Anyways, my main point was more about the original topic.
Yeah, kind of got hung up on the food aspect. Sorry about that. (I love food).
I’m not even sure how I would possibly rate them? What am I even trying to rate them on? People’s attraction to both left me wondering if people were just lying about it (and perhaps sexual attraction more broadly) because it was beyond me comprehension that would could actually care for either.
I think it’s just hard for people like us to imagine what that is like. Much like how the thought crossed your mind that maybe people are lying about sexual attraction- I think the reverse is also true. I think most people when they hear the word ‘asexual’ think the person just means that they have a very low sex drive- not that they are totally and completely unable to feel sexual attraction.
I have a hard time wrapping my head around it myself. I knew I was a boobs and ass man long before I ever reached puberty. Sexual desire is such a integral part of my life that it would be no less confusing if you said you never got hungry or never felt pain.
I think Jesus was a myth, but if we are running the thought experiment that Jesus was real and he was pious because he was asexual- that seems a bit like cheating to me. The reason that people have such a hard time following all of Christianities silly sexual rules is because most people do have sexual desires. It’s like being impressed that someone who never feels hunger hasn’t eaten in 30 days or someone who never feels pain walking over hot coals. Technically they did the thing- but it’s not the same.
I think most people when they hear the word ‘asexual’ think the person just means that they have a very low sex drive- not that they are totally and completely unable to feel sexual attraction.
The reason I didn’t think I was ace is because my libido was annoyingly high. That said, asexuality is a spectrum. I’m honestly not sure where I am on that spectrum. But like, understanding what experiencing sexual attraction is like is difficult (not from a lack of trying - I’ve read dozens of people’s description with the purpose of trying to understand better).
it would be no less confusing if you said you never got hungry or never felt pain.
You should try intermittent fasting. When I’ve been doing it (just 1-meal a day) for more than a month, I start to forget what hunger feels like. Eventually becoming low energy is what tips me off that I should eat and I try not to go without eating in a day (any only more two days if for medical reasons)
Not feeling pain also doesn’t seem that foreign to me. Not because I don’t experience pain, but people seem surprised by the things I don’t think are painful, such as charlie horses (that might just be masochism). I already behave in way such as assuming my body won’t send pain signals even if I do something like break or sprain my wrist.
In general, I’d say its a lot easier to understand not feeling something (assuming you don’t always feel that thing) because you probably have at least some experience of not experiencing that thing.
I think Jesus was a myth, but if we are running the thought experiment that Jesus was real and he was pious because he was asexual- that seems a bit like cheating to me. The reason that people have such a hard time following all of Christianities silly sexual rules is because most people do have sexual desires. It’s like being impressed that someone who never feels hunger hasn’t eaten in 30 days or someone who never feels pain walking over hot coals. Technically they did the thing- but it’s not the same.
Fair. I know I’ve been guilty of confused by people’s behaviors due to a lack of understanding of how differently we experienced things.
Yeah, kind of got hung up on the food aspect. Sorry about that. (I love food).
I think it’s just hard for people like us to imagine what that is like. Much like how the thought crossed your mind that maybe people are lying about sexual attraction- I think the reverse is also true. I think most people when they hear the word ‘asexual’ think the person just means that they have a very low sex drive- not that they are totally and completely unable to feel sexual attraction.
I have a hard time wrapping my head around it myself. I knew I was a boobs and ass man long before I ever reached puberty. Sexual desire is such a integral part of my life that it would be no less confusing if you said you never got hungry or never felt pain.
I think Jesus was a myth, but if we are running the thought experiment that Jesus was real and he was pious because he was asexual- that seems a bit like cheating to me. The reason that people have such a hard time following all of Christianities silly sexual rules is because most people do have sexual desires. It’s like being impressed that someone who never feels hunger hasn’t eaten in 30 days or someone who never feels pain walking over hot coals. Technically they did the thing- but it’s not the same.
The reason I didn’t think I was ace is because my libido was annoyingly high. That said, asexuality is a spectrum. I’m honestly not sure where I am on that spectrum. But like, understanding what experiencing sexual attraction is like is difficult (not from a lack of trying - I’ve read dozens of people’s description with the purpose of trying to understand better).
You should try intermittent fasting. When I’ve been doing it (just 1-meal a day) for more than a month, I start to forget what hunger feels like. Eventually becoming low energy is what tips me off that I should eat and I try not to go without eating in a day (any only more two days if for medical reasons)
Not feeling pain also doesn’t seem that foreign to me. Not because I don’t experience pain, but people seem surprised by the things I don’t think are painful, such as charlie horses (that might just be masochism). I already behave in way such as assuming my body won’t send pain signals even if I do something like break or sprain my wrist.
In general, I’d say its a lot easier to understand not feeling something (assuming you don’t always feel that thing) because you probably have at least some experience of not experiencing that thing.
Fair. I know I’ve been guilty of confused by people’s behaviors due to a lack of understanding of how differently we experienced things.