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DAY 309 LiliS, sensitIV, pep!pep!, Taisho Roman Revolution, future is now, Heart Soldier Senshi, WILD CITY, AlcheME!, ☆ZRAEL, BARiTONES win (Astrael hosting)

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DAY 313 sensitIV, WILD CITY, ☆ZRAEL, AlcheME!, avante en garde and BARiTONES win (Wataru and Fox hosting)

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shoulda saved the spicy theme for christmas amirite

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[(Anonymous)]

Any of those first three things. Being told you should do something isn't "wanting" it.

[(Anonymous)]

See, but people are told that they should want something to the point that they deceive themselves into thinking they want it. What if people don't have much of a want for anything, but because they're told that they have a want, they end up thinking they DO have it but are deficient in some way so they can't actually register this mysterious "want" everyone keeps talking about?

Not speaking from personal experience. I may not be an "every day" person, but I do think about sex.

But you can see how this kind of question can be a little more complicated, right? Not everyone is so active or even knows what they "want"! Aren't there a lot of youths still figuring things out?

[(Anonymous)]

Sure. Probably most people are still figuring out what they want to some degree.

But I wouldn't ever assume that I wanted something if I couldn't tell. That's stupid. And I could tell I wanted sex even before I had it.

[(Anonymous)]

How fortunate for you! But your experience is your own.

[(Anonymous)]

It is. But I don't think the idea that you have to consciously be aware you want something in order to say you want it is particularly controversial.

If people don't know the answer to the question they can just say they don't know. It's not a matter of defining the word.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmmm... but there's also the experiences of getting the response "How could you not know! You just know!" It's very demoralizing.

Either way, with the clarification on the kind of "want" you're meaning, I'd say a few times a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Depends on who I'm engaging with!

[(Anonymous)]

That response is stupid too.

So you want it more when you're with someone in particular?

[(Anonymous)]

It's really more I seem to want it more when I know I can get it more. Does that make sense?

[(Anonymous)]

Do you manage to want it less when you CAN'T get it?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, when you can't get it, you can't get it, so there's no point in wanting it.

[(Anonymous)]

Just because there's no point doesn't mean you don't. You can't decide you don't want something because you shouldn't any more than you can decide you do want something because you should.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought you said I could decide whether I want something or not?

Be a little more consistent! Are you trying to say "there's no turning that sort of thing off, it's always either off or on"?

What odd commentary you have on someone else's experiences!

[(Anonymous)]

That's not what I meant. I'm saying if you still feel the desire and are aware of it but you're just saying you don't want it because there's nothing wanting it will accomplish, that's denial, not a lack of want.

Maybe you actually don't want it. Only you can say. But that's not what you said. You said there was no point.

[(Anonymous)]

And how do you tell the difference between "denial" and "lack of wanting" in this situation? To me, these both equal out to the same thing: I'm less interested in general.

[(Anonymous)]

You tell the difference by whether you feel want and are denying it or not.

I tell the difference by asking you. That's part of the point of poll.

[(Anonymous)]

Ok. But to be clear... how can one tell? If they have the same effect?

[(Anonymous)]

By... consciousness of your own thoughts and feelings?

Unless you're saying you subconsciously eliminate desires for things you can't have to the point you don't even notice them, which is a different discussion.

[(Anonymous)]

Is it? Because the opposite does occur from time to time.

[(Anonymous)]

It's different because obviously you're not going to be able to tell me if that's the case. I'm here for a poll, not to psychoanalyze you.

[(Anonymous)]

I gave you the answer to the poll and yet you insisted on pointing out how my answer is "wrong"?

Well, shall we end the conversation here, then? I provided my answer, you claim not wanting to psychoanalyze. Off we go!

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I asked if you wanted it less when it wasn't available, and you said there was no point in wanting it. That clearly didn't answer the question.

But you don't have to answer the question if you don't want to.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it answers plenty, but take it for what you will, of course.

[(Anonymous)]

I will.