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Do demisexuals above the age of 17 actually exist? I don't think there's much to be gained from making GBS threads on teenagers trying to navigate the hellscape that is puberty in the online era, even if they commit the crime of trying to figure themselves out without first internalizing the appropriate amount of queer theory.
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:Do demisexuals above the age of 17 actually exist? they do. i think you gotta be part of communities where casual and possibly group sex is common enough that not being into them comes up often enough in conversation that you need a word for it.
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Feb 8, 2020 00:14
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Pilchenstein posted:https://twitter.com/DAaronovitch/status/1225866493042315264
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Feb 8, 2020 00:30
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Lmao I always wondered what an even dumber and less lucrative version of the fake Rolex trick would look like
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Feb 8, 2020 00:42
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My perspective partially comes from identifying as asexual for several years before I was in a mental place to admit I'm a lesbian and that's fine, because I had correctly identified I had 0 interest in dudes and all my 'crushes' had been manufactured to fit in, but I missed the part where I was actually crushing on the girl with great hair who made me laugh. Being on an SSRI from teenhood didn't make that easier to pin down. Sometimes the people you think are 'faking it' are still in their eggshell. Sometimes they're experiencing exactly what they say, and that's valid too. Sometimes they're actually cishet and will figure this out but it's not a bad idea for them to examine their identity from a non-heteronormative perspective. The same applies to people with non-binary identities you might find silly or absurd. Just let it go, or explain to them where they're actually being offensive.
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Feb 8, 2020 00:44
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Pilchenstein posted:https://twitter.com/DAaronovitch/status/1225866493042315264 Profile: Times columnist Top tweet: calling Bernie sanders supporters “not nice” and whining about decorum Diagnosis: terminal ants in the brain
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Feb 8, 2020 00:50
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Furthermore, speaking as a diagnosed autistic, I don't appreciate gatekeeping around ASD. I'm okay with some "assholes" who "don't deserve" sympathy getting it anyway if it means I get a culture where people accept and accommodate neurodivergence.
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Feb 8, 2020 00:54
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And yet all of you mock the guy who wants to include Incels into LGBTQ+.
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Feb 8, 2020 00:57
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Master Twig posted:And yet all of you mock the guy who wants to include Incels into LGBTQ+. If you're going to make this point you might as well include rapists and mass murderers, but then you'd look homophobic af Vvvv: ah apologies, my sarcasm meter is busted Guilty has a new favorite as of 01:18 on Feb 8, 2020 |
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Feb 8, 2020 01:04
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Guilty posted:If you're going to make this point you might as well include rapists and mass murderers, but then you'd look homophobic af I was making a joke, not a point. Though I bet if you dig deep enough you could find someone talking about non-consent-sexuals as an identiy. Because the internet is awful.
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Feb 8, 2020 01:06
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Doc Hawkins posted:they do. Or just uncritically consume enough media that you think the the depiction of romantic interactions on TV and in movies is reflective of reality. Ultimately gatekeeping is more often than not a terrible thing, but with regards to a spectrum as diverse as human sexuality there's never going to be universal agreement. The systematic oppression that gay, lesbian, bi and trans people have experienced over centuries more than qualifies them for a place in the pride parade, but my experience with talking to them about it shows marked disagreement as to whether the furry float has a place. Do we draw the line at asexuals? Demisexuals? Daddies and littles? (Actually, yeah, I'm gonna unequivocally draw the line at that last one and if that makes me a bigot then gently caress it.)
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Feb 8, 2020 01:10
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Master Twig posted:I was making a joke, not a point. Though I bet if you dig deep enough you could find someone talking about non-consent-sexuals as an identiy. Because the internet is awful. Iirc an excellent alternative to LGBTQ+ (and simply continuing to add additional letters to the acronym) would have been "gender and sexually diverse", except a bunch of loving pedophiles adopted it first to try to get included under the queer umbrella, much like they're trying now with "minor-attracted person".
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Feb 8, 2020 01:16
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Pththya-lyi posted:I wrote this thinking the days I was describing were over. I guess I was wrong. The world will never be free of people who are not part of a group telling that group how it really is. I had a big post I began to write, but talking about things pertaining to myself and my own personal feelings is, of course, the worst kind of flagrant attention seeking and I'm anxious about how people might react and regretting bringing the matter up.
