As fearsome and deadly as the adult manticore is rumored to be, there’s no escaping that awkward adolescent phase.
y'know, one thing i don't see get talked about much in regards to asexuality is how it feels to never be 'sexually motivated' by anything
and not just when it comes to advertisements using 'sexy' models to try and sell you stuff, but like. in general
sex as a favor, sex as a bribe, sex in exchange for whatever
casual sex, 'friends with benefits' situations, even simple flirting
it all looks a whole lot different from the perspective of someone who's immune to manipulation via sex appeal, who has virtually no understanding as to why sex would motivate someone to cheat on their partner, etc. etc.
sex is worthless to me
i mean, it's useful as a story element in fiction, but it genuinely perplexes me that sex is such a driving force behind so many aspects of irl society & of people's individual lives, for better or for worse
and that it's so deeply ingrained into how the average person views the world & various situations, because the average person feels sexual attraction, whereas i do not
i think the barrier between aces & allos is actually even deeper than it seems on the surface at times, because it's more than just the grating expectation that everyone must want to 'settle down' and have kids, it's also the fact that the majority of the world is sort of 'in' on a joke that aces will never truly be a part of
Posts that validate my identity
Sex as a form of intimacy? Understand. Intimacy as enjoyable? Understand. Intimacy as vital? Understand. Sex as vital? Does not compute
Never understanding that DRIVE is one of the main reasons I struggle with understanding motivation. I get it as a theory, as a plot point in a book or whatever, but in REAL LIFE?
What do you mean "you couldn't help yourself?" and slept with someone you know isn't good for you?
If "they didn't mean anything" then why did you sleep with them?
I get an enemies to lovers plot in a book or fic, but how could you actually overlook that in real life? You HATE this person, why did you kiss them?!
This is so fucking cringy lmao
My brother's girlfriend had HPV, so he went to get himself the HPV vaccine. There is a fee to pay (nothing much, something like €87) but it's completely free if you're in one of the "at risk" groups.
"What does that mean," he asks.
"It's free if you're gay," he's told.
"Ah. Would I have to like, prove it, or...?"
"Just put in a check mark here."
My brother is in no way, shape or form attracted to men, but also he's stingy as it gets. So now he's officially gay. Congrats bro.
"Doctor, give it to me straight"
"You sure, there's a fee"
"… Give it to me gay"
AGAB (Assigned Gay At Billing)
Fascinated by the fact that his first question was about if he'd have to prove it. I wanna know how far that man would go to save less than a dollar
Sorry, do you think 87 euros is less than a dollar
(Technically, this isn’t about saving your hands… but if you draw, you’re probably doing a lot of sitting, so…)
This has such extreme shitpost energies but it’s 100% serious
Looks pretty useful for everyone endlessly working at home at their dining room table.
As a movement professional who helps get people out of pain. This is a fully pretty great and relevant for a lot of people.
Sherlock holmes
Look, if you're starving in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and suddenly someone is like 'oh I have tons of food and it just happens to be meat do you want some lol' you CANNOT act surprised when it's people. You simply CANNOT.
There are times and places where it is realistic to expect NOT to be served people. For example, in a pie shop underneath a barber shop. THEN you can be all 'OH GOD IT'S PEOPLE.'
If you are in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and are suddenly served a really good meat pie, you have to know it's people. Do you see any cows? No, they all apocalypsed. It's your neighbor.
If you're served food in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, ask yourself these questions first:
5. how much did i even like kevin, really
the thing that confuses me the most about tumblr execs trying to remove everything that makes tumblr unique in an attempt to ape the interface of twitter/threads is like. if tumblr is functionally just another twitter copy why would anyone specifically use tumblr then
