The Bitching thread 2.0

[LordVincent]

@spicy_sweets @punkarsenic In my case I have noticed attraction works in varying ways.

So basically:
I am sexually attracted to the male form in general. I enjoy drawing it, I find it appealing regardless of romantic involvement. Even better if there is passion and romance involved (speaking of fiction rn). I do seek out manXman erotica for the sake of indulging in it.
I am not sexually attracted to the female form or any nonbinary form in its own.
I can feel romantic attraction to a man. It is very rare, and takes quite a lot. So much that I don't even feel it's worth trying to find anyone because I'm doing fine single and don't feel the need to go through the effort.
I can also feel romantic attraction to women. In fact I've found women easier to get along with on a friendly level and on a closer emotional level, so getting into a romantic relationship with a woman would actually be more likely than with a man. This is despite me not having sexual attraction to women in my usual state.
Nonbinary people go by the same "tendencies/rules" for me as women do.

I have had a girlfriend in the past and I do know that if a woman I love expresses a wish to engage sexually, it can gradually awaken sexual interest for women in me. I did even like lesbian erotica for a while when I was together with her. Since ending the relationship, I have lost all interest in lesbian erotica.
This interest is of a different nature, however. The main attraction lies in the idea of engaging in a passionate act with someone I love. Knowing it will make them happy, etc. Appreciating their body and making them feel beautiful.

So yeah sorry for the long description but romanticism and sexuality are a complicated matter that is very very personal. On top of this, it's fluid as all hell, so what I just described might not apply to how I identify at all a few years from now.

[joe_galindez]

Nobody should be afraid of a line of thought. But I'll leave this for us to pick up later.

Before we move on, though, I have to ask. Do you really think we have more differences than similarities? Do you really think we can never come to understand each other?

[hades]

This thread is such a wild ride.

One moment it has some curves, the next we are shooting backwards at extreme speed, and then there's a loop and I guess it's best to keep seat belts buckled. Little Kevin got catapulted out of his seat at the last loop. I hope he is doing well.

Anyway,

I should be comicking or working on art orders.
Instead of im tempted to go sleep. Woke up feeling like a bus hit my face.

[TheThoughtfulBoxful]

Instead of im tempted to go sleep. Woke up feeling like a bus hit my face.

Take a nap!!!

[punkarsenic]

Do you really think we have more differences than similarities? Do you really think we can never come to understand each other?

what, you and me? or is this a general we?

if you mean generally, you never got my point to start with, bc thats not it. if you mean the two of us... idk where ive implied that, i imagine we understand eachother pretty well, even if we fundamentally disagree in many ways.

[Jenny-Toons]

When you come back from brunch to see 60 replies and think it's a joke but it's not a joke

Anywhoo, I've got a complaint:

Chicago Weather, man. For this winter, it's been one crazy ride. December and Janauray were hella nice. I'm talking cold temperatures to 60 degrees nice. I'm talking "it's 40 degrees, but it's been so cold, this is a heatwave" nice.

Suddenly February hits and we get 3 months worth of snow. Now it's only a few days after Valentine's Day, and nearly all that snow is gone. We went from being in the nicer part of snowy Canada to nearly fall Chicago, and we're supposed to have 50 degree weather this coming week.

Chicago weather is trying to kill people. I can't decide if I NEED a coat or not. And the weather tracker can change in a minute.

As the saying goes: "Want the weather in Chicago to change? Wait 10 minutes"

[hades]

hey
im your neighbor over in Indiana
i feel your pain and firmly believe that winter is out to destroy us

[craicin]

yikes this threads always a train wreck. love it.

[Jenny-Toons]

I know!!

I'm surprise I haven't gotten sick this winter. And usually when it's 40 or below, I'm keeping my coat on. But for the past few days, I haven't need to bring my scarf and hat out.

Mother Nature was tryin' this winter to take us out O-O

[joe_galindez]

I do get your point, I'm just agreeing we should explore it much later in the future.

i imagine we understand eachother pretty well, even if we fundamentally disagree in many ways.

I mean philosophically. I just want you to understand that, to me, the similarities outweigh the differences. At the end of the day, we're all just human beings. All those things in history didn't just happen to black people or poor people or native people, they happened to people. And it's still happening. And we're still inhuman to one another. And it makes me cry to think that we humans are all that each of us has. We're a raft of ants in a flood, so busy stepping on one another and climbing over one another and holding one another's heads underwater and at the same time clinging to each other and linking arms with each other and keeping the whole damn thing afloat just one moment longer because the plan is to outlast the water no matter how long it takes. Do you get me? Do you grok it? Because I have looked into the eyes of the dead and seen our entire history. I have seen all of the agony and all of the suffering and really there isn't much to it, it just repeats over and it repeats over and it repeats over and again. And all those moments are crystallized in time they will forever trail behind us like a rattlesnake's skin it doesn't matter who we become or what we turn into our sins are eternal and no matter what we do we will always have done it.

[punkarsenic]

oh okay, you meant generally.

look, dude, you clearly dont understand my point, still. as you said, much later in the future. not right now, okay?

[joe_galindez]

I just feel that behind every face is a mind not unlike my own. And under our skin we are made of much the same things. Do you agree?

[punkarsenic]

yeah

[punkarsenic]

yo i just found a solution to the character limit problem

[IdiotWithPencil]

yikes I leave for three days and this happens =V
not surprised by who are fighting but still funny that this started by a harmless joke XD

[joannekwan]

pray tell ...... (character limit)

[punkarsenic]

<'these bad boys'> (remove the 's)

EDIT: to clarify, just add 'character limit' inside arrow thingies (name?) at the end of the post, its recognised in the chara count, but doesnt show up

[dawgofdawgness]

same

[craicin]

tapas telling you to shut your hole, cant stop yous

[dawgofdawgness]

oh pff I add a transparent image and reduce the size... I can't believe I went thru all that hassle before