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So whenever somebody asks me something sexual, I tell them about my asexuality. But I've heard some crazy things back. One guy asked, "that's a plant thing, right?" Anybody hear anything else? Anybody meet someone who actually knew?

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Oh is this a list things people have said to you? One guy tried to use this insult as a pick up line. He said, "Oh, you just haven't had sex with the right person. Good think for you, I'm right here."

Ugh

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I have a friend who's gay but is also really into foxes. He's so funny because he has created this imaginary world where he's a fox and lives in this society of other foxes and you move up in the societal hierarchy with butt sex. That's the gist of it but he actually has a pretty well built lore around this imaginary universe, so I couldn't help but adopt it for myself.

So I'm sorry to break it to you, but yes, I am a plant. I come from a far away planet where plants are the highest sentient beings and we keep mammals as pets. We are not sexual in nature. If we so desire a close companion we choose companions by the sweetness of their nectar. That is why plants from my planet tend to like desserts because our palettes are more refined for tasting those sweet tones.

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I've actually never gotten any sarcastic comments about asexuality, despite that all but one of the people I mentioned it to had never even heard of it before. They just listened, willing to attempt to understand. When I brought it up to my sister, she actually knew what asexuality was, which surprised me. She had apparently learned of it at university. And.. she thought it was kinda odd, but didn't hate on it. But she did look at me like I was ludicrous if I thought I was asexual.

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(A)rrogant Avian

It would be so cool if we were plants, or TimeLords. I would love to be able to just bud off people instead of having to have sex to create more people! Unfortunatly, though, we are not plants.....

No one that I have talked about asexuality with has likened it to plants. I don't come out to everyone I meet, but I do talk about asexuality to others, as if I wasn't asexual. I have heard gay, beastiality and celibate being likened to asexuality.

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It would be so cool if we were plants, or TimeLords. I would love to be able to just bud off people instead of having to have sex to create more people! Unfortunatly, though, we are not plants.....

No one that I have talked about asexuality with has likened it to plants. I don't come out to everyone I meet, but I do talk about asexuality to others, as if I wasn't asexual. I have heard gay, beastiality and celibate being likened to asexuality.

Same, I am in the habit of bringing up asexuality without insinuating that I am asexual in any way. It's a good way to scope out what the people around you are thinking. Honestly, my family is the most judgmental of it, especially my mother. She really angers me, honestly. She thinks there is something wrong and to be avoided about asexuals. She even goes so far as to liken it to homosexuality on the idea that the Bible tells us to avoid and stay away from homosexuals. And asexuals are clearly on the same boat.

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One of my friends says I'm like a sponge. Don't get me wrong, he understands asexuality, and isn't trying to be mean at all. I think it's actually quite funny.

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butterflydreams

I'm definitely not a "plant person". I had a cute little cactus, and it died. I guess I'm not very nurturing. :P

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thatotherguy57

On the negative comments, I've heard "you need to get laid", "you haven't met the right person", "are you gay" and "you're not bi are you". All of them came from one friend when I came out to her, and my boss also told me I needed to get laid when the subject of people doing stupid things for sex came up at work. He's trying to find someone that I would be interested in sleeping with. I'm not going to stop him, either; I may get a few weeks of cheap amusement out of his efforts, I never pass up the chance to witness futility.

One of my friends, and my cousin knew what asexuality was. My cousin shocked me that he knew, my friend had suggested that I might be.

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Hell yes I want to be a plant person like Poison Ivy or Zyra from League. Then I can kick all the negative ppl's butts <.<

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I think what people say to you depends on who you pick to tell. If you think they'll say something stupid, you probably have a good reason to think that they will say something stupid.

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A YouTube troll attempted to insult me by implying I'm going to be a virgin my whole life. XD Insulting an asexual who decided on permanent celibacy by saying they're going to be a virgin their whole life is like insulting a plant by saying it's going to photosynthesize its whole life. There's really no offensive material in there. How am I supposed to be insulted? Some people...

I just wanted to say "Well, I sure hope so! Part of Asexuality is having a lack of interest in 'getting laid.'"

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Part of Asexuality is having a lack of interest in 'getting laid'.

That depends on the asexual person, though. The only two requirements for someone to be asexual are (1) for the person to not feel sexually attracted to other people and (2) for that person to feel like they are asexual. Other than that, there's a lot of internal variation. I'm pretty sure many aces are interested in getting laid, even if they don't feel sexually attracted to people. It's not my case, though.

That said, I totally get what you mean. It's funny how our society is so inherently sexual that sometimes even insults aren't fit for aces.

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Part of Asexuality is having a lack of interest in 'getting laid'.

That depends on the asexual person, though.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was still referring to aces who chose permanent celibacy.

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Yeah I know what you mean my mum said only insects are asexual I was quite hurt coz I'm no insect

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I've gotten a few negative comments, but there's one that wins the most confusing comment.This guy kept asking

"So… you, do it with yourself?"

"What do you mean…?"
"Do you do it with yourself?"
"Are you asking if I masturbate?"
"No, I want to know, if you can do it with yourself?"

"What are you talking about D:"
"You're asexual, so then, you do it with yourself, right?"

After ten minutes of this, it turns out he was asking if I can asexually reproduce -.-'

… Yes, yes I can. Though, not yet. I'm a new clone the original Lee split off into and need to further mature before I can perform mitosis again.

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I feel that you imply that he is slightly ignorant or it is a unexpected response.

So whenever somebody asks me something sexual, I tell them about my asexuality. But I've heard some crazy things back. One guy asked, "that's a plant thing, right?" Anybody hear anything else? Anybody meet someone who actually knew?

I think it is very reasonable to associate the term asexual with plants when discussing sexuality. Many microscopic plants and bacteria reproduce asexually and many young people who learn about this in biology so it isn't a big jump to that remark. Also because the asexual movement is relatively new many people won't have heard of it.

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Oh no! They've found out that I'm secretly a tree in a person suit, and that's why I went into Environmental Science!

:ph34r::cake:

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Not personally, but my early efforts to find other asexuals at my university back when I was still figuring out my orientation and what it implied for my life and how I see myself ended at one BBC article, one anonymous interview in a student newspaper (extremely tantalising!) and a heap of articles in biology journals.

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