EmSep 21, 2018
== Results from bdsmtest.org ==
100% Want to sleep instead
98% Huggins'
95% Kiss on the cheek uwu
93% never beenn horny all my life
Show thread🛄 chitter.xyzSep 21, 2018
@em to be fair, bdsm* doesn't know about ace people
(* this includes that test site and every other cis person I've ever talked about bdsm with)
Show threadtechnomancerSep 21, 2018
@Efi @em well since bdsm reffers to a series of sexual practices I don't really see a relation...
I mean, bdsmtest isn't a test about sexuality, it's a test about bdsm and somewhat kinks in general
Show thread🛄 chitter.xyzSep 21, 2018
@agony @em kinks are about sexual practices, so ace people are excluded??? sorry??
ace people do practice sex, ace people do practice bdsm, and ace people practice bdsm romantically, without intercourse involved
saying bdsmtest is about bdsm is a tautology, not an argument,a and kinks are not exclusive to private, interpersonal, orgasmic and/or genital practices
please, don't be rude and elitist
Show threadtechnomancerSep 21, 2018

@Efi I'm sorry if I sounded rude, wasn't at all my intention.

What I meant is that I don't understand why should anything regarding being (or not) ace should be included in bdsmtest since sexuality is not related to bdsmk.

I apologize if I implied that ace ppl should be excluded in any way or they should behave in any manner sexually.

Although there's something I don't understand and would be please if you could explain it to me.

Show threadtechnomancerSep 21, 2018
@Efi
If someone doesn't experience sexual desire, do they have kinks? and if so, why are they excluded from bdsmtest?
Show thread🛄 chitter.xyzSep 21, 2018
@agony ace people do have kinks, but do not participate of them as the bdsmtest site assumes everyone does
every question in bdsmtest assumes (as does most of the bdsm community) that bdsm is, ultimately, at a physical, interpersonal level
this is not true of everyone, and patently so of ace individuals, therefore, most ace people are excluded on that site by virtue of being unable of choosing options to those questions
let me know if you want me to brek it down step by step, I'll oblige
Show threadtechnomancerSep 21, 2018

@Efi I'd be grateful If you explained it to me.

Also, I've been looking the questions up and tried to classify them.

I've found that, doing the "short test" option:
74.13% of questions didn't strictly need physical interaction.
56.89% of questions didn't strictly need sexual interaction.

Of course with some margin of error regarding interpretation and/or missclicking.

Show thread🛄 chitter.xyzSep 21, 2018
@agony https://i.postimg.cc/sj95N51g/bdsmtest_for_ace.png
Show threadtechnomancerSep 21, 2018

@Efi hey I haven't had the time to read all of this and will probably look into it tomorrow but I just wanted to point out that this is wrong and that I'm pretty sure that asexuality has nothing to do with romantic attraction.

You can be both asexual and aromantic, or be asexual but biromantic and so on.

I thought this webpage might be of your interest.

(Dunno to what extent is reliable but might help you)

http://whatisasexuality.com/

What Is Asexuality :: Home

Show thread🛄 chitter.xyzSep 21, 2018
@agony well, yeah, you -can- be ace and aro, but like, then that test applies even less??? I used my point of view, not an abstract one I don't know about
Show threadtechnomancer

@Efi but we're not talking about your point of view, we're talking about if that test excludes asexuality.

Anyway "your point of view" isn't the "definition of being ace" which is what you implied there

Sep 21, 2018 at 10:02pmWeb
Show thread🛄 chitter.xyzSep 21, 2018
@agony maybe you should read that website you posted by yourself, fren
Show threadtechnomancerSep 21, 2018
@Efi don't worry I've already read it, but if you think I said something wrong you could point it out