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Feb 8, 2020 01:19
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Breetai posted:Iirc an excellent alternative to LGBTQ+ (and simply continuing to add additional letters to the acronym) would have been "gender and sexually diverse", except a bunch of loving pedophiles adopted it first to try to get included under the queer umbrella, much like they're trying now with "minor-attracted person". So we need a name for "everybody but cishets and pedophiles"? EBCAP is pretty snappy.
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Feb 8, 2020 01:20
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Master Twig posted:I was making a joke, not a point. Though I bet if you dig deep enough you could find someone talking about non-consent-sexuals as an identiy. Because the internet is awful. The internet is awful, and in my experience as a cis-het guy who's only friends were in the queer community in a fairly small town, the community is super accepting and really don't care what you identify as, as long as you're not a bigot. People just like getting pissed at other people on the Internet, it toxifies everything.
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Feb 8, 2020 01:30
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https://twitter.com/AdamMilstein/status/1225909603373731840 Me, a fighter against antisemitism: All lefty Jewish Maxes are the same.
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Feb 8, 2020 01:48
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A stranger asking you to get into their car sets of huge fuckin sirens in my head. I mean it won't be the same for a man, but still, yikes. I've had numerous dudes ask me to get in their cars over the years, followed across parking lots, waiting outside stores they see me go into. There's no way I'll get within grabbing distance of someone if they're in their car. It was only a few months ago all of the above happened, he asked me to reach into his car to shake his hand after he waited for me outside a store then followed me across the parking lot. I went into a different store and called my husband for a ride home even though I was only a 10 minute walk away because I didn't want to be followed home. So yeah, my suggestion is just don't do it no matter their story.
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Feb 8, 2020 01:49
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https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1225917939427237889?s=19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY
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Feb 8, 2020 02:12
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https://twitter.com/aetiusrf/status/1225491464601395205?s=21
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Feb 8, 2020 02:33
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that person is indeed an idiot if they're claiming that those images are representative of what a 5'3" 170lb person looks like, but those figures do qualify one as obese.
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Feb 8, 2020 03:21
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Sagebrush posted:that person is indeed an idiot if they're claiming that those images are representative of what a 5'3" 170lb person looks like, but those figures do qualify one as obese. “obesity” is a medical term, and people with a 30.1 BMI don’t look like the super morbidly obese cartoons on the right, which appear to depict people with BMIs of 90 or higher.
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Feb 8, 2020 04:24
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Feb 8, 2020 06:16
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LordSaturn posted:demisexuals are a symptom of heteronormative patriarchy. if you've ever actually been to a protest, you'll know that the willingness to stand next to you and hold up a banner and shout in unison is the important part I'd argue that the important part is who is still around when the fascists start breaking heads and the regime starts to press down on all minorities.
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Feb 8, 2020 09:15
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What's the average time between being called out like this and locking your account do you think? Minutes?
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Feb 8, 2020 09:24
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so this explains his absence from this thread https://twitter.com/SpinCircleDance/status/1226053299058675713?s=19
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Feb 8, 2020 09:55
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Benzo's are just a method of teleporting you from Canada to a hospital in Moscow for months.
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Feb 8, 2020 10:04
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An elementary school showed the Lion King and got fined $250 by a Disney licensing company. Disney smelling the bad PR went out and apologized and promised to donate to the schools fundraiser. https://twitter.com/Cyberstarman/status/1225449637525344256?s=20 Comment section is mostly having none of it. With a sprinkling of libertarian bootlickers. Katt has a new favorite as of 10:15 on Feb 8, 2020 |
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Feb 8, 2020 10:11
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:Lmao I always wondered what an even dumber and less lucrative version of the fake Rolex trick would look like Am I missing something or was the "scam" literally someone saying "Please give me some money. No, more than that"?
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Feb 8, 2020 11:00
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Sunswipe posted:Am I missing something or was the "scam" literally someone saying "Please give me some money. No, more than that"?  ). Managing to get £100 is pretty impressive, especially since they didn't have even a remotely plausible cover story.Read bottom to top because David Aaronovitch doesn't know how to use Twitter properly and made it difficult to follow. 
