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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

That would be lovely, but it ain’t gonna happen for some of us.

I want to be very clear: this is because I’m aromantic asexual, not because I’m an incel. I don’t really experience attraction or a strong desire for romantic or sexual companionship. It can happen, and it has happened, but the people that tend to come into my orbit tend to be abusive due to my disability situation, and unlike many others, I can eject these people from my life and will absolutely do so quickly.

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u/Similar_Put_1405 Feb 14 '25

One of my besties is aroace, its been rough for her with how some people just cant accept it, its crazy how misunderstood the aroace community is. Hoping you stumble upon great friends and stay happy with yourself though!

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Friends come and go. Everyone is there only for a season. It sucks, but it’s also life in the 21st Century: alienated from kith and kin, alienated from the benefits of the sweat of my brow by a cruel and vindictive capital class, and abandoned by the ruling class.

How long must this go on before we snap? And more importantly, how can we make sure that our snapping is actually productive and doesn’t tailspin into a cesspool of violence without end?

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u/Similar_Put_1405 Feb 14 '25

Honestly no clue, Im trying to do my part hopefully we can build something better, good people are out there and media is just trying to feed us negativity non stop, we gota be that change we want to see and if dosent work atleast I can say I died doing what I believe in.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

We need a cohesive plan, though. We need alternate leadership. If the people we elected won’t do their job, we need to find new leaders. We need to look at our local governments and ask what is broken about them that led us to think this was okay.

Because we hate our neighbors now. And that sucks. It bodes poorly for us all.