Oatpunk

A 6000 feet tall aromantic fire squid demon and a nonbinary AI adopts a group of humans in order to save them from an eternity of penis bees.

I'm an atheist and have been for most my life. Both my parents are religious but 1. they're not super devoted and 2. they have different religions, and I think both those things contributed to why I decided to run my own race when I was still a kid. I did briefly dip my toes into norse paganism to get more in touch with my roots and with nature and it was a really healing experience. And though I ultimately decided that it's not for me, I think religion overall can be a wonderful thing that brings people together and encourages us to live in the present and be kind. It's frustrating that some conservatives are using it as a shield to hind their own vile, inhumane ideals behind. I don't think my aromanticism has affected any of my opinions, though.

Honestly, there are few things I love as much as carrots. ??? They're so crunchy and satisfying, just as they are! Another thing that makes me feel super great is american football, but I've never met anyone outside my team who doesn't think it's boring, scary, or both. I also think cleaning my ears feels nice, so you're not alone there. It's probably because the skin in the ears is so sensitive?

I think it's so cool that people are writing about aromanticism for school. I agree with Neir that the selection of aroace, aroallo or non-sam aro is very slim and I think an "other" category would be good. Good luck on your report!

I'm lucky/unlucky enough to be pretty good at picking up on when people are flirting with me, and that made it very awkward when I had to pretend to be oblivious as a kid. As if they would go away if I just played dumb and wished hard enough. In my early teens two of my friends asked me out, one of them even wrote it out in the sand with a stick?? and I just looked the other way and pretended not to see it. Both of them stopped talking to me afterwards and I realised that maybe that wasn't the best way to go about things. Then, as a young adult when I was dating around (because I was a normal romo, yes sir), I apparently chose to take a completely different approach to romance. When this person I had been seeing declared that they were falling in love with me, I was like "oh shit, but I really like them so maybe if they just gave me some fucking time and don't go so fucking fast I can fall in love with them too." So I ended up stringing the poor person along until they were in love with me and that's when I decided to end things for both our sakes and it was a mess.

I wouldn't say it's a secret but I don't tell most people because it feels like it will just be an unpleasant conversation without a reward. I'm very open when it comes to things like my trans identity, since that is important for other people to know, but my lack of a love life isn't anybody's business but my own. My close friends know but if an acquaintance asks if I'm seeing someone I generally just respond with something vague about how I don't have an interest in dating.

I feel like Human by the Killers is an absolute voidpunk bop about someone who finally dares to break free from amatonormativity and throw themselves entirely into the thing that makes them feel the most alive: dancing.

Thank you for your kind replies! @Apathetic Echidna I think a smaller community might be what I need, actually. With everything moving so fast over on AVEN, things can get very heated. @Blake I've never had key lime pie, only seen it on TV, but I'm sure it's tasty! Also, for the emoji you can search "ice" to find it

Heyo! I'm a 22 year old greyro ace who stole my name off a very angry package of oat milk. I've been stalking around the aros on tumblr for a while but never took the step to make an account here until now. I'm not sure why, because I've always considered my arospec identity to be a much larger part of who I am than my asexuality. It feels like my lack of romantic attraction and my lack of wanting a relationship is a lot more difficult for people to accept and understand than other parts of me. Like people have been taught that you always need to respect someone's sexual boundaries, but if you don't want to hold someone's hand?????? You're really stretching people's capacity of dealing with your weirdness. I've been carrying all my thoughts about this alone for far too long so now I'm going to let them loose on the forums! I'm not really a forum person, the only other one I've been on is AVEN, and I am so sick of it. There are too many people on there that are just straight-up vile, and that's not even counting in all the amatonormativity, gatekeeping and other shit that goes on. I saw that there were plans to join with them to keep this site running but that it got voted down because other members have also had bad experiences with them, so I hope I will feel more at home here! It's so isolating to not know anyone who understands how I feel, even if I have good friends who like me for who I am. Anyway, I'm excited to get to know you all!