I recently rewatched the video of the woman on the plane screaming that the passenger beside her wasn’t human and it got me thinking about something I’ve seen.
I remember seeing a teenage girl in a small food store I go to address the guy behind the counter as ‘human’. “Thanks, human.” Stuff like that. I think she was just doing a bit or something but I thought it was strange.
I have a public-facing job, so, yes.
As a member of the public, I’m so sorry
I did, two times. First was when woman had some problems with spine and skin so she looked weird and moved weird add to it my shortsightedness and it was weird/creepy. Second time I was going back home at 3 am after drinking, and there was a guy that was walking in my direction in the unevenly lit underpass and he had no face. I was like don’t scream like a little girl it’s alcohol probably. Then I understood it was a guy who learned to wear helmet on a moto the hard way of being human chalk piece.
yes, me, but no one except that
(hint: everyone on lemmy is a bot except you)
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Wait, so I’m a bot, too?
Ah, I see. This explains so much.
Every time I turn on American news.
I met some gibbons once—they were suspiciously lacking in social skills.
I’m often told I lack human traits in my face to face communication with others
have you considered that you might be on the autism spectrum? 50% basing that off your description 50% basing that off your username. Normies hardly read xkcd
I’d bet like 90% of Lemmy knows what XKCD is
Gotta be like 99%
Wow the only way I’d be part of the 1% then. No clue on what that is
An often cited webcomic.
For example this especially relevant one
the terminally online know without clicking that the link is to the ‘today’s 10,000’ comic just from the context!
So you’re supporting his claim.
Oh. I’m absolutely on the spectrum. It’s such a part of my life I didn’t even think to bring it up.
Yes, I’ve met a few pandimensional deities.
I’m gonna need the link to that video.
That’s fucking creepy
Haven’t met him but Zuckerberg
I don’t know why but I love that omg
Gotta take em down a peg
Small food store??
Yeah, like a mom and pop place
Sometimes I feel like I am a different species of being that isn’t quite human. I lack a very core set of feelings and sensations that 99% of humans seem to feel and experience. Not in terms of empathy or compassion or anything like that, so I don’t think I’m a psychopath, just a bit different…
I’ve found there are others out there like me, but so rare that I’ve not met another in person.
For the curious, I’m likely to be considered to be on the asexuality spectrum. But the confusing thing to me is that many asexuals I’ve spoken to or read about online still seem to experience their own form of attraction and their own sexual urges. So I still don’t relate to the majority of them and I find it confusing why they all still consider themselves to be asexual.
Google voidpunk.
I had never heard of this before. I googled it and I don’t really understand what it is.
I can at least try clearing some stuff up on being asexual.
While the name Asexuality inherently suggests a complete lack of sexual interest, folks these days try to treat it more as a spectrum, much in the same way that sexuality itself is a spectrum (more to it than gay and straight!) There’s probably a better way to describe the spectrum than calling all parts of it the “I don’t like sex” club, but I digress.
There’s folks like you who are completely not into sex. “Sex repulsed” is the term I’ve seen used most, though repulsion to sex itself doesn’t inherently suggest finding disgust in sex (“It ain’t gross, I just don’t see the appeal”), but plenty enough asexual people find sex to be disgusting in some way, shape, or form that it should be noted.
I’ve always called myself grey asexual - I do get sexual urges, and I enjoy relieving those urges on my own, but the thought of sex itself isn’t a pleasant one for me. I consider myself sex repulsed given my history of having been sexually abused.
I’ve met folks that called themselves demisexual - Sex itself isn’t what’s desired, but rather the human connection one can build with sex, and the bonds that form in one’s passions with another. They’re not interested in random hookups, cause sex itself isn’t the point. They find that sexual appeal rises in people they have a more personal connection to.
What you and others feel and experience is valid. It just became a way for me to feel further alienated from the human race knowing that I didn’t fit in with the vast majority of asexuals either.
