sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Maybe it's indeed best for the mods to delete this thread. For every actually annoying thing that aromantics might say, there are like ten whiny comments about the existence of this thread, the hardness of the life of aromantics or "annoying things" that are obviously not. Link to post Share on other sites
Baam Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 "ahh I hate kissing scenes just for the sake of having romance in there, when it adds nothing to the plot!" Ah, but romance makes everything better, you strange little aromantic person! Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Baam said: Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 minute ago, sindi said: You're basically saying annoying things that romantics say now, off you go to the relevant thread. Why can't we both say it? We're not that different. Link to post Share on other sites
Baam Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 "Valentine's day is the worst. Cheap chocolate day for the win!" <- me Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, Philbo Wiseroot said: Why can't we both say it? We're not that different. I agree that we're not that different. Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, sindi said: I agree that we're not that different. So why can't we both say it? Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, Baam said: "Valentine's day is the worst. Cheap chocolate day for the win!" <- me AGREED! Feb 15 is awesome because cheap chocolate! Also, Valentine's Day is just bleh from a romantic perspective because it's not romantic it it's forced and expected! Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, Philbo Wiseroot said: So why can't we both say it? Of course we can. But I felt that Baam was just trying to provoke and imply, that all romantics love pointless kissing scenes. Link to post Share on other sites
Baam Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 No, I was just saying things that some aromantic people annoyingly say. That's the point of the thread after all. I'm not generalising. Only some say it. I totally wasn't implying anything bad about romantics either, I was on topic, quoting annoying things aromantic people say. Like: "I would rather eat icecream and go live in a manor full of papos rather than enter a romantic relationship. Romance is the worst." Just some, not all. Not me, of course. :nopapo: Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Baam said: "I would rather eat icecream and go live in a manor full of papos rather than enter a romantic relationship. Romance is the worst." THE AROCALYPSE IS COMING! Link to post Share on other sites
m4rble Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 On 1/20/2017 at 3:21 PM, ohdearIzzy said: (As if this partnership is in any way different from a normal relationship) Other than possibly the making love part this describes Sadie and Katie from Total Drama Island pretty well. (I had insomnia recently and watched cartoons for a good portion of the night. ) Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 I hope they delete this thread. You aros won. Link to post Share on other sites
m4rble Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 minute ago, sindi said: I hope they delete this thread. You aros won. Won, what? This isn't a competition. I don't think this thread should be deleted. Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, m4rble said: Won, what? This isn't a competition. I don't think this thread should be deleted. Agreed. In my view as a mod of another similar forum with similar ToS, threads should only be deleted if they break ToS in such a way that individual posts can't be hidden. Link to post Share on other sites
Baam Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 "I do not feel romantic attraction towards others, and prefer to be on my own platonically. I am not a psychopath." Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Baam said: I am not a psychopath Yeah. What is it with the whole "aros are robots and psychopaths" thing? Is it because of the whole "difference is wrong" narrative that everyone on this forum (even the cis-het people) will face at some point in their lives? Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 9 minutes ago, m4rble said: Won, what? This isn't a competition. I don't think this thread should be deleted. Won in the sense of completely taking over this thread with sarcastic/passive-aggressive posts. (Note that I have no problem whatsoever with aromantics posting here, it's just the sarcasm and passive-aggressive posts) Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 minute ago, sindi said: taking over this thread with sarcastic/passive-aggressive posts You called us psychopaths in your first post. The choices were to be sarcastic or pounce on you. We chose the less hurtful option. Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, Philbo Wiseroot said: You called us psychopaths in your first post. The choices were to be sarcastic or pounce on you. We chose the less hurtful option. I didn't. Read it again. Link to post Share on other sites
m4rble Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, sindi said: Won in the sense of completely taking over this thread with sarcastic/passive-aggressive posts. (Note that I have no problem whatsoever with aromantics posting here, it's just the sarcasm and passive-aggressive posts) Yeah, I think we need a thread like this for the sake of balance, we already have one for romantics, sexuals, or asexuals after all. I thought that people would take this with a little more humour like they did for the asexual thread. Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, m4rble said: I thought that people would take this with a little more humour like they did for the asexual thread. Me too. I guess I should have written the first post differently, if some people indeed interpret it as me calling aromantics psychopaths, which DEFINITELY was not my intention. Link to post Share on other sites
