46odnetnin Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Not sure where to put this but if you go and check the aromantic subreddit someone posted about a perfume buisness. If that isnt a perfect example of why we need more visibility I don't know what is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omitef Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I think we should all start a perfume business just to mess everyone up more We could call it "Aros" which is an ironic pun based off the Greek god of love, "Eros" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 We should, but its kind of hard to raise awareness to abstract concepts. Like you can look very obviously gay, but, how do you communicate the lack of romantic love? The perfume thing would be great inside joke, except I think allo people would see us as some weird sect. Next day the headlines be like "Radical aromantic activists were throwing bath bombs into fountains, and planting fragrant flowers in parks. The glitter will be hard get rid of, but we kinda like the smell." But I'm not going to be the one to preach, as I'm dyslectic so I mix up those two words on the daily basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, Cassiopeia said: We should, but its kind of hard to raise awareness to abstract concepts. Like you can look very obviously gay, but, how do you communicate the lack of romantic love? It's more lack of an abstract concept believed to be ubiquitous and universal. So much so that "role models" and (even) warped stereotypes of aromantic people are very hard to find in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, Mark said: It's more lack of an abstract concept believed to be ubiquitous and universal. So much so that "role models" and (even) warped stereotypes of aromantic people are very hard to find in the first place. Yeah, that's what I tried to say. We are so diverse, even we have no idea how to represent ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 One of many reasons why I turned autocorrect off on my phone is because it always "corrects" aromantic into aromatic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rising Sun Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 2 hours ago, aihpen said: One of many reasons why I turned autocorrect off on my phone is because it always "corrects" aromantic into aromatic... Record "aromantic" in your personal dictionary and use the suggestions feature. After a while, your phone will use "aromantic" in its suggestions. I have a lot of personal words in there. I wouldn't dare lending my smartphone to friends because of how much I'm posting on AVEN with TMI content and my phone reflects that use, I perverted the poor thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis On Air Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Mwah mwah mwaaaaaaaaaah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Phoenix Ace Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 We should all carry a bottle of Febreeze with us everywhere we go. The Aromatic Aromantics Association (AAA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Standing front of Lush, eating ice cream, trying to out-scent them like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 19 hours ago, Rising Sun said: Record "aromantic" in your personal dictionary and use the suggestions feature. After a while, your phone will use "aromantic" in its suggestions. I have a lot of personal words in there. I wouldn't dare lending my smartphone to friends because of how much I'm posting on AVEN with TMI content and my phone reflects that use, I perverted the poor thing If I would know how to do that, I would, but I have no idea if that's even something you can do on my phone. I can't find an option to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ad-ARO-ble Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Also, this https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4g33n1/what_common_thing_have_you_never_done_or/d2edfoz?context=3 FFS, Reddit (at least this one seemed good natured) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I've often read aromantic as aromatic.. .:P Spellcheck on my computer kept complaining about "aromantic" so I had to teach it some new words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rising Sun Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 2 hours ago, aihpen said: If I would know how to do that, I would, but I have no idea if that's even something you can do on my phone. I can't find an option to do that On Android, I can help you. On iOS, I can't. PM me if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 2 hours ago, ad-ARO-ble said: Also, this https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4g33n1/what_common_thing_have_you_never_done_or/d2edfoz?context=3 FFS, Reddit (at least this one seemed good natured) Now all someone needs to do is explain romantic/aromantic behaviour in terms of steroid hormones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 3 hours ago, Rising Sun said: On Android, I can help you. On iOS, I can't. PM me if you want. Thanks, but I have iOS and a very old one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 9 hours ago, Mark said: Now all someone needs to do is explain romantic/aromantic behaviour in terms of steroid hormones Is it dopamine and phenethylamine? It was ages ago, but I think it is. Anyway, chemically it is an awful lot like being high on something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 21 hours ago, Cassiopeia said: Is it dopamine and phenethylamine? It was ages ago, but I think it is. Anyway, chemically it is an awful lot like being high on something. Whilst these arn't steroids they do contain an arene ring. So qualify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breaddd Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 On 4/23/2016 at 10:02 AM, Blue Phoenix Ace said: We should all carry a bottle of Febreeze with us everywhere we go. The Aromatic Aromantics Association (AAA). *approved by the * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artemis Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 On 4/24/2016 at 2:55 PM, Cassiopeia said: Is it dopamine and phenethylamine? It was ages ago, but I think it is. Anyway, chemically it is an awful lot like being high on something. We learned about this in my AP Bio class. Dopamine released when you feel happy, or in childbirth. Also people get abnormal amounts of it released when they take certain drugs, so they get addicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philbo Wiseroot Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 On 4/23/2016 at 8:14 AM, 46odnetnin said: Not sure where to put this but if you go and check the aromantic subreddit someone posted about a perfume buisness. If that isnt a perfect example of why we need more visibility I don't know what is. I always redirect them to /r/findareddit, reluctantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis On Air Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Well I do smell nice as well, and I love Reddit. It's just so useful for finding interesting stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lie-RennyValkyrie_ Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 At the moment I'm hardly aromatic (my phone almost corrected that to aromantic that's a first its normally the other way around) I've just been to a con wearing 7 layers of fabric in some spots I stink like hell... Anyway.... I made the mistake of accidentally writing aromatic once on this forum. I had a whole bunch of people pointing it out to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apathetic Echidna Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 there is only one perfume thing that should be mentioned in relation to aromantics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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