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Sarcastic Bob

I was just watching TV, and one of the characters was complaining that he hadn't had sex in a week. Oh my god, the horror!!!! :huh: Is a week seriously that bad? Is a week seriously a long time to go without sex for normal people? I just couldn't help rolling my eyes.

Huh. I remember a friend of mine once breaking down completely in front of me, because she hadn't had any in a year or so. Her self esteem was in pieces as a consequence and she was a nervous wreck. I tried really hard to be sympathetic, all the while wondering what the big deal is, trying to remember if it was two or three years (or who knows, maybe more) since I had had sex last and struggling with the idea that I was apparently supposed to have a problem with that. I guess being ace has its advantages, even if it doesn't make me a good and understanding friend to loved ones experiencing sexual frustration. If she had said a week I probably wouldn't have been able to stop myself from laughing.

To be honest I'm with you here. I mean, I can understand being a bit irritated, but actually breaking down? Either people are a lot more sex crazed than I thought they were, or she's got some genuine issues she needs to sort out.

Well, given how sexualized women's self worth is in today's society, she probably felt that the reason behind her not having sex in that long had something to do with all the people around her not seeing her as attractive, valuable, or lovable, and that is likely the actual problem and cause of the breakdown. (Not that I know anything about this person, but in general when people see having sex as a marker of their self worth, you can get problems like this without the actual lack of sex making them break down.)

I see where you're coming from, but in my experience it tends to be the other way around; it's the men who are made out to be losers for not having casual sex and the woman made out to be "whores" if they do (stupid I know, but that's the way things are). I hate gender politics but I can't really see what they would have to do with a woman breaking down because they haven't "done it" in a while.

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So, today I found out I've been pronouncing Horry wrong. Apparently you don't pronounce the H in it. Also, it's good for raucous laughter as everyone else is imagining WHOREy. After pronouncing it like that for years, I was finally corrected by my cousin.

I never even thought of it like that.

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Honey_Badger

Personally, I try not to let other people bother me, because I've been down that road of hating myself because of what people say, and that was honestly the bulk of my teenage years. I had to leave town, most of the people I knew, and have a mental breakdown before I stopped giving a shit what people thought of me, though. I don't know if it's generally easier for guys to get out of that spiral of judgement because they don't have the same expectations burying them, or if 90% of my struggling was PTSD having a tea party in my brain, though.

This sounds like a horrible experience. And, well, I guess it makes me a complete bitch for being unable to understand other peoples' self esteem problems, stemming from the perception of the people surrounding them. I always built and maintained my sense of self worth on my own, never needing any validation from others (i.e. to be told that I am pretty or smart or sexy or whatever) and never really caring if someone didn't like me because they saw me as unattractive or unlikeable or anything. I have at certain points struggled with low self esteem and severe bouts of depression, but it was because I couldn't meet my own expectations of myself (I tend to expect a constant 110% of myself, unhealthy as this is), never because of others, except for a few chosen family members who instilled the aforementioned high expectations in me.

I have never struggled with thoughts of being seen as unattractive, ugly or fat (being way too thin is another thing though...). I assumed I was that way because I never really wanted or cared if people found me (sexually) attractive - it wasn't important to me how people saw my looks, since I never cared one bit about how others look. It translated into not being bothered by what people think of me. But maybe it is just the way I am and not really rooted in me being ace.

Food for thought for me.

Well... this is probably getting into TMI personal territory, but as a young kid I had much better self esteem. The problem was that due to psychological and emotional abuse, I developed a pretty obsessive need to have to check in on what people thought of me, because it was a little bit safer than repeated betrayal. Half the reason I couldn't stop the rumor campaign launched against me was that up until then, I'd neither particularly cared nor noticed what people thought of me... and it turns out that people thought I was weird at best, so the rumor mill got dark and vicious really fast. Most of the bullying in school by peers and one teacher focused on who I was, so there was really no way to escape it except trying futilely to make people like me. It never really helped.

To be honest, with my parents' personalities I was always going to be a little bit of a people pleaser (my mother comes from a very hospitable family thicket, and my father's been the peacekeeper in his family since he was nine,) but the abuse made it worse, to the point where it didn't just ruin my day, it could ruin whole months. So yeah.

