People are all different

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[slovene@feddit.nl]

But you can't have cake and eat it too.

[shalafi@lemmy.world]

I simply can't imagine. I can see being homosexual, transsexual, bisexual, everything in between. I cannot see being nosexual. To me that's like saying, "I don't care to eat food." Yes, I've always been a total slut.

Good thing we have them though! Just like any other sexuality that doesn't reproduce, evolution gave some favor to those that could contribute to the tribe without the burden of child raising.

[lightfire228@pawb.social]

Are there people whom you look at, but don't experience sexual attraction to?

Imagine that's every person. No matter who they are or what they look like, they're just... other humans. You never have any desire, nor need to be close with someone. That entire part of life just doesn't exist.

Now imagine that every time you get turned on, it's just the "physical" aspects. You feel the hormones, the need to release some tension. But it's never tied to a particular person or body.

The sensation is akin to being hungry, but not "in the mood" to eat anything

[ataridump@lemmy.world]

You can’t eat your cake and have it too.

[carbonicedragon@pawb.social]

I mean, you absolutely can, you just have to make two cakes

[deafboy@lemmy.world]

There was an interesting podcast episodes recently about a marathon runner completely indifferent about food. Until he noticed a weirdly irresistable cookbook in a window of a shop...

https://wondery.com/shows/mrballens-medical-mysteries/episode/14189-ep-64-no-reservationsthe-bitter-end/

::: spoiler spoiler
It was brain cancer
:::

What I will never get is a concept of gender. I never FELT like a certain gender, similar to how I don't feel like a certain blood type. Both are just some attributes I was born with, without any strong feelings.

[lime66@lemmy.world]

Imagine a person you're not attracted to. Not necessarily a person you dislike, just someone you're not sexually attracted to. Now imagine you feel the same about every person. That's it

[tarquinn2049@lemmy.world]

You know, you're totally right, we "do" need a term for always being hungry but never in the mood to eat anything.

[satyrsack@feddit.org]

Just like any other sexuality that doesn't reproduce, evolution gave some favor to those that could contribute to the tribe without the burden of child raising.

How does evolution come into play there?

[damnedfurry@lemmy.world]

The implication that only asexuals ever have anything on their minds other than sex is more than a bit ridiculous.

[piousagnostic@lemmy.world]

"Gay uncle hypothosis" people that don't reproduce increase the likely hood of children surviving, by providing resources to those they love that do reproduce.

[kichae@lemmy.ca]

Yes, yes, of course. Why didn't the author think about you in all of this?

[kichae@lemmy.ca]

We, uh, reproduce just fine. Having few to no sexual urges is rather different from never having sex. Plenty of people eat even when they're not hungry, or for reasons other than hinger.

Asexuality and sex-repulsion are orthogonal spectra.

[scribbd@feddit.nl]

"I like pancakes" "So you hate waffles?"

[noodle07@lemmy.world]

I'm not ace but I really need cuddles too

[lemminary@lemmy.world]

Biologists have been pondering why homosexuality is so prevalent in the animal kingdom and their explanation for this is a positive evolutionary pressure that benefits the species.

[lugal@sopuli.xyz]

#teamwaffles

[lugal@sopuli.xyz]

it refers to the one cake. "You can't have a cake and eat another one" would be yours.

But I like your attitude! Can you make me two cakes? I'm totally not going to eat both of them (I am but don't tell anyone)

[deegeese@sopuli.xyz]

Two cakes? Not with this egg shortage.