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29th january 2015

I feel like people struggle to understand that my life as an aorace person is not centered around an absence of relationships. There is no romance shaped void that I am trying to live with, or live around, or which my life's purpose is to fill somehow.

I go to university and I go to work and I volunteer in my community and in the in-between moments I drink tea with my friends and I plant tomatoes on my balcony and there is no need for anything else. There is no room for anything else anyway.

When I am asked how I deal with 'the hole in my life' or what I do with 'all my free time', I know these questions are not about me at all. They are a reflection of the person asking.

thatsthebirds

Its kind of asking how you cope with the lack of parking spaces when someone doesnt own a car

ace-of-bass

Ooh I love this analogy because not owning a car does come with problems (at least in the US typically), namely that US infrastructure is so reliant on cars that not owning one means that you deal with other problems, like lack of bike lanes, infrequent public transit, people always assuming you can drive places, etc. Aro/ace people do face problems due to amatonormativity in society, such as inaffordability of places to live alone (because it's assumed you'll live with a roommate until you're a "real adult" and live with a partner and also because of capitalism), lack of ways to meet new people that aren't specifically focused on dating, and people always asking when you'll settle down, aren't you lonely, don't you miss having a partner? as OP talked about.

Like, there are problems that one encounters as a carless person, and there are problems I've encountered as an aroace person. But the problem as a carless person isn't lack of parking spaces and the problem as an aroace person isn't lack of a relationship.

chaotic-nette

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memorieswarm

#emmerdale #robert sugden #jimmy king #i don't wanna lose him

trianglemix

"That's not exactly what I imagined you wearing. It works for me."

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trianglemix

14th october 2016

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toddsolondz

just because a guy has gay sex and falls in love with men doesn’t make him gay

pekingin-ankka

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suggersdingle

25.06.15 | 05.04.18

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fluff-e-boy

Idk . Sex just seems like such a waste of time. I could be playing video games or drawing yuri or reading the Wikipedia page for schnitzel

mousemilf-deactivated20250508

I ride dick like a bat out of hell but my fucked up knee and arthritic hips and ankles r popping and cracking so loud with every thrust it sounds like a fucking gunfight.

piratesofthecarabiner

#ofmd

sandmandaddy69

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boothyghost

all-save-challenge

I love this post especially the rat part

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trolleybusaberrations

what do you mean there are exactly zero rats i. this post

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primordialsoupvendor

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cthoseris

arliedraws

Dude, I almost cried yesterday because of AI. I can’t grade anymore without getting upset because of how much kids are using generative AI. How can I assess their ability to think critically when they aren't thinking critically? One kid admitted he used ChatGPT on an assignment, and he was like, "So? Is my answer right?" And I was like, first of all, whether or not it's "correct" is not the problem, and ALSO, it was INCORRECT. Like...majorly so!

They can’t fucking think for themselves (or rather, they’re losing the ability). This is not “ooooh technology scary” -- this is a fundamental, they can't fucking answer questions when I ask them to their faces. I fucking HATE when my colleagues roll their eyes and say, "Well, this is how we felt about phones! Just accept it!" First of all, it's different. And TWO! We're FUCKING FIGHTING PHONES every day! We've literally banned all cell phone use during class in my district because letting kids use their phones and not fighting their use in class FUCKED US OVER, and now we have to FIX IT.

Okay, but also, kudos to Tumblr, the weirdo website, and our anti-AI stance here because my weirdo queer kids are the ONLY ONES who are STAUNCHLY against gen AI; they're the only ones reliably not using AI. Dear children of Tumblr, thank you for being little weirdos who give a shit.

grungekitty-77

It was a slightly different situation, but it's translatable. This became a stable for me.

I asked my students if it's nice/helpful/good/acceptable/normal to help someone else lift something really heavy they were struggling with. Of course they agree! Then I asked them if it would still be (or explain to them that it isn't) nice/helpful/good/acceptable/normal to help someone lift heavy weights if they are working out at the gym. The answer is no! Because the POINT is that it's hard to do alone! That's why it makes you stronger! (Plus it gives the kids a very funny and therefore memorable visual for the concept. You can play into it and have a laugh with the kids at how weird someone would be if they did that!)

I often used "Don't lift their weights!" as a shorthand when a student was trying to give another kid the right answer.

Anyways, AI is lifting your weights for you. If you go to gym everyday and have a robot lift the weights for you, are you going to get any stronger? Even if you are going to the gym and "lifting weights" everyday? Even if the robot was really good at it? School is the gym for your mind. It's hard for the same reason gym weights are heavy.

eightyonekilograms

An experiment in language change

Nifty little language game here.

I can read back to 1500 with basically no difficulty

at 1400 I have to read slowly and carefully, but I can understand all of it save a couple words

at 1300 I can still comprehend most of it if I read slowly, but a much larger percentage of the words are unfamiliar to me, even with context

1200 and earlier are almost totally unintelligible

jenroses

about the same. I got tired of it at 1300, and glancing forward my brain just noped out. It's easier if you read aloud to get the earlier stuff.

earlgraytay

I can get through 1200 if I squint but anything earlier is impossible.

howverychaotic

I can get through 1200 with effort, and made some headway through 1100 because I have some knowledge of old English grammar, but not enough to say I can actually read it.

scrapyardboyfriends

Teen AU for the AU event! - Robert never leaves the village and the two of them end up working at the garage together. Naturally they hate each other at first, which then turns into confusion and then finally feelings.

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