• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I can’t fathom why people have to be so obsessed with it

    Literally just hormones. I can’t explain horniness better than… idk, sleepiness? Hungriness?

    Trying to explain to a horny person not to think about sex is a bit like trying to explain to an itchy person not to think about scratching.

    And, a lot like with itching, once you’ve done it the urge only gets worse. Losing your virginity is like opening up an emotional floodgate. Once you’ve experienced it, you’re a soppy emotional mess just pining for the next opportunity.

    life is fine without it

    Man Who Hasn’t Just Downed a Full Pot of Coffee: “You keep squeezing your legs shut and looking for a toilet. Why don’t you just calm down?”

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      I didn’t mean people shouldn’t be that way, only that I can’t personally fathom it.

      I also can’t personally fathom why some people are obsessed with food. I don’t mean they’re wrong, just that I can’t understand their POV. Like I get they feel that way, and it’s not wrong, it’s just outside my reckoning. Like I eat enough to live, and I don’t obsess over it. That’s foreign to me, thinking about food 24/7 even when you’re not hungry.

      E: just ruminating here, not judging. I’m sharing and want other people to share. I’m not great at sharing without offending people, sorry.

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          For me? no. I can’t imagine thinking about anything that much. Like, to the exclusion of other things, I mean. Or, focussed on one thing (other then nothing – I can turn everything off, but throttling is very hard).

          I know we don’t all think this way, but being that passionate without control is kinda foreign to me.

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            16 hours ago

            being that passionate without control

            That’s just brain development. Psychological control is as muscle you build as a bicep or a glut. And it’s muscle that can be exhausted or atrophied over time.