Also I Feel Like With Posts That Are About Certain Marginalised Identities (such As Trans People And Fat People) The Assertion That You Are - Tumblr Posts

6 months ago

perhaps i am just too aegosexual demiromantic for the internet but whenever i see a comment or a post that goes along the lines of positive affirmation followed by "i love you" it just.... irks me. like. first of all i doubt that because literally who tf even are you. you are literally some guy on the internet. i doubt you would love every person who reads your thing. who are you people. and second of all it just feels... wrong??? like it feels bad to have some stranger on the internet say that "to me" (the post isn't directed towards me specifically but it is directed towards the reader and that just so happens to be me). especially on posts where it's followed by "you are hot/beautiful", which is where i go past the point of aversion and into disgust. i really wish some affirmation posts wouldn't put stuff like that in there and just leave it at a "you are enough as you are and you do not deserve to beat up on yourself and declare yourself unlikeable for existing the way you do". like personally that will always be more positive to me than "i think you would be attractive to other people regardless of what you think". that's how it comes off to me anyway.


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i dunno man i just really dislike the whole ''i love you'' thing on affirmation posts. i'm saying this respectfully: no you do not perhaps i am looking too deep into this cause admittedly i am always vigilant about posts that come off as creepy to me but on the other hand as soon as the poster in question puts stuff like ''you are hot'' in their posts. yeah that's weird to me. experiencing the internet as an aroace person is really frustrating sometimes loolll like the entire point of me being aego is that i hate when attraction is directed towards me so when i see a post like that i physically cringe also i feel like with posts that are about certain marginalised identities (such as trans people and fat people) the assertion that you are -viewed as attractive can come off as like... romance and sex being the only way to love someone?? does that make sense??? like why it is always ''you are still hot/pretty'' and not ''you are still likeable and you are more than what people say you are''??? like what if i'm fat and trans i DON'T want to be viewed as hot or beautiful? y'know? it's the only affirmation we seem to get. idk. again i'm on the ace spectrum and i'm quite perceptive to when something seems to favour sex/romance over anything platonic. i'm not trying to say ''grrr sexual/romantic affirmation is always bad'' i'm more trying to say - -''why is sexual and romantic affirmation the only type of affirmation that seems to exist'' aroace aspec aegosexual demiromantic asexual aromantic affirmation affirmation post