One interesting thing I’ve found is that those in the community are hell bent on defining every single facet of themselves. It becomes a mess and ends up imo not overly helpful for some of us. With others you just have terms like “gay” or “straight” and leave it at that. I’ve looked up all the definitions before but haven’t found them useful. It just made me feel further alienated from the human race seeing as I do not even fit in with the asexuals either.
I think I just have a problem with the term “asexual”. Just look at the breakdown of the word: “a-”-“devoid of” “-sexual”-sex. To me, looking at the word implies a total lack of desire for sex, both in terms of libido (with the self or with others) and sexual/romantic attraction to others. In practice, this is NOT what it means to be asexual. I do understand that this is not what it means for a majority of asexuals. But in that case, I wish they could have picked a different term to claim.
Not sure if the downvotes above are from me somehow offending asexuals. I don’t really see how what I said is overly offensive. Sex and romance are absolutely ubiquitous. I’m surrounded by said media every single day…music, TV, movies, books. And I cannot relate to any of it. I remember being excited the one day I thought I finally found others like me, only to be disheartened by the fact that the vast majority of them are still not like me. It is alienating.
The descriptions you wrote resonate a lot with myself.
I’m often “robotic”, I even sound like some LLM as someone recently accused me of being. It’s not AI, it’s me, although I’m not sure who exactly…
That’s because I often find myself fighting with me, as if my essence/soul and my physicality/body were two distinct entities. Part of me wants to “just be normal” (whatever that means), while the other part of me finds no purpose at all, a nihilist perception from a cosmic level, all the way to myself and my existence.
And there’s my brain, often diving itself into an almost obsessive seeking for information and knowledge. I try to learn as much as I can find (self-teaching was always an easy thing to me), and I dive into a whole ocean of information and knowledge across several fields, from STEM fields to philosophy and a syncretic spirituality (from several belief systems). Deep inside, it’s me trying to flee from myself.
I feel like I exist in a bubble of myself, with my own culture, habits and thoughts disconnected from “other humans”, as if I couldn’t really get to understand the “invisible and unwritten rules” while having my own “invisible and unwritten rules” which nobody else seems to understand, yet deep inside I know there are people similar to me, struggling to cope with themselves and their surroundings just like I struggle to cope with myself and my surroundings.
I mean my ex wife had what she called “resting bitch face.”
Everyone else just said she’s emotionless and has the exact same monotone of voice outside of her “customer service” voice. She could get angry, but she really didn’t get angry she just got loud. Until she typically lost it then it was different.
Looking back on it, people always told me “there’s something off about her.” I always kind of brushed it aside cause she was hot.
I’ve been accused of this a lot. Even here. But I haven’t thought this of anyone else. Some non-humans have more humanity than a lot of humans.
lol. the only sentient beings on the planet are us humans. Stop wasting your time trying to out things that obviously do not exist and enjoy earth sports and earth entertainment and earth foods. Do not be the silly who worries about how light reflects off the surfaces of his neighbors plant matter and if its wavelength is more pure than what his does.
Or, another thought, maybe I’m just curious and want to have something interesting to read. Or, maybe I am the silly who worries about how light reflects. Or, maybe I’m the non-human wanting to interact with humans. It’s all a possibility.
no no. just us earthlings here. aliens are not hiding among the populace. don’t be a silly milly.
Ah, I didn’t say aliens! You did. Now, I think there aliens among us.
no no no. all us humans are human. stop making waves.
That’s just what an alien would say
no no. you are just as human as I. I do not hold your words against you. Let us not worry about aliens because there is much hilarity and action on our primitive network technology.
Ok, sure. Now I’m worried about synthetic humans or mimics posing as humans. Maybe I’ll peruse our global network to find a video of music to distract myself. Or maybe a video of a human owned pet.
Your joke didn’t land
what joke fellow earther?
Yea. Mark Zuckerburg. Just watch this reptile drink a glass of water. Its a alien reptile that has his UFO break down, and he’s tuck o Earth. This reptile loves violating people’s privacy so that’s why this reptile invented facebook.
/s I don’t actually believe he’s an extraterrestrial, but like, with this crazy timeline, I won’t be surprised to see Independence Day Aliens
