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I think people who consider aromanticism as "basically straight" underestimate how noticeable absence can be to those around you.

Whether you're a kid in school with classmates who won't take "no one" as an answer to who you have a crush on or an adult whose coworkers have picked up on the fact that you've never mentioned a romantic partner; after enough time, a lack or insufficient amount of romantic interest will raise the antennae of friends, family, coworkers, etc... They will notice and they will speculate and they will ask.

It is impossible to meet the societal bar for straightness through inaction.

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The funniest thing about being aroace is growing up in middle school and thinking to yourself “…you guys are too young to be dating. We’re kids right now.” And then as you get older and reach college you’re still like “…you guys are too young to get married, how do you even know you like them like that?”

Like no that’s just how allo people are.

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Quick reminder that you don't need a solid sexuality! You can just be in love! Or not be in love! Or have a gender! Labels are a choice, not a requirement. All you need to do is be someone you like being! If labels help with that, great! But they are not required. You don't owe it to anyone, so don't feel pressured to choose labels if they aren't your thing!

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I feel like aroace rage as a concept does not get enough air time

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"what if you havent found the right one yet🥺🥺" what if i hit you with a metal pole

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Hold on a minute it's February. The month with the aromantic awareness week. YEAAAAA AROMANTICISM

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You don't need romance to be complete! What you need is to find the cursed amulet and set the ancient spirit free from it's prison so that it finally finds eternal peace thus restoring balance in the universe

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List of things that should have made me realize I had no sense of smell but didn't because I am clueless and only realizing this as an adult:

When told to pinch my nose while taking gross tasting medicine, it didn't have an effect. I experimented with other foods and drinks and nothing changed.

Every single time my parents complained about skunk smell while driving I felt nothing

'Hmm these scented candles don't smell like anything... must be crappy candles.'

My parents didn't like scented things like cleaning wipes and hand sanitizer and would complain but I felt total indifference

Whenever people would comment on cookies or soup making the whole house smell good, I would nod and agree and pretend to notice it too even though I didn't know what they were talking about

Once we rented an RV but it hadn't been properly emptied so the waste in the tank sat in the summer heat for days before we picked it up. Everyone complained and complained about the horrible smell and was reluctant to use the bathroom but I didn't notice anything.

Dissections. Everyone would complain they made the whole hallway stink, and would gag and complain and complain and complain about the stench of preserved dogfish.

As a little kid I'm pretty sure I assumed smell was an abstract concept. Didn't get it, wasn't sure what people were referencing, never wondered about if there was something wrong with me until recently. I am stupid

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Good things about anosmia:

Unbothered by the poop smell while taking care of baby birds etc while volunteering at a wildlife refuge. They put me in the shed and had me scrub the shit out of the filthy duckling mats but I'm good

Immune to the smell of dissections. In high school everyone would complain about the whole science hallway stinking, and in college when we took those dogfish out of the plastic bags one girl started retching but not me lemme get my hands up in that shark

Nerves of steel in public bathrooms. Yes they are still gross and can be dirty, but there were so many times on RV and camping trips where smell would have made it 1000x worse. Gas station portapotties. Compost toilets. The rental RV not having been emptied properly and the.. waste sitting in the tank getting hot in the summer heat. Nothing.

Bad things:

DO I SMELL???

Ig I will never truly enjoy tea or wine

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Year end report: In 2023 I discovered 2 new things about myself. 1, I am aromantic, and 2, I don’t have a sense of smell, so I am a special AAA battery (Aromantic/Anxious/Anosmic)

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“sex/romance/empathy makes us human,” they say. awful. pathetic. what makes us human is the urge to set things on fire

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I AM NOT MISSING OUT ON ANYTHING BY BEING AROMANTIC AND LOVELESS!

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Murderbot aromantic flag 🚀

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“Love makes you human” actually what makes me human is a large amulet that I hid hundreds of years ago that’s slowly feeding me power so my mortal body can live on forever, but you do you I guess

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"lgbtq+ pride is about loving whoever you want" WRONG queer pride is about being subversive to norms and being proud of who you are despite what society says

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The funniest thing about being aroace is growing up in middle school and thinking to yourself “…you guys are too young to be dating. We’re kids right now.” And then as you get older and reach college you’re still like “…you guys are too young to get married, how do you even know you like them like that?”

Like no that’s just how allo people are.

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fun facts about sharks