Jillianimal Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Everybody who stands out catches grief from the majority at some point or another.And, everybody on the internet gets flamed at one point or another. Not to say it isn't a valid concern, but it's just something that will have to be endured, whether as a result of AVED or something else. This. I, too, have been wondering what kind of crowd we'll be getting right after AVED, but even if it's an arrogant, idiotic one, we'll have gotten someone's attention, and that's where it starts. Plus, I'm pretty sure anyone who's too much of a butt will get banned before they can say "lolfag." "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win." Link to post Share on other sites
Pandoren Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Note to self- apparently putting "Is asexual and happy to be so!" in your facebook status box makes your account mysteriously vanish... Link to post Share on other sites
ExeCUTE Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Note to self- apparently putting "Is asexual and happy to be so!" in your facebook status box makes your account mysteriously vanish... It's the masses fighting back! Wah! Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I hope that people are successful and that AVED increases awareness of asexuality and of AVEN. I, too, have been wondering what kind of crowd we'll be getting right after AVED, but even if it's an arrogant, idiotic one, we'll have gotten someone's attention, and that's where it starts. Plus, I'm pretty sure anyone who's too much of a butt will get banned before they can say "lolfag." Yes. The admods are gearing up and arming the trollaput in readiness for such after AVED. But the influx of new asexy AVEN members after AVED will be a yay! Link to post Share on other sites
AkiraCoinTykiGotBetaMuffin Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Note to self- apparently putting "Is asexual and happy to be so!" in your facebook status box makes your account mysteriously vanish... *Goes to try this* Link to post Share on other sites
Pandoren Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I thought maybe the word "sex" got flagged but I've seen and heard of worse in people's facebook pages than that :S It's just confusing why my account no longer exists only a few hours after I put that on there when it's been fine for years and I changed nothing else... :S Link to post Share on other sites
Cerebrum Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win." I love that Gandhi quote. In fact, I think I posted it on another thread. Link to post Share on other sites
ily Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Well hey! I wasn't sure if AVED would be a big enough thing to actually get us trolls, but the fact that it might be actually makes me very happy! :D Link to post Share on other sites
Sammie Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I'm thinking of making notes that say: "If you don't give a fuck! www.asexuality.org" and posting them on the condom machines in bathrooms in the pubs. Link to post Share on other sites
EllieZel Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I'm thinking of making notes that say: "If you don't give a fuck! www.asexuality.org" and posting them on the condom machines in bathrooms in the pubs. :lol: OMG, I am totally doing something similar. Link to post Share on other sites
rotifer Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Did a pseuso Aved thing today, I know its not the day yet but it was a chance for visibility so I took it. I came out to the LGBT group at freshers fair, and told them to look up aven and direct anyone else that asks about it to me. Hopefully there will be someone ace in this years intake. Link to post Share on other sites
FallenAngel Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I think I'm going to make a couple of stickers from mailing labels and stick them everywhere in my school Link to post Share on other sites
kt8 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 "If you don't give a fuck! www.asexuality.org" :lol: :lol: :lol: THAT is truly EXCELLENT. I may just steal that... I, myself, was thinking about just printing out some things with the word "asexuality" or "asexy" or the website or somesuch on them, and just placing them anonymously around campus where people might find them and then discuss them or look it up. However, after reading THAT ^ quote, I'm afraid I have no choice! ;) That line is too good to pass up! Link to post Share on other sites
FallenAngel Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Alright I finished a sheet of mailing labels that I'm going to stick around my school. I really like one of the stickers I made. It's like: "We are 1% (no, not milk...) www.asexuality.org" haha Link to post Share on other sites
. . .but there are sounds Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 "We are 1%(no, not milk...) www.asexuality.org" Aww, that's so cute, four awesome points to Violet. Link to post Share on other sites
Mizal Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Here's an idea - bringing cake to a class for AVED!.. I was totally thinking about doing this, but it's Canadian thanksgiving so no college for me. I'll just make cake anyway! So, who's got some cake recipies? I'm a good cook, I just don't make deserts but this is definitely a special occasion. Link to post Share on other sites
Friday Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 i'm sure i read a few weeks back....possibly in this thread....about trying to get something AVED related as a trending topic on twitter. I think this is an awesome idea!!! if there's enough twitter users around maybe we could settle on a slogan or something to use? Link to post Share on other sites
