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3 hours ago, paporomantic said:

That's a curious observation. I'm actually a pervert but I can't afford to let anyone know what my fantasies are, so from the outside, I'm indistinguishable from an aro.

Kind of similar here. In terms of interacting with other people I am close to ace, but in terms of fantasies and porn I am into some pretty weird stuff.

I have seen this come up in several other threads (in some cases as a derail), so I felt like this should have its own thread.

Aros with Autism/Aspergers: what are your thoughts on how these interact and whether they are related?

Personally, I am aro and have a clinical diagnosis of aspergers. Before hearing about aromanticism, I had thought that my not having romantic interest was caused by that, but now I am not as sure. As well as hearing that statistically autistic people are only somewhat more likely to be aro or ace, from looking at autistic/aspergers communities some I have seen what is (to me) a surprising amount of discussion about romance and the challenges faced by autistic people tying to find romance. (Really it makes me feel very lucky to be aro and grey-ace, as feeling a need for romance or partnered sex while having the social difficulties of the autistic spectrum seems like it would be awful.)

Sometimes I feel like my non-interest in romance is an extension of a more general non-interest in other people.

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I don't really feel the appeal of needing to be around another person that much. It is sometimes nice to have someone to talk to, but spending that much time with someone just seems like a huge hassle.

On 7/31/2016 at 4:13 PM, Cassiopeia said:

The phenomenon of the One. Do people seriously think their special person is perfect? Aren't there any flaws? Does that not worry you? It always felt unlikely, artificial to me.

But who else will defeat the robot squids and free the humans from their thermodynamically impossible Matrix pods? :V

12 hours ago, Natkat said:

Beside many of the points already mentioned I don't understand why sex is seen as romantic.

I simple dont see anything "romantic" in rubbing your genetalia on each other (or whatever you are into.)

I think it exists as a cultural thing for historical reasons. Before effective birth control (or in places where it isn't allowed) sex is linked to having babies, which is linked to raising babies, which is associated with having a family.

Definitely prefer cold. You can adjust temperature more by putting on clothes than taking them off, and electric heating is much easier then electric cooling.

Like, the weather where I am or the weather everywhere? Yes if its just where I am but no if its everywhere, because that would kind of wreck the world.

1$ Million dollars, but its in $5 bills and each bill is covered in duct tape.

Somewhere between INTP and INTJ.

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On 6/17/2016 at 2:04 PM, PerformativeSurprise said:

Nope.  I hate the taste of alcohol, and I hate the idea of anything impairing my judgement.  Since I don't like the taste or the idea of being tipsy/drunk, and it's expensive, I see no reason to drink.

Same with all of this.

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