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Someone · 1y
How do we feel about talking Ben only having 4 responses in game
He so obviously just wants to be left alone it's funny
I preferred mixing together the chemicals than doing the main game which sucked cause they let you only have like, 4-5 of each chemical
Someone · 1y
Can you identify other aplatonics easily
I'd say not really but only because the concept of being aplatonic is a pretty niche thing so most people don't know about it. I can identify behavior I'd label as "aplatonic" but I have to go out of my way to find people are also aplatonic lol
Someone · 1y
Also, your answer was very good! I think the brand thing makes a lot of sense. I have lots of people on Twitter I’m mutuals with, and like if they have one icon they’ve had for a long time and I see the original source it’s from, I think of them. But I don’t do that for anything else, like even if they’re very into obscure media and I see that media I don’t think of them. Some of my alloplatonic friends say that they associate all their friends with smells and tastes and I don’t get that at all!
(About the smells and tastes thing) OH WHAT????? I DO NOT GET THAT AT ALL THAT'S SO STRANGE TO ME???
Also yeah I do that. I see a piece of media someone I know is very obsessed with and I go "Wow, their thing." lol
Someone · 1y
Also sorry for pretty much exclusively using retro spring to talk to you, I’d follow you and like and reply to your tweets and stuff, but I don’t want to “out” myself as aplatonic. I’ve talked to some friends about my feelings, and while some know I’m apl and are cool with it, some have taken it as me like, rejecting them and saying I don’t like them. But it’s so nice to see someone else talk about being apl, I relate to so many of your tweets.
It's fine, dw. I've actually talked to someone only through their retrospring before we actually talked to each other on my actual account lol. So yeah it's fine if you feel more comfortable talking retrospring.
Yeah I've only really talked about being aplatonic to my sister because idk how my friends would react to it. My sister was chill with it but I can't really anticipate the reaction of my friends because this kind of thing can be so easily taken as "Oh, so you just don't like me?" by anyone who doesn't understand when that's not really the truth. I've only mentioned it off-hand on my main and never really talked about it in-depth because it's just, such a hard thing to talk about without coming across like you just don't really care when that's not the truth.
Someone · 1y
Yay you checked here! (Says this 7 days after you answered) Another question (asking a lot because I know no other apl people) if you have pets/have ever had pets, do you form unique emotional attachments to them? I know for me, I have dogs but I don’t feel differently about them than any other dog.
Dw about asking a lot of questions, you're fine 👍
Yeah I've thought about this question for a while before you asked. I think it's the same for me with my cats because while I do definitely love them and can see their different personalities, it wouldn't be that much different if it they were all different cats. My relationship with my cats is what actually confirmed to me I'm aplatonic because I definitely love them but what I've already said on my twitter account also applies to them(So it's not just a "I hate people" thing like I might've tried to tell myself in the beginning). Albeit in a more shallow way because, well, they're cats.
Though not to say aplatonic people who do feel a strong connection with their pets aren't aplatonic this is just y'know my experience.
Someone · 2y
Fellow apl person! Do you associate items with people? Like if you had a friend that really liked giraffes, would you see a giraffe and think of them? I don’t, but my alloplatonic friends do. Wonder if it’s the same for other apl people or if being unable to associate things with people is like an autism thing for me
It depends I think, like if they were really obvious about it then I MIGHT think of them in a passing thought(Not always even under that condition) but if it's something that they've casually mentioned a few times then I might just think of the giraffe and not my friend.
I think of it as more like a "brand" or a "logo" if that makes sense lol. Like how brands will try to get you associate them with a shape or color except for people. Hopefully this is a good enough answer.