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drew you guys in my maths class :)

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Curious

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No way I thought when I was younger that I didn't want to get married but "I guess I might get married so that they could kill spiders for me"

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I jokingly asked my mom ‘what if I never got a boyfriend’ she said it was fine and that it’s not an obligatory thing so if I do end up being aro (I think I might be idk though) I think she’ll be supportive of me so yippie!!

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:(

My fucking fork snapped

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Why the fuck am I suddenly craving the aesthetic oc romance and sex? Like what the fuck? I am too sleep deprived for this shit

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against it unless done in a very specific way. Like respectfully without erasure (and by an aspec person is a plus)

I'm curious about this

(note: allo = not ace/aro/other aspec microlabels)

Please reblog so we can get a lot of votes

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having friends who are acespec or aro is such a breath of fresh air maaaan. i've tried being open abt being ace with some ppl and they immediately jump to doubting me/making fun of it. Was able to talk to an old friend from hs abt our experiences recently and it was nice to just listen and be listened to for a change. being believed just feels nice, who woulda thought?

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i like having people lust after me. there’s practically no chance of anything coming from it but the power trip i get when i know someone is actually attracted to me is so addictive. the trip makes me all hot and bothered more than the actual act of doing something.

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Found this on Twitter.

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I ❤️ beating acephobes with hamsters

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Way better explanation then anything I could do!!!

I will say that according to some sources (flag library ect) the colours to change in meaning slightly

But that’s the same for all flags

On aroace flags...

I want to be very clear, I am not criticizing anyone specific, but rather the current ways of combining the asexual and aromantic flags into a cohesive flag.

But I've had this floating around my head for a while, and I saw a post similar to it today, so I thought I'd throw in my two cents.

Cut because it got long.

In the ace flag, black means asexuality, gray means gray/demi sexual, white is for allosexual allies of asexual people, and purple means community. (I lost the link to the AVEN post, but someone dedicated can find it. Otherwise you can just look up the meanings on the internet to verify).

In the aro flag, the green and light green stripes are for the aromantic spectrum, white is for non-romantic attraction, and black and grey are for the sexuality spectrum. (Post by the creator saying this here: https://www.tumblr.com/cameronwhimsy/102698477928/whoops-yeah-i-just-realised-i-never-actually-made?source=share).

So black, grey, and white all mean different things for each flag, yet in most combination flags, they only appear once. Do they mean what they mean on the aromantic flag or what they mean on the asexual flag?

The light green and green don't have any arbitrary separations for people who do and don't feel romantic attraction, and the grey and black of the aro flag don't have that for sexual attraction either, while the asexual flag does. Cutting out one of the green stripes or moving the black and grey away from each other don't make sense in the context of the aromantic flag.

I've also seen some that add an extra purple stripe. It doesn't mean anything, it's just aesthetic.

Whether or not you like the sunset aroace flag, it is a good example to look at when trying to create a flag to represent aroace people. It keeps the association with asexuality and aromanticism, without using the original colors in ways that don't quite fit. (Color meaning breakdown by the creator here: https://aroaesflags.tumblr.com/post/181034758671/revised-aroace-flag-after-some-conversation-among).

The whole point of having pride flags is to have a meaningful symbol to represent our communities. For aroace people, mashing two together keeps the association with asexuality and aromanticism, but loses the deeper meaning behind each flag.

Honestly, as an aroace person, I think the only way to really design an aroace flag is to depart from the imagery of either flag. That ensures the meanings are solid, and it ensures no one in accidentally excluded (which is, to my understanding, why the sunset flag was created originally - to have a community symbol that included the whole community inherently). But I understand not everyone shares the sentiment.

So, from one aroace person to another, if you are going to design an aroace flag that's based on the ace and aro flags, please keep in mind what those colors mean in the context of each flag, and don't put them in just to have them. And be sure that your design properly includes everyone you are trying to represent.

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yeah aspec people are queer.

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My fucking fork snapped

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thank fuck I can control myself

almost burst out laughing in a dead silent maths class

I am like glue in the fact I have had like 30 labels stuck to me at various times

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does being aro mean no romantic feels or?? im confused ive seen it used way to many ways recently

Aromantic in general means little to no romantic attraction or fluctuating romantic attraction. Aro is short for aromantic which when added to spec makes arospec, encompassing all aro identities. (Eg greyromantic)

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I'm mainly out