m4rble Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 On 1/20/2017 at 0:18 AM, sindi said: Well, if romantics can say a thread's worth of annoying things, I'm sure aromantics can as well? Let's see... "I have zero idea what love could possibly be, human attachment is an utterly alien concept to me! Eww how irrational it is!" (if you really feel that way, fair enough, you psychopath, but most people saying that probably still have platonic love towards their families or friends) Okay, I can see why someone would be a bit upset about this. I've never actually seen an aromantic post something like this and I think it's far more common for them to complain about people stereotyping them like this. Link to post Share on other sites
TRexPhilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 On 20/01/2017 at 7:18 AM, sindi said: Well, if romantics can say a thread's worth of annoying things, I'm sure aromantics can as well? Let's see... "I have zero idea what love could possibly be, human attachment is an utterly alien concept to me! Eww how irrational it is!" (if you really feel that way, fair enough, you psychopath, but most people saying that probably still have platonic love towards their families or friends) 2 minutes ago, sindi said: I didn't. Read it again. I did. To me, the above reads as Quote "quote from an aro" (Your assessment of the quote). The way it read to me was that you generalised aros as people who don't understand romantic love, then called that same "person" a psychopath. Also, you could have avoided the issue all together by simply removing the reference to being a psychopath, so that the comment reads: Quote "I have zero idea what love could possibly be, human attachment is an utterly alien concept to me! Eww how irrational it is!" (if you feel that way, fair enough, but most people saying that probably still have platonic love towards their families or friends) Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, m4rble said: Okay, I can see why someone would be a bit upset about this. I've never actually seen an aromantic post something like this and I think it's far more common for them to complain about people stereotyping them like this. I was trying to make an exaggerated version of what I see sometimes, which is aromantics (probably) overplaying how foreign any kind of love seems to them, but I guess it was a bad idea, and I might be wrong about some people overstating it anyway. And that part about "you psychopath" was definitely not aimed at aromantics, but to people who would genuinely not understand any kind of attachment. Link to post Share on other sites
Scott1989 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Ok as an aro, I gotta join in. "Oh when I was young and stupid and dated" "Man look at all this money I saved by not dating!" "How have you spent all your money already?" "MONEYMONEYMMONEY MOOONNEEEYY.... MONEY" (Ok we don't say that. We sing it). Sure that's stuff that us aros will say more whoch would annoy anyone! Bonus thing that I as an aro that annoys myself as am aro. Normally it would be during a conversation where romantics (whp don't know I'm acearo) say something that their partner are doing something similar like going on a worknight out on the same night. "Well I wish I could say the same, but not only do I not have a wife, I don't even have a girlfriend" Leads to conversation of how to get a date. Every damn time! Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 oh, and I definitely didn't mean to call "the same person" a psychopath, but the opposite - trying to show, that aromantics are not psychopaths. I guess my logic was to be inclusive even of psychopaths - to not "erase" their life experience as something silly and impossible, if you get what I mean? Link to post Share on other sites
sindi Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 well, I removed the original example completely. Hopefully people can feel even slightly less offended now. Link to post Share on other sites
Marseny Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 13 hours ago, m4rble said: I thought that people would take this with a little more humour like they did for the asexual thread. >.> *noms popcorn* I'm laughing (especially at the "MONEYMONEYMONEY")... Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 22 hours ago, Scott1989 said: "MONEYMONEYMMONEY MOOONNEEEYY.... MONEY" (Ok we don't say that. We sing it). OK: Quote "Money, Money, Money" ABBA I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay Ain't it sad And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me That's too bad In my dreams I have a plan If I got me a wealthy man I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man's world Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man's world Aha aha All the things I could do If I had a little money It's a rich man's world It's a rich man's world A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mind Ain't it sad And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me That's too bad So I must leave, I'll have to go To Las Vegas or Monaco And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man's world Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man's world Aha aha All the things I could do If I had a little money It's a rich man's world Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man's world Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man's world Aha aha All the things I could do If I had a little money It's a rich man's world It's a rich man's world Link to post Share on other sites
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