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No it's got a solar panel to harness the power of the sun and turn it into the greatest achievement of all time: MATH

The TI-30x IIS will outlast all of us. It will be studied, cherrished, and celebrated for the power it has. As much as I like Desmos, the physical buttons, the menus with cool buttons like !, and the memories can't be matched.

(also lighthearted in tone btw)

Friends come and go, but my TI-30x IIS is for LIFE!

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funny then how mine has lasted for over 10 years and is still running and can be used on standardized tests

Friends come and go, but my TI-30x IIS is for LIFE!

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For math academic teams I literally gave a speech to new people that their TI-30x IIS is going to be their prom date and they need to know it inside an out. Truly a remarkable calculator great for almost everything

Friends come and go, but my TI-30x IIS is for LIFE!

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me: does an am I ace quiz

Quiz: you are definitely ace, every answer you had points towards it, you could not be more ace, you literally said you never want to have sex

me: but what if I’m not does research on being ace

Google: all of these things describe you, you definitely are

Me: what if I’m just confused, and this is just a phase

Artemis: slamming head into table

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We should 100% normalize saying "I love you" to friends in a platonic, non romantic way. Yes, I love my bestie with all my heart. Does that mean I want to do stuff that you'd normally find in a ao3 stuff with the tag "AJAOFHEIS SMUT" in it? NO!

I WANNA CUDDLE IN A BLANKET FORT WHILE BINGE WATCHING THE OWL HOUSE, NOT MAKE OUT!

Just cuz someone loves someone who isn't related by blood, doesn't mean that it's romantic

Annnnnd I went off on a tangent :/

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Becoming an adult is when you realize you understand highway lingo and that's terrifying

i hate people who know highways. “i’m heading south on I-65” okay man. i’m moving my rook to c2

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Reblog if you're asexual and tired

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Every year I am always shocked by how many spicy water balloons colleges hand out. Like yes pls be safe and practice good consent ect but the idea it's a reality for allos is still wild to me

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It's so fun seeing another aro person out in the wild, like damn we really do exist.

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"Do you want a boyfriend/girlfriend?" no i want a best friend/roommate/soulmate that I can go on silly adventures with and hang out with and have deep intellectual discussions with and we can be life partners without any of the romance stuff

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This is what being aromantic feels like. By the way. (The blue circled part, if that wasn't obvious)

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I WAS READING THE BOOK OF BILL AND IS THAT FUCKING HOOTY?!

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I don't know what "rome antic" attraction is, but hell if I'd be attracted to some Romans doing antics.

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Ok so like I don't know if I've talked about this much, but I am a Scout in Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America) and before I go into my main rant, let me just say that I am proud of the progress the organization has made with inclusion. An organization that once fought to keep queer people out now accepts and celebrates them with open arms. The various inclusion spaces at this one event celebrate and inform people about women in scouting, scouts of color, scouts with disability, and scouts who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community. I am able to go in and learn about other people's experiences and how I, as a white AMAB, can support others.

Now with that being said, I just attended a discussion about LGBTQ+ people and their experiences on a college campus. I wanted to see if their experiences matched up with mine as an aroace. It was a tad disappointing for a few reasons.

The panel consisted of 3 gay men and one bi enby and it was an interesting talk. A lot of what they said made logical sense and lined up with what I would expect it would be. Things like take care of yourself, go to therapy if you need it, find people who accept and love you for who you are. But there was a lack of something that affected me during my first year of college: the challenge of finding others like you.

While yes I do have a few friends who are aspec in college (and a great queer friend group in general), it is still incredibly rare to find someone like me. It is rare to see myself represented in the various queer clubs my uni has. It is rare to see my flags represented in a parade. It is rare to see my experiences addressed and considered. It feels lonely sometimes like I am out of place or that I am broken (i'm not broken i'm just built different).

The reminder that I rarely see myself just kinda bums me out. This group has made progress with respect to aspec identities but it is relatively small and not as much as I would like to see. There are more aspec youth and adults in Scouting than you would think. Fun fact: the first fellow asexual I ever met in person was through Scouting (thanks black ace ring).

I guess this was one of the first times that I was confronted with how similar but different my experience is from the general LGBTQ+ community. It is a feeling that I can't quite put into words except for a general meh.

Also one of them said the A stood for ally and I was about to throw hands. But thats a whole other issue

Despite my dissatisfaction with it, I still greatly appreciate it. Progress is progress and we have to start somewhere. I know that this small talk made a difference to some youth (and adults) out there. And I, as an adult (almost adviser), am here to encourage the youth to keep growing and be their best authentic selves.

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Getting told personal info that was never posted or shared from a friend at midnight is a frightening but enlightening experience

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This optimistic asexual trash can really spoke to me idk

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So I was talking with a friend on the phone

Friend: *gets home and interacts with their mom*

Me: so out of curiosity how do you describe me to your mom

Friend: hey mom how do I describe salad to you?

Mom: a boy? theyre a good friend?

Friend: they? Ok well I guess you're a they now

Me: well I just got assigned a new gender by friends mother