aroclan

[aroclan]

When and why did people start using aroace when they actually mean aspec? Why take a perfectly inclusive term and make it less inclusive? And then force all non-aro aces and non-ace aros into the label of aroace and just fucking ignore them? Not to mention all other aspecs that aren't romantic or sexual. Because so many people seem to forget that exists. And not all of those are aro and/or ace.

#when people say aroacespec #i feel like ace is a requirement there #and thus i assume i am excluded #tag commentary #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

#hey um #this is lace #the 'shading' is just 'more holes' #this was _meticulously_ planned charted and graphed #then painstakingly executed #tag commentary #nice art #reblog #queue #the algo hit on something

[aroclan]

epic aro sculpture i did for class

the heart is made out of plastic bags wrapped with tape, so it's squishy ^_^ and the knife is qtips hot glued together. the knife is also removable!

#op this is amazing #pride art #tag commentary #reblog

[aroclan]

furiously googling “flowers with no romance meaning” because a. I love flower language and b. I love being aro and found exactly what I was looking for!!

image description under the cut

[id: A screenshot of a flower website stating: “Alstroemeria. Also called Peruvian lily, alstroemeria symbolizes the strong bond between two people that transcends romantic love. Send this elegant flower to a special friend to celebrate the strength and devotion of your friendship. Alstroemerias are tuberous perennials native to the cold, mountainous regions of South America. They are popular as cut flowers and also in the garden. Their delicate flowers come in many colors, and they bloom every summer and fall.” Above the text is a circular photo of the aforementioned orange and yellow flowers. Half of the petals on the flowers are speckled with dark brown lines. The flowers’ dark green leaves are long and thin.]

#these are a 'cool flower' i picked to represent me once #did not know this #tag commentary #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

A commonly overlooked symptom of depression is anhedonia, the inability to feel joy or pleasure. The reason that it's easy to overlook is that it's easier to miss the absence of something that's not around all the time than it is to miss a symptom that causes active distress, such as feeling tired and miserable all the time.

Anhedonia is good at being a persistent undercurrent to your life. My aunt, who has major depressive disorder, related to me that she figured out that something was wrong when she looked at the daffodils she had planted blooming, and couldn't recognize the emotion that she felt when she looked at them. It had been long enough since she had felt happy that she lost the ability to recognize the emotion.

It's a particularly dangerous depressive symptom, because it robs you of the ability to feel those little spots of joy that keep a lot of people going, while not doing anything to impair your ability to function. If you don't know that this is a treatable symptom of depression, it's easy to assume that your ability to feel good is permanently broken, and decide to commit suicide because you don't want to live like that. It's not an irrational conclusion, but it is an uninformed one, and everyone deserves to have all the information when making a major decision.

This is what a lot of questionnaires are trying to look for when they ask about "loss of enjoyment". If you can't remember a loss of enjoyment because you can't remember enjoyment, then you probably have anhedonia. If you struggle to define how it is to feel "happy", "content", or "good", or how it feels when you feel those emotions, you probably have anhedonia. If you can't remember feeling any of those emotions for a week or more, you probably have anhedonia.

Symptoms commonly co-occurring with anhedonia are fatigue (often the cause), clear and thoughtful consideration of suicide, loss of desire to socialize or do activities that used to make you happy, and weight loss (due to lack of enjoyment of food).

This section is anecdotal. In what I have observed, anhedonia due to fatigue rarely responds well to depression treatment unless depression was causing the fatigue. If fatigue and anhedonia are co-occurring and are not both alleviated by depression treatment, consider other causes for the fatigue.

#nothing to add #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

im sorry i had to do it that line is just so damn *chef's kiss* ARO

#today!! #aro #reblog

[aroclan]

the trials of being secretly aro! thank you for tagging, @maepersonal

if anyone sees this and wants to do it, consider yourself tagged! 💚🤍🖤

Arospec Bingo Card requested by anon

I finished the card! Have a go, and feel free to tag any aro friends :)

People who wanted to be tagged:

@feelingthedisaster

Edit: I love that we all just collectively decided it must be filled in green lol

#tumblr games #arospec bingo #reblog

[aroclan]

there is no list, some women just spill fire into my veins simply by existing (may or may not be “conventionally attractive”)

I’m honestly not sure what hot is, like I know what I think is aesthetically attractive, and I can recognise conventionally attractive people but what is hot? Like what classes as hot? Muscles? Makeup? Is there like a list?

#comments #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

“tech guys” try to convince me that google isn’t listening and they’re sure it’s a coincidence that “how to care for your monstera” showed up in my partner’s news suggestions … the day after I asked verbally if she wanted “this monstera” I got in Animal Crossing. (she said no. so they're listening, but badly.)

#tech dystopia #google pixel 2 #off topic #personal #queue

[aroclan]

A HAPPE BOY!!!

#nice art #nothing to add #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

#there is a cat bed on my bed #otherwise i get snuggled so hard i might fall off #i just live here #tag commentary #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

#nothing to add #described #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

i've been seeing this around a lot lately as like a little memey jokey thing but "this is what they took from you" is a fascist meme.

"they" are jewish people/"the global elite"/"cultural marxists"/"globalists"/"the woke left" etc.

and it's basically the same as "RETVRN" like this is explicitly a fascist thing that fascists say about their fascist beliefs

please don't go around saying it

you can talk about capitalist enshittification without invoking fascism, and just because YOU mean something different doesn't mean it's not invoking those things it's explicitly meant to invoke

#signal boost #know your enemy #nothing to add #reblog

[aroclan]

im aro btw

BEAUTIFUL commission to help me come out from @wizisbored! everyone should commission him, hes so wonderful and has an insane turnaround

#pride art #nothing to add #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

[aroclan]

No joke you guys NEED to get more comfortable blocking people. No more insulting people in public over different blorbo opinions no more making 2k long posts on how whatever ship you don't like shouldn't exist we've grown past that shit. Consistent posts about shit that make you uncomfortable? Block. Rancid blorbo opinions? Block. Is mildly annoying in your replies? Block. Pisses you off for reasons so petty you could never admit it publicly? Block. YOUR mental health will improve from not being upset 24/7, THEIR mental health will not be at risk of you lashing out because you happened to catch their posts on a bad day, and EVERYONE ELSE will benefit from not seeing the most embarrassing arguments known to man on their dash. "Oooh but they didn't deserve it-" dude you're presumably running a personal blog as a hobby not a public service. Who fucking cares.

#this is my block policy #poe’s law problem? get blocked m8 #and better luck next time #the few times I have hesitated I was ultimately wrong #tag commentary #reblog #queue

[aroclan]

Fortnite, are you sure about this? Did you think it through?

#not sure if joke or serious #tag commentary #reblog #queue