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While yeah, things can change over time, a lot of things stay relatively constant...

A very straight man will likely never be attracted to another man. A very gay man will likely never be attracted to another woman. A bisexual man can be attracted to both. A very asexual man will likely never be attracted to either men or women.

I get that sexuality has nuance and what I wrote sounds like an oversimplification, but that's really the jist. People on the internet have a tendency to excessively label every facet of their personality, which isn't necessarily useful, as you've pointed out.

I'm also on the asexual side of things. It's not something that has changed throughout my life. I don't take any medications either, so it's not medication induced. I have literally always been this way. I'm 30, so I'm way beyond where I would have felt any different at this point.

I choose to identify somewhat with asexuality because it was confusing as hell growing up and realizing people all want sex but I don't have that desire or instinct. It's odd to be different than 99% of the planet that way. Sometimes it seems like I'm missing some sort of minor sense like smell (I can smell, I'm just trying to draw a comparison).

However, I've always been curious to know what sort of an effect something like MDMA could have on me.

Rest days have really helped a ton mentally actually. I used to never be consistent with any sort of workouts I tried. Because I tried to do them daily and then would just soon get tired of doing it and stop altogether. But now my goal is 1-2 days between workouts. I've been able to be fairly consistent since March of this year...excluding unusual things like holidays and illness. I've never been this consistent for this long and I think the rest days are really what helped make the distance. Instead of dreading it every single day, I can mentally prepare in advance for when I have to go versus when I can just chillax and veg on the couch.

It's not quite the same. But I live near a university called University of South

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This sounds like something you'd get arrested for.

I'm in the US, so I do have to store eggs in the fridge. BUT I do what you do for a lot of foods that don't need to be refrigerated. I refrigerate them anyway because they last longer. I live alone, so my groceries don't deplete as fast as people with large families, and so it makes sense for me to try to stave off food spoilage as long as possible.

One time many years ago, the hair conditioner I was using smelled so delicious that I just had to have a curious taste to see what it was like. Disappointing to say the least lol. Yes, I was old enough to know better...I was not a small child when I did this lol

Weird. All post images load perfectly fine on my end, but I have seen others complain of the issue you describe. I am also running version 2.18.4, but I am on Android instead.

This is terrifying. I both hate it, am horrified, and also think it's funny. It's very conflicting but you get an upvote lol.

Yeah I think both are valid tbh. I get that a lot of people don't want to hear and and I get that a lot of people are upset. How do you compromise and help with both?

I suppose I could give it to you for Hillary Clinton because it could have been confusing wrt Bill. But with Harris, I'm not buying it. Both "Barack" and "Obama" are equally distinct to me. We have never had a president Harris before, so it's plenty distinct enough. It's not as though presidential candidates always have wildly distinct and uncommon names.

Are you gonna replay as sad cop lol

That's honestly what scares me the most. I think we can survive another 4 years of Trump. What I don't think we could survive is if he completely destroys what democracy stands for and gets rid of our term limit for presidency. That is completely terrifying to me and seems to be a very real threat. Trump is old and he'll probably die soon, but if he gets rid of term limits then who knows what kind of horrifying monster we could have ruling the country indefinitely after his death once that precedent is set.

But at least I have another 4 years roughly before I have to start worrying about that I guess.

Tfw you toileted instead of skibidied. 😔

Let me guess, you're a white cis male?

What kind of schizophrenia did I just stumble upon?

It's weird because I even noticed this among liberals. The presidential candidates are always referred to by last name. But both times a woman tried to run, people referred to her as her first name whether you are conservative or liberal or what have you. I have found it a bit disrespectful tbh, and all sides have been guilty of this. The US will never elect a female president, let alone a female president of color. It's bizarre.

I don't think either the people that OP is referring to or your post are right. There are multiple tens of millions of Americans who did not vote for that man and want no part of the hellscape.

Honestly I'm wondering if that's why the margin Trump is winning is so "huge". The US will never vote for a woman president. Both times Trump has gone up against a woman, he's won. But against a man, he lost.

Please don't forget that neatly half of the country realizes he's insane and is terrified. Not everyone deserves this. Tens of millions of us out there don't want this.

Maybe they are onto something here...