James White

I'd rather eat a knuckle sandwich than get married. And I'm vegetarian, so that's saying even more than it usually would.

I'm in Organic chemistry right now, and we're covering aromatic stabilization. I keep jumping when I hear the word.

Concrete gender roles

I really dig Northern California WMILI

Banned because monotremes (such as echidnas) are too weird for me to comfortably consider them to be mammals, even though I know they technically still are because of their mammary glands.

I'd rather study abroad in Australia than get married. Oh wait... It'S HapPenInG

I meant washing dishes LOL

If I prepared for that, I might actually enjoy such an ordeal. It's a thing people do for fun. I could go walk the Appalachian (pronounced APP-uh-LATCH-un) trail, looking at birds and salamanders the whole way. That would be awesome. Maybe not the dirt part though. Eh. There's clean streams and rivers up there, so washing is easy.

LOL I'm not sure where the boundary between romance and sex actually is. If I did, maybe I wouldn't find myself entirely confused whenever I'm attracted to someone. I only know I've crossed the r/s boundary when it happens, but that act sets off my romance-repulsion. So I leave. Too quickly to take time and identify what just happened. what is going on in my life; please send help; ahhhhhhhhhh

1. Evolutionary psychology makes me happy. It hits me right in the feels. Especially when I see other people who understand selection pressure. 2. I think you're right about social instincts being selected for. Unlike aromanticism, there's a huge body of research on that subject.

I may have to keep that as an example. okay so I'm definitely keeping it and also sending it to my parents because it's perfect

@IceHurricane Note the presence of the word "just" in three of those points. Whenever I talk to people, I make a point of leaving it out. Nobody ever just wants something. Nobody ever just is something. People are far too complicated to box in like that. It's a word intended to compartmentalize the subject into something manageable and comprehensible to the user, often at the cost of any real meaning. "Just" is a tool used to create and implement the Straw Man Fallacy. It's a way of saying "that's all they are," or "that's all they do." Perhaps something like, "that's all you need to know about them." It is a tool to simplify the complicated, and for that it's often misused. Certainly not just in dismissing aromanticism. When someone tells you you're just afraid of commitment, keep that in mind. I'll actually admit I am afraid of commitment, but I am absolutely not JUST afraid of it. There's a whole other argument to be made about the use of the word "can't" but I feel it's less relevant here.

The biggest misconception I've come across is that "aromantic" is a temporary description, not an identity. That I'm completely aromantic this week, but next month I'll change my mind. I've even had friends tell me they might be aromantic, but then immediately forswear it when they realized it was an innate quality.

I prefer Alchemy, Plastic, and Worth It. I have no Idea what Everlasting Sigh is about, but it sounds good. On the other hand, Worth It has a weird sound editing thing that I tolerate because the lyrics are great. It's my favorite one.