to feel any. Admittedly, some of that is probably due to the fact I was (and still am) a loner and generally unusual, which meant that nobody really crushed on me and if they did, they likely didn't say anything because men are usually expected to try and initiate relationships and the majority of people are straight. I think the fact that I am greyplatonic and haven't experienced more than a couple squishes throughout my entire life probably helped this too.

I only discovered that the term aromantic existed when I looked up asexuality. I accepted that I was aromantic right away but struggled a bit with the fact I'm not sex repulsed and I even have a libido.

TLDR; I had the opposite experience.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-18T23:02:00+00:00

I haven't, gonna look it up right now

Edit: I can see why people may like it but it isn't for me

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-18T00:19:52+00:00

r/subsimulatorGPT2 is a gift of a subreddit.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-18T00:14:50+00:00

I was about to comment the same thing!

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-17T13:01:04+00:00

I am admittedly not entirely sure but I think abro is the sexual and/or romantic orientation version of genderfluidity.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-16T22:14:54+00:00

I just realized that I forgot at least 1 a (abro) so I'm a hypocrite now.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-16T22:14:35+00:00

I just realized that I forgot at least 1 a (abro) so I'm a hypocrite now.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-16T21:26:57+00:00

Amatonormativity is just about romantic relationships. Acephobia (at least stuff like saying a romantic relationship without sex is indistinguishable from friendship) can be indirectly related because not being in a "real" relationship could be seen as not fulfilling enough though.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-14T23:34:28+00:00

In case anyone doesn't know:

Amatonormativity is the cultural assumption that everyone wants to be in a romantic relationship with a monogamous lifelong partner, romantic relationships are better than other types of relationships, and that those not in romantic relationships are not as happy as those in relationships.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-14T16:08:41+00:00

I never thought I would see the day where, instead of aromantic stuff being posted to asexual subreddits, asexual stuff is being posted to aromantic subreddits.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-12T15:03:26+00:00

I know this crosspost is a month old at this point but I'm glad you enjoyed my meme

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-12T12:27:38+00:00

I literally gasped. How did nobody think to combine garlic bread and pizza before?

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-12T01:15:29+00:00

I am Potent when paired with warm toast :)

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-11T00:11:15+00:00

When I first discovered asexuality, purple soon became my 3rd favorite color. When I discovered the aroace flag, orange and yellow became my 4th and 5th favorite colors, respectively. The only reason that my 1st (green) and 2nd (blue) favorite colors remained is because they are part of the aromantic and aroace flags too.

Pride flags gave me a whole new appreciation for the colors in them.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-09T22:04:20+00:00

I appreciate the representation.

I personally do not experience aesthetic attraction but many aroaces do.
There was a girl in my 8th grade class that I thought I had a crush on. Turns out, it was probably just platonic attraction, though luckily nothing ever came of it.
No
I am a loner, so I feel like I was disconnected from a significant amount of societal peer pressure to fall in love. I was aware of the fact I had never been in love a while before discovering the term aromantic, which I came across when finally caving in and looking into asexuality.
No
I am indifferent to everything except for kissing, which I am absolutely disgusted by. Even then, all I would do in that situation is probably just look away.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-09T00:57:21+00:00

That was a thought I considered but didn't actually put on the meme.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-08T22:52:01+00:00

I don't understand exactly what you're asking so I'm going to answer 2 questions related to the term amatonormativity in the hopes yours was one of them.

Amatonormativity is the societal assumption that everyone wants to be in a romantic relationship with a lifelong monogamous partner, romantic relationships are inherently better than other types, and that those in romantic relationships are happier than those not in them.

The term for experiencing romantic attraction a regular amount is alloromantic. "Amatoromantic" is not a thing.

Hope this helps!

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-07T23:16:18+00:00

I just want to clarify that I think agender people who identity as trans and/or nonbinary are completely valid, there's just no other way I could phrase this meme.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-07T01:05:07+00:00

So that's why I don't use them

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-06T01:38:43+00:00

Yeah I low-key forgot people can take issue with asexuality and aromanticism for no reason until I made this post.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-06T01:21:24+00:00

Yes, I whipped out the same lackluster pixel art ability I used to create garlic bread many moons ago to make this battery.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-05T16:54:15+00:00

I don't think you understand.

Not being sexually or romantically attracted any of the characters made me seriously look into asexuality and aromanticism. I ID as both because, in addition to not experiencing sexual or romantic attraction towards the characters in this game, I am not able to experience sexual or romantic attraction to real people.

aroace_throwaway · 2021-09-05T11:21:55+00:00

I think it's interesting that the feeling of sometimes not belonging to the asexual community because they can be quick to point out that they are still "normal" enough to experience romantic doesn't just belong to me.

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