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Please don't be a stranger! Contact me on Discord, Telegram, or FA as @silverspots


One thing that kinda sucks about being socially anxious in a really liberal online space like cohost is that a lot of people are constantly talking about their many fetishes and it makes me feel like they wouldn't want to be friends with me unless I had sex with them first. Like I look at their posts and think "oh, they probably wouldn't want an asexual friend."

And like, fine, not everybody has to be everything to everyone, and people aren't required to like me, but it feels discouraging, especially around the holidays


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in reply to @silverspots's post:

(I don’t think you know me but I have a habit of just clicking on cute profile images and so I incidentally saw this post.)

I am someone who both identifies as mostly asexual and also does a little kinkposting, which may sound confusing, but I like the idea of these things much more than the practice, which I am happy to leave to other people. In general I’d say the more someone is kinkposting online, the less likely it is they’re having a lot of literal physical sex. So I encourage you not to be too afraid; yes, there are people who are only looking for pillow friends, but they’re usually very upfront about that. Most people don’t expect to be on sexual terms with all their friends even if they’re very open about their kinks online.