DeMorgan

1 minute ago, OptimisticPessimist said:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANNY!

 WHOOT!!!

39 minutes ago, Ærath said:

Whisper, I don't want everyone to hear me~

 

Would you rather only wear Black or no black at all?

No black at all. My grey clothes are too important to me. Dark grey is almost black, anyway.

Would you rather be Ted Cruz or a sloth in a zoo?

8 hours ago, 46odnetnin said:

I think we just need another definition describing a romantic relationship.

I would agree.

7 hours ago, eddie said:

Anything but this. I don't know why people think the AVEN definition of asexuality is so perfect. It's awkward. No one speaks like this. No one is going to tell another person, "I don't experience sexual attraction." You ever hear a gay man tell someone "I experience sexual attraction toward other men"?

No, because people tend to assume that. People would say "I'm [sexuality]" or "I want to have sex with [gender(s)]", but that doesn't help much as far as a definition goes. Consider a definition of "light": the natural agent that simulates sight and makes things visible. Does anyone talk like that?

I think that Rey has a thing for ball-shaped droids and that Disney will use the next few movies to give the droidsexual community some exposure.

But in all seriousness, Rey's character is totally aro-ace. That said, the Finn/Rey arc is inevitable, they'll get slammed PR-wise if they don't do it.

26 minutes ago, Zemaddog said:

The problem i have is that getting aromantics to define romantic attraction us like telling a person who was blind from birth to define what vision is. It just doesn't work.

 

It reminds me of those arguments on AVEN about the definition of asexual and sexual attraction. A lot of the time it's people trying to describe something they don't experience and it just doesn't work.

So how do we get around this? We need some sort of explanation. Are we only identifying as people who don't understand the concept of romantic attraction? Surely we can't say we don't experience it if we can't even say for certain what it is.

This may end up being bloody, but it has to be done at some point. We, as a forum dedicated to aromanticism, need to settle on a definition of romantic attraction. Soon we'll be designing pages for the main site; such a definition will undoubtedly be needed. The concept is intuitive enough, but defining it concisely in a way that the majority of the aromantic community can agree on has proven an unreasonably difficult task in the past, and has led to the existence of many similar but nonetheless contradictory definitions existing. I'd venture to speculate that this stems from the difference in perspective between asexual and allosexual aromantics, but I won't go any further without evidence.

We should avoid circular definitions such as those that define romanticism in terms of "love", "infatuation", or any other terms that are generally themselves defined in terms of romantic attraction. Now one can see why this description's formation is such a behemoth task.

The best definition I've seen so far comes from AVENwiki, which defines romantic attraction as "an emotional response that most people often feel that results in a desire for a romantic relationship with the person that the attraction is felt towards". I think that the use of "romantic relationship" is fully justified in its usage for the sake of brevity, but I would consider editing parts of the sentence so as to obtain the following:
 

• Romantic attraction is an emotional response that results in a desire for a romantic relationship with others.

Given this, we can define aromantics similarly to the AVEN definition of asexuals:

• An aromantic person is a person who does not experience romantic attraction.

This is wonderful and all, but it misses an important point: just what is a "romantic relationship" and how does it differ from a platonic one? I've never seen a satisfying definition, only people listing the traits that such a relationship has. Any ideas?

I'd much rather eat a snake whole. It'd be an interesting experience at the least, and is obviously preferable to being eaten whole by a snake.

Would you rather be the letter H or the letter J? Explain your answer in a well-developed composition, using relevant and specific details from the excerpt to support your claims.

2 hours ago, Starry Sky said:

SLEEP = BEING ONLINE.

BEING ONLINE = AROCALYPSE. SO IT IS CLEAR THAT (SLEEP/AROCALYPSE)=1 BY TRANSITIVITY OF EQUALITY!

My favorite artistic impression of ice cream:  

I'm listening to an old classic:

CHIPMUNKS!!!

GAH

FAIR ENOUGH

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2 minutes ago, OptimisticPessimist said:

 THE DALKES ARE HAPPY.

ONCE AGAIN, YOU SCREWED UP.

41 minutes ago, OptimisticPessimist said:

PRAISED BE DALEKS

I FIXED THAT FOR YOU! BUT WHERE DID THE "FONTS" MENU GO? I MISS MY LUCIDA SANS UNICODE...

WHOOT!!!

Hit my funny bone; it's far less painful.

Chocolate or vanilla cake?

9 minutes ago, Xerces Blue said:

ALRIGHTY THEN, I SHALL BE KING AND AMBASSADOR OF CAPSLOKIA! I NOW REQUIRE A  PALACE NEXT TO MY EMBASSY

 

MY FIRST ACT IS THIS:

 

OUR NATION MOTTO SHALL HENCEFORTH BE

"WELL DOGS ARE ALSO AWESOME"

THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING!

Man, that's actually pretty tough. As far as personal safety goes, there are disjoint times when each of those would be useful. So that consideration cancels out. Most of the fun things that I could use water breathing for would need extra gear anyway, though, so I'd go with flying. It's more interesting anyway. 

Would you rather be Spud or DeMorgan?

I only sleep a few hours each night, so I rarely get to the point where I have memorable dreams. I'm rather jealous now...

An entire frozen pizza, naturally. The tub of mayo does not sound very appealing, though I would imagine that my father would take you up on that.

Would you rather eat an entire frozen mayo or a tub of pizza?

45 minutes ago, pearl said:

Plus she is a cutie.

^^^

4 minutes ago, katicha said:

I'm sure a talk with him would give him the little push he needs to become who he's always wanted to be, yes c:

He just wants to be accepted, and the entire wizarding community pushed him out. What did you expect to happen?

2 minutes ago, katicha said:

Voldemort is a being of hatred, made by hate, made to hate.

He's just misunderstood...