Back to Gender Politics: Oh man, SarcasticBob, let me tell you, the things people say to twenty-something girls because of sex are awful: to loosely quote the breakfast club, you can't win, because if you've had it you're a slut, and if you haven't you're a prude. Also, society's pretty harsh on women who don't have partners (rather than sex in general, which is a slightly different kettle of fish) because plenty of people, especially other women, will see not having a partner as a sign of not being worthy of love due to some exaggerated flaw or another. That and the fact that most of the pressure to look perfect and act "feminine" comes from other women, particularly in the beauty industry and in magazines and even aquaintances, and that most of that is aimed towards "getting a man," the pressure to have proof that men desire you is a very toxic thing.

Internalized misogyny is a bitch.

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Sockstealingnome

I was just watching TV, and one of the characters was complaining that he hadn't had sex in a week. Oh my god, the horror!!!! :huh: Is a week seriously that bad? Is a week seriously a long time to go without sex for normal people? I just couldn't help rolling my eyes.

Huh. I remember a friend of mine once breaking down completely in front of me, because she hadn't had any in a year or so. Her self esteem was in pieces as a consequence and she was a nervous wreck. I tried really hard to be sympathetic, all the while wondering what the big deal is, trying to remember if it was two or three years (or who knows, maybe more) since I had had sex last and struggling with the idea that I was apparently supposed to have a problem with that. I guess being ace has its advantages, even if it doesn't make me a good and understanding friend to loved ones experiencing sexual frustration. If she had said a week I probably wouldn't have been able to stop myself from laughing.

To be honest I'm with you here. I mean, I can understand being a bit irritated, but actually breaking down? Either people are a lot more sex crazed than I thought they were, or she's got some genuine issues she needs to sort out.

Well, given how sexualized women's self worth is in today's society, she probably felt that the reason behind her not having sex in that long had something to do with all the people around her not seeing her as attractive, valuable, or lovable, and that is likely the actual problem and cause of the breakdown. (Not that I know anything about this person, but in general when people see having sex as a marker of their self worth, you can get problems like this without the actual lack of sex making them break down.)

I see where you're coming from, but in my experience it tends to be the other way around; it's the men who are made out to be losers for not having casual sex and the woman made out to be "whores" if they do (stupid I know, but that's the way things are). I hate gender politics but I can't really see what they would have to do with a woman breaking down because they haven't "done it" in a while.

While that's true, women are still expected to look sexually attractive enough that others will want to sleep with them and, thus, be in a relationship with them. Her not getting any in awhile meant she wasn't able to find a relationship or even anything casual, which for many people=undesirable=low self-esteem.

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corduroyjackalope

Most recently, I was admiring a pair of leggings (or maybe they were yoga pants). My friend said a normal person would admire the curvy ass in the pants.

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A lone Tyranid

I was once talking to group of friends. (Well, a friend and their other friends, whom I had not interacted with much before)

Then, out of the blue, one asked:

"Would you bang her?" (Her being some girl everyone in my year views as attractive...never noticed them before)

I then said:

"With what? A hammer? Thats rather aggressive, don't you think?"

When everyone started laughing, I then realised the actual nature of his question.

I then said:

"Nah"

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DynamiteMonkey

Chatting with my sister and her friend as they get ready to go clubbing. They want me to leave.

"*DynamiteMonkey*, get out now"

"Nah"

"What? Want to see us get naked?"

*promptly leaves*

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Chatting with my sister and her friend as they get ready to go clubbing. They want me to leave.

"*DynamiteMonkey*, get out now"

"Nah"

"What? Want to see us get naked?"

*promptly leaves*

haha xD Similar things happened with me and my female cousins too.

Every time they want to send me flying out of their room they just needed to say they would change clothes or something, and then i sprinted out of it. Nowadays i'm more polite, so if they request i shall leave without asking xD. But i never quite understood this concept, i always though of the bedroom as an improper place to change clothes, i always thought that was reasonable to only do it in the bathroom with the doors properly locked. I Guess people are not that protective. I always am kinda perplexed by anime scenes where the protagonist barges into the bathroom or bedroom when the girls are changing, like, "wtf? no one knows how to operate the door lock?".

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I had an incredibly ace moment the other day when one of my friends asked me to play "Hot or Not Hot", a game in which apparently you send pictures of people and say if you think they're hot. I asked if by hot she meant platonically good looking or like a sexual kind of hot, then she suggested we score them out of 10 for both categories. I had to text one of my other friends and ask her to give me some answers that would seem believable because I had no idea who I was supposed to consider sexually attractive :/

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corduroyjackalope

While watching the movie Perfume, durring the orgy scene I just kept thinking how much all those people looked like a holocaust grave.

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Manic Pixie Dream Nerd

Realizing how pathetic it was that I didn't understand the joke here until reading comments:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295791500586692&set=a.227466304085879.1073741828.227465474085962&type=1&theater

What's the joke? I don't get it.

