Vega

GUYS IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY SPARE LIQUID NITROGEN, PUT A MARSHMALLOW ON A STICK AND DUMP IT IN FOR LIKE 10-15 SECONDS. 

IT'S DELICIOUSLY CRUNCHY AND YOU GET DRAGON BREATH! 

No quarter

Antielectron

Dark matter

OHH OKAY THAT BOOK SOUNDS COOL.  

HOLY CRAP CASSIOPEIA THOSE ARE GORGEOUS. 

BTW, ARE YOU NAMED AFTER THE CONSTELLATION, THE MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE, OR SOMEONE ELSE?  

WELCOME DODGYPOTATO! 

4 hours ago, breaddd said:

So, I seem to be asked out by my friends a lot for some reason. (Doesn't matter if they identify as male or female.) And every time I either say "I'm gay" or "I'm straight" to get out of it...it's actually a pretty bad thing to do and I don't recommend it, but that's what I've done  

Sometimes I mentally prepare myself to turn people down because a lot of times my actions are read as flirty? All I'm doing is being friendly helpp

omfg I have that too! Though it's only been from the male friends. (Then again, I've never had a lot of friends and so most of the females have been straight.) It's awful, always wondering if what you're doing is being taken as a joke or as something romantic!  

I'm always terrified of the "I really like you!" confession and I've gotten decent at anticipating them (and then panicking about them.)

CONGRATS ON EVERYONE'S POST COUNTS! 

I'D HAVE MORE POSTS IF CLC WASN'T IN ARCADE... 

8 minutes ago, Spud said:

YOU CAN DO THAT IN REAL LIFE AFTER THE AROCALYPSE TAKES OVER

 

AWESOME CAN WE HAVE A RADIO TELAROSCOPE? 

I DO NOT KNOW. I MISS THE ACTIVE CLC. 

ALSO I FOUND A RADIO TELESCOPE ARRAY IN FALLOUT AND CLIMBED IT. 

WISH I COULD DO THAT IN REAL LIFE (PREFERABLY WITHOUT THE APOCALYPSE THOUGH.) 

I DO NOT, HOW DO YOU PLAY THAT? 

WE TRIED TO DANCE TO A HIP HOP SONG AT TODAY'S DANCE CLASS AND IT WAS FUN BUT SO HARD TO GET INTO THE DANCE STYLE. 

Yum

Coq au vin? 

99 problems

O_O

I DON'T KNOW I THINK ALIENS ABDUCTED EVERYONE O_O

Wonder Woman. 

WHERE IS EVERYBODY. 

21 hours ago, Ciiriianan said:

Man, @Natkat, that sucks! And trauma is defined to be  "a deeply distressing or disturbing experience.," so it sounds like that counts.  

 

@Vega, I don't see why something else making you aromantic would make you any less aromantic. We don't know why orientations are in the first place! It doesn't matter why you feel this way, just that you do. 

I agree, and I don't wannna sound like I'm invalidating aromanticism due to trauma! 

I guess that in my case I'm just curious whether an inability to feel close to other people affects my aromanticism.

And I definitely agree that trauma should never invalidate any sexual identity. 

Hangman

18 hours ago, Spud said:

I dyed the ends of my hair purple and curled it.

Cool! 

Space science

Just finished my aro colors friendship bracelet.

Sounds like a useful concept. I don't think this term should be used to push people who are aro because of trauma out of this community, of course. But I definitely think some sort of trauma could cause a person to stop forming romantic connections with people. 

I'm willing to agree with Phoenix anyway, it's probably fairly rare. I could see trauma often leading to a situation where a person does feel romantic attraction, but is somehow terrified to act on that or even feel it. 

Then again I sometimes wonder if I really am aro. Because I've never really been able to feel close to anyone, so I always wonder if it's something else that makes me aro as well. 

Then again, I can't exactly call my average abandonment issues traumatic in any way. 

BECAUSE...UHH.... I HAVE NO IDEA. SOMETHING ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND SJWS? 

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T SAY 'AROMANTICS AND NORMAL PEOPLE?!?!?!'" 

OK.. I HAVE TO ADMIT, IN PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS I HAVE OCCASIONALLY TALKED ABOUT ALLOSEXUAL PEOPLE AS "NORMAL" PEOPLE. BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'D EVER DO IF I WAS IN A SITUATION WHERE I MIGHT INFLUENCE OTHER PEOPLES' TREATMENT OF ARO/ACE PEOPLE.