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The need itself is the problem, and it's really surprising noone looks at it this way. A drug that 'd make me completely asexual (with no orientation) is the re

by zb3 4y ago

The need itself is the problem, and it's really surprising noone looks at it this way. A drug that 'd make me completely asexual (with no orientation) is the real solution for me, as currently there's none available.

hcurtiss 4y ago
Genuine question -- do eunuchs have sex drive?
- zb3 4y ago
  According to Wikipedia, they might[0]. Note however that the procedure is not generally available, I can't just purchase chemical castration pills, which is a problem because it should be my choice. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration
- bmn__ 4y ago
  Yes, but it is very much diminished in comparison with non-neutered men.
yamtaddle 4y ago
There too was Cephalus the father of Polemarchus, whom I had not seen for a long time, and I thought him very much aged. He was seated on a cushioned chair, and had a garland on his head, for he had been sacrificing in the court; and there were some other chairs in the room arranged in a semicircle, upon which we sat down by him. [....] [Socrates:] And this is a question which I should like to ask of you who have arrived at that time which the poets call the “threshold of old age” —Is life harder towards the end, or what report do you give of it? [....] [Cephalus, after listing the ways others claim getting old sucks:] But this is not my own experience, nor that of others whom I have known. How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, How does love suit with age, Sophocles —are you still the man you were? Peace, he replied; most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master. His words have often occurred to my mind since, and they seem as good to me now as at the time when he uttered them. — Plato, The Republic, Book I (It's worth noting that some readings of this are that Socrates is giving Cephalus a little friendly ribbing by prompting him to talk about this, Socrates [the character, or the man, either way] actually being around the same age as Cephalus in this dialog and still plainly being far more vigorous and eagerly engaging with life) ------------ I don't need a lover, no, no, no The wretched beast is tame I don't need a lover So blow out the flame — Leonard Cohen, "Leaving the Table", from his final album.
- zb3 4y ago
  I don't see any argument in your comment, so could you break it down for me?
  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    ... am I supposed to be arguing?
password11 4y ago
>A drug that'd make me completely asexual (with no orientation) is the real solution for me, as currently there's none available Escitalopram or most other SSRIs will do the trick.
- zb3 4y ago
  They of course help, but it's not the same as the complete lack of orientation.
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by zb3 4y ago

hcurtiss 4y ago

Genuine question -- do eunuchs have sex drive?

zb3 4y ago
According to Wikipedia, they might[0]. Note however that the procedure is not generally available, I can't just purchase chemical castration pills, which is a problem because it should be my choice. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration
bmn__ 4y ago
Yes, but it is very much diminished in comparison with non-neutered men.

yamtaddle 4y ago

There too was Cephalus the father of Polemarchus, whom I had not seen for a long time, and I thought him very much aged. He was seated on a cushioned chair, and had a garland on his head, for he had been sacrificing in the court; and there were some other chairs in the room arranged in a semicircle, upon which we sat down by him. [....] [Socrates:] And this is a question which I should like to ask of you who have arrived at that time which the poets call the “threshold of old age” —Is life harder towards the end, or what report do you give of it? [....] [Cephalus, after listing the ways others claim getting old sucks:] But this is not my own experience, nor that of others whom I have known. How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, How does love suit with age, Sophocles —are you still the man you were? Peace, he replied; most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master. His words have often occurred to my mind since, and they seem as good to me now as at the time when he uttered them. — Plato, The Republic, Book I (It's worth noting that some readings of this are that Socrates is giving Cephalus a little friendly ribbing by prompting him to talk about this, Socrates [the character, or the man, either way] actually being around the same age as Cephalus in this dialog and still plainly being far more vigorous and eagerly engaging with life) ------------ I don't need a lover, no, no, no The wretched beast is tame I don't need a lover So blow out the flame — Leonard Cohen, "Leaving the Table", from his final album.

zb3 4y ago
I don't see any argument in your comment, so could you break it down for me?
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  ... am I supposed to be arguing?

password11 4y ago

>A drug that'd make me completely asexual (with no orientation) is the real solution for me, as currently there's none available Escitalopram or most other SSRIs will do the trick.

zb3 4y ago
They of course help, but it's not the same as the complete lack of orientation.
- deleted 4y ago
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