It means he has a very, very tiny dick.

I didn't get it at first. Or after reading the comments. Even after that explanation I STILL don't get it. I need to go dirty up my mind. *Shoves dirt in ears*

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I came across this anti-meat ad, and it said something like "eating meat promotes restriction of blood flow where it counts." I was thinking that this was trying to say that it could cause something like a heart attack or stroke. Then I read the rest of the ad, and realized it was talking about impotence. Oops!

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5_♦♣

Realizing how pathetic it was that I didn't understand the joke here until reading comments:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295791500586692&set=a.227466304085879.1073741828.227465474085962&type=1&theater

What's the joke? I don't get it.

It means he has a very, very tiny dick.

I didn't get it at first. Or after reading the comments. Even after that explanation I STILL don't get it. I need to go dirty up my mind. *Shoves dirt in ears*

See below.

Realizing how pathetic it was that I didn't understand the joke here until reading comments:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295791500586692&set=a.227466304085879.1073741828.227465474085962&type=1&theater

What's the joke? I don't get it.

It means he has a very, very tiny dick.

I know pencil is slang for a tiny/thin penis but fully no way in hell that's what he meant in that sentence. If some people think that then thats just there dirty/comedic minds bending what he said (and bending it quite a bit really), but that doesnt mean IN ANY WAY youre pathetic for not jumping to that same conclusion.

Oh what? That link is no longer linking to the same image... Because this one is not that.

Let me try to find the right link again.

Correct link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295829120582930&set=a.227466304085879.1073741828.227465474085962&type=1&theater

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In seventh grade, I had to raise my hand in science class and ask what 'testies' meant. Needless to say the rest of the class giggled.

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mischevious_koala

Remembering this controversial billboard from 5-6 years ago and still not understanding how a company could make this happen :lol: I suppose premature ejaculation?

738227-nasal-spray-billboard.jpg

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At work today, one of the magic players we haven't seen in a while came in with his SO of some kind. My coworker went on with some of the other gamers about how she was an exotic dancer. My first thought was that she danced dances of foreign cultures, or something different, like fire dancing.

Took me a while for my brain to find the file on exotic dancing. Off by a mile.

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Fate Amenable To Change

At work today, one of the magic players we haven't seen in a while came in with his SO of some kind. My coworker went on with some of the other gamers about how she was an exotic dancer. My first thought was that she danced dances of foreign cultures, or something different, like fire dancing.

Took me a while for my brain to find the file on exotic dancing. Off by a mile.

Well, I learned something new today.

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TheButterflyComposer

Looking back, going to university was a bit of a shock.

I was younger than everyone else (even the other fast tracked kids by a few months) which meant my older friends didn't seem to expect me to understand their sex talks and jokes. The penny sort of dropped with a horrible clang when I was three years in and still didn't know why they were all in each others rooms (or why there was a hat on the door)...

It was more of a child being shown the adult world thing, but it did mean I got a greater understanding of how people operate sooner than many asexual people do.

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Manic Pixie Dream Nerd

Realizing how pathetic it was that I didn't understand the joke here until reading comments:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295791500586692&set=a.227466304085879.1073741828.227465474085962&type=1&theater

What's the joke? I don't get it.

It means he has a very, very tiny dick.

I didn't get it at first. Or after reading the comments. Even after that explanation I STILL don't get it. I need to go dirty up my mind. *Shoves dirt in ears*

See below.

Realizing how pathetic it was that I didn't understand the joke here until reading comments:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295791500586692&set=a.227466304085879.1073741828.227465474085962&type=1&theater

What's the joke? I don't get it.

It means he has a very, very tiny dick.

I know pencil is slang for a tiny/thin penis but fully no way in hell that's what he meant in that sentence. If some people think that then thats just there dirty/comedic minds bending what he said (and bending it quite a bit really), but that doesnt mean IN ANY WAY youre pathetic for not jumping to that same conclusion.

Oh what? That link is no longer linking to the same image... Because this one is not that.

Let me try to find the right link again.

Correct link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295829120582930&set=a.227466304085879.1073741828.227465474085962&type=1&theater

Oh, uh, thanks, I guess. :)

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A lone Tyranid

Once, at SCHOOL, someone looked up porn on their iPhone. Everyone else was crowding around watching the video. I looked at it for five seconds and said

"How much internet usage is that using?"

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TheButterflyComposer

I hate to be pedantic but 5 cents is a worthless amount of currency. Even 5p will get you practically nothing nowadays.

