Bee Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,...1327846,00.html The author thinks it is all one big joke!!!!! Does he have any concept of what is it like to be different? And how you have to construct your own identity and find meaning for yourself??!! I am slightly annoyed by this narrow-minded flippant attitude. *starts counting to 100 to calm down* Link to post Share on other sites
fluffy_hime Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 I dunno, he was ridiculing it to a certain extent, but I didn't think it was that bad. Thank goodness there's still a few of us who manage to resist every chance for a bit of smutty innuendo. :?: Link to post Share on other sites
wednesday's child Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Aww, I thought it was adorable! The author seems very supportive to me. What a cute article. In a society that is so completely dominated by sexual imagery and suggestion, most of us would find this idea completely repellent. I mean, what they don't do in the privacy of their own homes is their own business, but why do they have to flaunt it so? This is such a great line :lol: I love a good bit of parody. Link to post Share on other sites
Jayann Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 I really don't think that was how the author intended it. It was a parody on how people would accept the introduction of asexuality as though we were some group of kinky fetishists. The part about our "graphic websites" with people sipping tea being disgusting points to it as being pure satire on the narrow-minded, not on us. Relax. Link to post Share on other sites
Live R Perfect Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Yeah I think its pretty hilarious. Its IRONY folks! Link to post Share on other sites
Autumn Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 oh man i LOVE this article i was giggling all the way through it. The Guardian is a great newspaper! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 HAHAHAHA! :lol: I thought it was great! Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 I LOVE IT! *makes copy* Hmmm, do I put it in my AVEN folder or my British Humour folder? Cate Link to post Share on other sites
Borrible Cal Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 ~gurgles~ That one's very cute. I do like a bit of humour that's dry but still open enough for me to actually get... Borrible Cal. Link to post Share on other sites
IT Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 I think it's a very good article. ...bloody hell where have I been for the past week? I missed an 'explosion'! :shock: Link to post Share on other sites
Live R Perfect Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Welcome back to AVEN chaos, IT! :D Its now official: we exist! Link to post Share on other sites
wombat Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Better that than nothing! Link to post Share on other sites
gambit_boi Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 hurrah for statistic recognition! :aven: it does feel like a big leap for us, actually "existing" for others besides ourselves. probably 'cause it is a big leap. Link to post Share on other sites
Chrysalid Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 from article:And at this year's motor show, the new Ferrari will be put on display with Ann Widdecombe draped across the bonnet. ROFLMFAO. I'd like to buy this guy a drink. 8) Link to post Share on other sites
Vicious Trollop Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 The Aven website explains it in terms of a stereo. "Everyone has a volume knob and a tuning knob, there are some who have their volume knob turned right down." Unfortunately most men would find it hard to follow this mature treatise on sexuality, because they would still be giggling at the word knob. No, seriously, this article is the funniest thing I've read in a long time. Taping this up on my door, right next to the New Scientist piece. Link to post Share on other sites
orderinchaos Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 I have to agree. While the guy's sense of humour is a bit obvious and overdone, it's pretty clear that it's a work of satire, and he's acting as if asexuality is actually a deviant fetish and is bemoaning its spread. I loved the bit about dirty old men having to get a special Web filter to block AVEN :D Link to post Share on other sites
Oyster Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 I thought it was hilarious. But then I have a strange sense of humour. :D Link to post Share on other sites
coralleane Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 And at this year's motor show, the new Ferrari will be put on display with Ann Widdecombe draped across the bonnet. Now THAT was an image I could do without! ~Coral Link to post Share on other sites
-V- Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Somebody can email that to me right? My printers acting up :( Link to post Share on other sites
Damien Day Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 God, that was the funniest article on asexuality I have ever read. I normally never read the Guardian as my politics is not the same, but this was brilliant. After reading endless po-faced reports on asexuality and countless dumb Internet comments on asexuality by people in various other chatrooms, this was a much-needed read. Sherlock Link to post Share on other sites
kbrd143 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I, too, thought it was rather priceless. Obviously, Cate, you need a new, meta-folder, covering "Aven, British Humor and". Or, you could run out and buy a copy of the paper (as you are in Britain currently, as I recall. . . ) and start a clipbook. . .! Now. Should I print this out and post in in my office at work? Link to post Share on other sites
cait Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Although the humor did keep my attention to the article, it all feels overdone, and basically lame. I personally found it more offensive than funny...and I usually have a pretty sarcastic sense of humor. I might just be overtired though. Link to post Share on other sites
cijay Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Just being acknowledged that I really DO exist is all I need. I don't care if people say I'm sick, wierd, odd, fine, healthy - I don't care what they make of it, just being thought of as being REAL is good enough for me. Link to post Share on other sites
Onipa Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I wanted to slap that jackass halfway through the article. Link to post Share on other sites
Damien Day Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 I wanted to slap that jackass halfway through the article. Lighten up people, a movement can only be taken seriously if the people within it can laugh at themselves. Just look at gays in Britain. People like Julian Clary/Graham Norton constantly take the piss out of their sexuality, and homosexuality is now much more accepted. Remember the old axiom:-"All new ideas go through these stages; first they are ridiculed, then they are vehemently opposed, before finally being universally accepted".I can't remember which famous person said that(could have been a scientist). Sherlock Link to post Share on other sites
Live R Perfect Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 That article is I-ron-ic. I can't see how it is in any way offensive. Like Sherlock said, we have to have a sense of humour about ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites
Gorax Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 What the hell? Whoever finds that article offensive has a n00b sense of humor :? Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Remember the old axiom:-"All new ideas go through these stages; first they are ridiculed, then they are violently attacked before finally being accepted".I can't remember which famous person said that(could have been a scientist). I think it was Ghandi. Or, at least, a bad paraphrase of him. Link to post Share on other sites
cait Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Oh yeah Gorax? Well you have a ... a st00pid face! Link to post Share on other sites
Damien Day Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 OK folks, Call me obsessive but I seem to have slightly misquoted in my last message, and I hate errors. The quote below is the correct one and is by the great genius philosopher Schopenhauer:- All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Link to post Share on other sites
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