Sarahmarie Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 . . ."We are 1% (no, not milk...) www.asexuality.org" haha I really love this quote for its humor and its accuracy. On the 12th I will write and post a discussion of asexuality on my Random Musings blog (which does have a few followers) and will include a link to asexuality.org. Naturally, I will wear purple while writing this blog post. I am also beginning to warm up for this year's National Novel Writing Month (starts in 25 days, 1 hour and 38 minutes), and the idea just hit me to make one (or both) of the main characters asexual in a positive way. It is definitely time for asexual main characters to begin surfacing in fiction, and making at least one main character ace opens up possible avenues of discussion on the forum boards on that website as well. Link to post Share on other sites
ExeCUTE Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 i'm sure i read a few weeks back....possibly in this thread....about trying to get something AVED related as a trending topic on twitter. I think this is an awesome idea!!! if there's enough twitter users around maybe we could settle on a slogan or something to use? I think that good ol' #asexuality would be good as a trending topic. I mean, If I saw that in the sidebar of my Twitter page, I'd be more inclined to check it out than if it was '#AVED' or something like that. Link to post Share on other sites
The-Snowlion Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I'm totally going to cover my HS in post-its. Just bought the sticky notes and a purple sharpie for that perfect AVEN feel. I'll be spending the whole day writing on them. XD Link to post Share on other sites
ily Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 I'm really liking all the creativity on this thread...AVED goes down on Monday! Link to post Share on other sites
FallenAngel Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I don't have school on Monday :( So I'm going to put some up of my stickers tomorrow and on Tuesday, so people can still see. I hope I don't get caught... I think this counts as vandalism >< Link to post Share on other sites
kt8 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I'm totally going to cover my HS in post-its. Just bought the sticky notes and a purple sharpie for that perfect AVEN feel. I'll be spending the whole day writing on them. XD Hmmm... that sounds like something I might want to do, too. It's cheap, I have tons of post-its, and I can walk around the night before and quickly stick them everywhere without anyone seeing me (not so sure I want to tell everyone yet...). Besides, I'm not fancy enough to do stickers! ;) Link to post Share on other sites
Jules111 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Hi, I'm teaching on 12th october. For sure, I'll be wearing a purple shirt and tie. I'll be teaching 2 classes of college students that day, and I'm planning to explain why I have the purple clothes on. It's going to be part of a wider discussion about festivals and festival culture. Link to post Share on other sites
EllieZel Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I think I'm going to steal that post-it idea. I'm also writing to my campus's Spectrum chapter, and the independent newsletter, and depending on the weather, I might actually try some chalking (I've heard it may be against the rules, so this is only if I feel really daring.) I'm going to be Johnny freakin Appleseed, only with AVEN. Link to post Share on other sites
stripe Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I may vandalise my school some... very sneakily though. toilet vandalism is the only way to be unseen. it'd be a nice alternative to the usual highly sexual stuff that's in there too :P could use it as a point of reference; 'you don't want to be *arrows to cubicle comment 'banged'*???? ASEXUALITY.ORG' yes. they'll like that. in a week or so there'll probably be some 'you FREAK!!!!' comment in reply haha. looking forward to it ^_^ Link to post Share on other sites
ExeCUTE Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I may vandalise my school some... very sneakily though. toilet vandalism is the only way to be unseen. it'd be a nice alternative to the usual highly sexual stuff that's in there too :P could use it as a point of reference; 'you don't want to be *arrows to cubicle comment 'banged'*???? ASEXUALITY.ORG'yes. they'll like that. in a week or so there'll probably be some 'you FREAK!!!!' comment in reply haha. looking forward to it ^_^ Nice! BZZZZZZZZZZT *regains enthusiasm* I've decided to still go ahead with my AVED-related activities, but more geared on the Sunday, and non-school ones on a Monday. Don't say I can't compromise!:) Link to post Share on other sites
frozen moment Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 oooh i'm excited! glad I checked aven this weekend and found out about all this. I've printed off about 15 stickers with a bunch of different phrases on them, and plan to put them on toilet doors around uni. I shall also be wearing my black ring and if I owned anything purple, I'd wear it, but I don't. Link to post Share on other sites
ExeCUTE Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 My school has a uniform, and my black ring is broken. All I can do is wear my two purple and black plastic/jelly bracelets... Ironically named shag bands in the UK. I've just posted "Is an asexual. Got a problem with that?" on my facebook... Standby for the hate. Oh, the unadulterated hate. Link to post Share on other sites
Plaid Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Kay, so I've tweeted from my phone because my school has blocked twitter. I'll be posting something on facebook when I get home, too. edit: Hey, my 200th post! Link to post Share on other sites
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