Otherwise I agree with your comment. The amount of porn watched in my High School (I believe it's middle school in the US) actually brought down the wi-fi twice in one day!

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I thought of another incredibly ace moment I had when I was about 12 and first heard what you were supposed to do on your honeymoon. I spent the next week wondering why on earth you'd want to ruin the days after your wedding doing that when you could be doing something fun instead. It also became the reason why for a while I didn't want to get married at all (still not sure I do, but for different reasons)

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I came across this anti-meat ad, and it said something like "eating meat promotes restriction of blood flow where it counts." I was thinking that this was trying to say that it could cause something like a heart attack or stroke. Then I read the rest of the ad, and realized it was talking about impotence. Oops!

Well, in that case... "I'll take three burgers and two sausages. Don't bother, you can keep the buns." :p

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Mycroft is Yourcroft

My phone blips a certain way when it receives an email from AVEN, and while I was playing poker with my family in the dining room, it received a thread update (from Incredibly Ace Moments funnily enough!). My family (who don't know I'm ace) was making suggestive comments while I checked the message, saying it was from 'cutefrenchguys.co.uk'. They didn't realise I was cracking up at the irony rather than their joke :P

In fact, during the same poker game, I got flushes in spades 3 times in a row, and was more excited at all the spades than at my outrageous luck :D

#IncrediblyAroAceMoments

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Sockstealingnome

Chatting with my sister and her friend as they get ready to go clubbing. They want me to leave.

"*DynamiteMonkey*, get out now"

"Nah"

"What? Want to see us get naked?"

*promptly leaves*

haha xD Similar things happened with me and my female cousins too.

Every time they want to sent me flying out of their room they just needed to say they would change clothes or something, and then i sprinted out of it. Nowadays i'm more polite, so if they request i shall leave without asking xD. But i never quite understood this concept, i always though of the bedroom as an improper place to change clothes, i always thought that was reasonable to only do it in the bathroom with the doors properly locked. I Guess people are not that protective. I always am kinda perplexed by anime scenes where the protagonist barges into the bathroom or bedroom when the girls are changing, like, "wtf? no one knows how to operate the door lock?".

Well my closet is in my room so it makes it easier to change in there. Sometimes I might try something on and realize it didn't look the way it did in my head so I have to grab something else to wear instead. I always lock the door though.

Remembering this controversial billboard from 5-6 years ago and still not understanding how a company could make this happen :lol: I suppose premature ejaculation?

738227-nasal-spray-billboard.jpg

I don't get that ad. What does nasal technology have to do with sex?

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Watching "Worlds Smartest Inventions" and seeing the Man Bib and not knowing what it was. I now know and I wish I didn't it's stupid and kinda gross.

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Mezzo Forte

My friends like to play this card game called Mao, where it operates like Crazy 8s, but the winner of a game gets to make up a new rule every time (but does not share with the players what it is). There is always a chairman who deals the cards and also cards people for mistakes because you're supposed to learn the made-up rules by sheer trial-and-error. Some of my friends love the game, but many ragequit at its mere mention.

Anyways, we have a rule where if you throw a 10, you have to say to the next player "of a scale of one to ten, you're a ten", with which the other player responds with "thank you, but actually, I'm a ___" and say whatever number/face is on the card they put down.

Seriously, I'm just waiting for that to happen and have an ace in hand. "Thank you, but actually, I'm an Ace." It'd be amazing playing with the one of two people I know that would be in on the joke :P

Oh, and for one of their rules, if a king, queen, and jack are all played on top of each other, then you need to make a sex noise. I missed the memo and thought you were supposed to say "royal orgy," because I heard someone else call it that in a slightly different context. Thanks to that, my friends joke that "royal orgy" is actually my sex noise and I don't have to actually try and make a sex noise when that scenario pops up in game :P

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Quintus Crinis

Quite an old one, but I used to play "The Sims" games and never understood why choosing to "give a compliment" often received a negative reaction - especially if male to female.

However a friend posted on facebook a few days ago complaining about getting a compliment from someone - apparently saw it as someone "hitting on" them.

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Manic Pixie Dream Nerd

*Looks up "attractive guys" on the internet just because I don't want to do my work* (and I'd like to see who "normal" people find attractive)

*Scrolls through pictures of random dudes*

*Gets more and more bored until finally clicking the X button*

*Wonders why I did that in the first place*

*Reflects on the fact that I am officially not a "normal" teenage girl* (that's certainly a good thing to me :D)

*Realizes this makes a very good ace moment*

Ta da!

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