Apositive

:( :( :( I hate to see conflict, hostility and ever-escalating levels of misunderstanding taking place within small groups which really should be united rather than divided. I know it happens, but I don't have to like it . . . Basic rules 101 for supervising any online forum should include the follo...

Hi Skepa, and welcome to Apositive.
Pull up a chair, or maybe a keyboard and make yourself at home.

It's kinda quiet around here but we're very accepting of all sorts of opinions and (of course!) identities.

Wow Bryan - I'm sorry I wasn't here when all of this was going down. (Long story short . . . real life stuff got in the way.) For what it's worth, though - Welcome to Apositive! All I can say is that you are welcome here no matter how you identify, you can talk about anything you want to talk about,...

Cavalier080854 wrote:I am becoming more disgraceful with age, and I'm 63. I act my shoe size, not my age. I don't care

I really wish that we had a "LIKE" button!

Nowadays I'm more of a stealth asexual. I'm also an older woman with grey hair, and I find that some people seem to be more squicked at the idea of senior women enjoying sex than they are at the idea of us being dis-interested. Part of me wants to fight the stereotype, the other part just wants to c...

I think that the current trend of subdividing sexual identities into a hundred different micro-identities will ultimately do more harm than good. I like to use broad, all-encompassing identities, so if someone says they are asexual then that's enough for me. I don't care if they fall into a fringe a...

The whole concept of political lesbianism makes me want to denounce feminism as a massive fraud.
Luckily it doesn't seem to be a prevailing concept, so I can ignore it, but . . . grrrr.

It is easier in a lot of ways to socialize with other asexuals because you don't have to worry about accidentally sending the wrong signals, but other than serving as ways for asexuals to meet each other, the various asexual websites don't seem to be accomplishing very much. I agree that a substanti...

I'm not sure that fetishism is rare among aces, although I'm equally unsure if It's not. Some fetishes are not always sexual in nature, so that could be a factor. I personally know some aces with fetishes and some (as far as I know) without, but the main thing they have in common is that they aren't...

Not a clue . . . .sorry.

Cavalier080854 wrote:I will be attending this years Pride at Durham, UK, in May

Awesome!

Interesting that there is an actual test for asexuality, even if there might be some uncertainty as to its accuracy.
It's a start, and at least it's finally being taken seriously.

Welcome to Apositive, Cavalier!

I think I know what you mean. Being asexual is so much easier now than it was when I was still in my (theoretical) reproductive years.
I'm still not afraid to use the nose-picking analogy if people get too snoopy, though.

Yep. Sometimes you just gotta.
Nope. 'Don't want or need any help.

I wonder if it would be totally uncool to do a daring daylight raid on AVEN and to try to swipe a few of their members? I think many of the members who hang out in their Oldies forum would like it here, and of course there would be no need for them to leave AVEN. I'm sad to say it, but unless our tr...

Alas. 'Tis only me and some occasional cricket noises around here any more, which is a sad finale for Apostive's Fruit Wars.
See you in April, for our final Nut Wars!

*snatches up blueberries and adds them to the muffins which were just about to go into the oven*

(Loads the catapult with ripe pineapples and releases the catch)
INCOMING!!!

*holds up an opened blender*
*catches lemons*
*makes lemonade*

(stealthily rolls grapes across the floor)

I think that isolation from what is perceived to be the majority and a desire to feel superior or special is at the heart of most, if not all, organized belief systems, or "isms". In fact, I think that "isms" should be recognized as a word on its own merits since it seems like a ...

Hi seaserpent, and welcome to Apositive! *waves hand* I was Greybird at AVEN, and I was a mod for . . . well, it seemed like forever, but was actually about 7 years. I definitely remember you and I always loved your posts. I'm SO glad to see you here! Arguing is allowed here and having non-conformis...

Don't worry about rambling. It's one of the things that I do best! I don't really have any issues with the LGBT and marriage since I'm all for equal rights, but I have always had some issues with some aspects of feminism. I won't go into details because I think a lot of people would be very offended...

APSAF!!!! *leaps and hugs*

What's been happening?

('Lots of changes for me too, but mostly just mundane stuff.)

Welcome back, AFP! Yeah . . . I think we've had more cricket noises than anything else around here for quite a while, but I hope that we might be able to attract a few regular posters before our last year is up. Otherwise, I guess we will sail off into the sunset. Even a few posts a day would be eno...

Hi Jenn! Welcome to Apositive. :) You might not be late after all. It looks like we'll be here for at least another year, and if the site should become more active then we'll certainly be ready to keep it going. Meanwhile, feel free to join the grownup's table. In addition to cake, we have booze! :D...

Crap!
I'm sorry to hear about that, Ciri. Apositive hasn't quite gone up in smoke yet, so feel free to come here and vent.
Bring friends!

As it turns out, we will be here until roughly this time next year, although if nothing changes that will be it. We decided to keep the domain name (again, "just in case") because by itself it isn't very costly, and when Kæth finally managed to get GoDaddy to respond they admitted that we ...

Well folks, the traffic at Apositive has gradually declined until we've only been getting about 1 post per month for the past few months. At the same time, our hosting service keeps raising the rates and they've roughly quadrupled from just a few years ago. (We're not asking for money - just looking...

You and me both. :( We never ask for donations to keep Apositive running because that isn't the way that we want to run the site, but . . . I'm wondering if it's worth the cost any more. In my weirder moments I have considered changing it to Animal-positive and trying to somehow incorporate pets and...

Hi there, L! Welcome to Apositive. It's good to see new members here, and you are totally welcome to stay, ask questions, post comments or anything else that you can think of! The only problem, besides this site being VERY slow, is that most of our members are well into adulthood and I don't know if...

Awwww . . . don't give up! I agree, the ace scene has morphed into something that I can't even recognize, (and wouldn't want to be affiliated with) but I suspect that much of that is due to society's gradual shift toward more and more reliance on smart phones and "arms length" relationship...

LOL!
I never thought about it that way . . .