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Feb 8, 2020 11:24
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Forgive my ignorance, but there has been a little talk about demisexuals here. What is the difference between demisexual and sapiosexual? I know one is "I only want to gently caress people I like, not just everyone", and the other is "I only want to gently caress people I have gotten to know, rather than just randoms." Or some such silliness. 1) why make the distinction between the two "sexualities"? and 2) Do these people think that "normal" people are just gagging to gently caress everyone around them all the time no matter whether they be ugly strangers or pretty intimates? And do they think they are special/better because they only want to gently caress the people they want to gently caress? Everybody, straight, gay, bi, pan, and even the occasional asexual wants to gently caress only the people they want to gently caress and they don't want to gently caress the people they don't want to gently caress. It's not rocket science.
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Feb 8, 2020 11:25
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BrigadierSensible posted:What is the difference between demisexual and sapiosexual? "Sapiosexual" supposedly means "I'm attracted to people's minds, not their bodies" but actually means "I'm an insufferable dickhead who is 100% straight but I like to think that I could be bisexual if I wanted to be."
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Feb 8, 2020 11:28
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BrigadierSensible posted:Forgive my ignorance, but there has been a little talk about demisexuals here. Demisexual is 'I'm only attracted to people after I've formed an emotional connection with them'. Sapiosexual is 'I'm only attracted to smart people'. One of those two is just dressing normal human behavior up as a sexuality. The other kinda just an excuse to be a jerk.
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Feb 8, 2020 11:29
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BrigadierSensible posted:Forgive my ignorance, but there has been a little talk about demisexuals here. They want to feel superior to you OP
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Feb 8, 2020 11:30
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Sunswipe posted:Am I missing something or was the "scam" literally someone saying "Please give me some money. No, more than that"? I assume you’re familiar with the Rolex scam, if not it’s pretty easy to google, but it’s kinda the same bc you’re essentially trying to convince the person you’re in a jam and would be willing to take a bad deal to be able to get out of it. It’s significantly worse bc not only is a jacket larger and easier to examine in a spot, but you’re relying on people’s inherent desire to reciprocate when given something which is loving insane
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Feb 8, 2020 12:19
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Ah, I hadn't read most of that because Twitter loving sucks and Aaronovitch is an idiot. That really is a "scam" that would only catch the dumbest motherfuckers.
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Feb 8, 2020 12:57
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I think I ran into that scam in Finland. An old lady was going door to door selling lottery tickets for 3 Euros. I bought 3 and won a pair of dishwashing gloves.
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Feb 8, 2020 13:00
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Katt posted:I think I ran into that scam in Finland. An old lady was going door to door selling lottery tickets for 3 Euros. I bought 3 and won a pair of dishwashing gloves. That doesn't sound like a scam, just a transaction. Someone offered you a thing for money, you partook, and you won a prize that you'll get use out of. Sounds like she made clear the price ahead of time unless she implied they were free before demanding payment?
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Feb 8, 2020 13:04
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BrigadierSensible posted:Forgive my ignorance, but there has been a little talk about demisexuals here. 1) Because the less people fit into your definition of a minority, the more special you are, I guess? 2) Probably yes to the first, definite yes to the second. I guess the difference between monogamous cishet people and demisexuals is the amount of people they're attracted to? I mean, I can count the number of people I've been attracted to on one hand, which is clearly not the way most people work. I still wouldn't consider that a sexual orientation on par with homosexuality or asexuality. If you really want to see how far the rabbithole goes, I think there's a sexual orientation for people who are only attracted to people that aren't attracted to them.
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Feb 8, 2020 13:20
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Katt posted:I think I ran into that scam in Finland. An old lady was going door to door selling lottery tickets for 3 Euros. I bought 3 and won a pair of dishwashing gloves. As Bioenchanted said, that's no scam! You just took part in a really crap lottery. I think it's kinda cute :3 good work old Finnish lady. Hope they were good gloves.
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Cloacamazing! posted:If you really want to see how far the rabbithole goes, I think there's a sexual orientation for people who are only attracted to people that aren't attracted to them. And no doubt that has half a dozen subdivisions as well, each with their own symbol and flag.
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