# odd sex questions that starts with some sort of complaint about previous threads (edited title) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242 "2015-04-22T00:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Umbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Umbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/101 "2015-04-24T03:10:23Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > This is correct. I also think that this thread and the other thread I started about sex really are a waste of time. I think I should have known better than to waste people’s time on something relatively trivial and mundane. Yet, it utterly baffles me why sex would be talked about with great enthusiasm, joked about, fought about, complained about, or be the focus of one’s desires. While I am a member of the Homo sapiens species, I sometimes find myself so removed that I just can’t wrap my head around a particular subject within sex (sex fantasies, the urge to express sexual feelings, sex addiction, to name a few). To be honest, I have engaged in a long debate with myself about the nature of sexual orientation and whether it really exists. Foolish as it may seem to you, that’s what I think about when sex comes up in my mind. Of course, that debate with myself has been resolved with an “I don’t care. If people say it exists, then it must exist (in people’s minds) and whatever is in people’s minds becomes reality in the form of behavior. I’ll just take their word for it. My head hurts.” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/102 "2015-04-24T03:13:12Z")
> [@Umbridge](#): > > I also think that this thread and the other thread I started about sex really are a waste of time. I think I should have known better than to waste people’s time on something relatively trivial and mundane. Yet, it utterly baffles me why sex would be talked about with great enthusiasm, joked about, fought about, complained about, or be the focus of one’s desires. While I am a member of the Homo sapiens species, I sometimes find myself so removed that I just can’t wrap my head around a particular subject within sex (sex fantasies, the urge to express sexual feelings, sex addiction, to name a few). To be honest, I have engaged in a long debate with myself about the nature of sexual orientation and whether it really exists. Foolish as it may seem to you, that’s what I think about when sex comes up in my mind. Of course, that debate with myself has been resolved with an “I don’t care. If people say it exists, then it must exist (in people’s minds) and whatever is in people’s minds becomes reality in the form of behavior. I’ll just take their word for it. My head hurts.” Maybe you’re asexual. I’m not being sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/103 "2015-04-24T03:26:37Z")
> [@Umbridge](#): > > While I am a member of the Homo sapiens species… Ahh, thanks for answering my question. > [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](#): > > I’ll repeat what others before me have said: _are you an alien?_ If I could give you some general advice, it’d be to trust what people say a little bit more and try to do less extrapolating. In other words, ask more questions and think less. Although we may crack some jokes, we really will help you understand the mechanics of sex. If you don’t feel any attraction towards women at all, you may be asexual as noted above. There’s nothing wrong with that. You don’t have to answer, but have you ever felt any desire to just _do something_ when you see someone pretty? Do you feel something different when looking at women than you do when, say, looking at a landscape painting? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/104 "2015-04-24T03:44:53Z")
Fixed the title for you. Start another thread like that and I will shut it down. ---
**Author:** ![Umbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Umbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/105 "2015-04-24T03:49:24Z")
> [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](#): > > have you ever felt any desire to just _do something_ when you see someone pretty? Do you feel something different when looking at women than you do when, say, looking at a landscape painting? Well, I tend to look at women’s faces for a long time and compare my face to them. I have a tolerable, plain face. It is also very round. I find that my own face looks prettier when I smile and tie a ponytail or attach a headband. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/106 "2015-04-24T03:54:27Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Maybe you’re asexual. I’m not being sarcastic. I doubt it. There is no way the OP could be this interested in something that he’s not interested in. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/107 "2015-04-24T03:56:27Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > I think I’m landing firmly on the side of “we’re being played,” here. Yep. But gently, so as not to fracture anything. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/108 "2015-04-24T05:53:20Z")
> [@Umbridge](#): > > Well, I tend to look at women’s faces for a long time and compare my face to them. I have a tolerable, plain face. It is also very round. I find that my own face looks prettier when I smile and tie a ponytail or attach a headband. Waitaminute. Are you, in fact, a female of the species? ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/109 "2015-04-24T06:04:43Z")
Am I the only humming _Time Warp_ with all this talk about pelvic thrusting? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/110 "2015-04-24T06:18:07Z")
_It’s astounding_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/111 "2015-04-24T06:21:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Waitaminute. Are you, in fact, a female of the species? _brain explodes_ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/112 "2015-04-24T06:25:36Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > _brain explodes_ Sarcasm? Because the username alludes to a woman from the _Harry Potter and the \_\_\__ series. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/113 "2015-04-24T07:14:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Sarcasm? Because the username alludes to a woman from the _Harry Potter and the \_\_\__ series. Not sarcasm. A possibly unhealthy level of interest in the subject of sex, combined with little or no experience of it, further combined with a complete inability to tell an ass from an elbow concerning the subject (perhaps literally)… it just screams “male” to me. (And BTW, my knowledge about Harry Potter and the Whatever series is about as extensive as the OP’s practical knowledge of human copulation, i.e. zilch. I’m sure that makes someone’s head explode, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/114 "2015-04-24T09:43:04Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I whispered to my wife, “Every time we make love, it’s like the first time.” > > She whispered back, “Yes. I thought you would be better at it by now.” > > Regards, > Shodan Outstanding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/115 "2015-04-24T11:29:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Sarcasm? Because the username alludes to a woman from the _Harry Potter and the \_\_\__ series. Or it could be someone easily annoyed who just can’t spell very well. ---
**Author:** ![Umbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Umbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/116 "2015-04-24T11:36:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Waitaminute. Are you, in fact, a female of the species? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/117 "2015-04-24T11:41:58Z")
Reading this thread is making me cry with laughter. Much like my wife does during sex (well, sometimes she cries and sometimes she laughs, so it’s close enough). And my uninformed read on the OP is “somewhere on the autism spectrum” given the focus on the, erm, mechanics of the process and not the reactions and motivations of the individuals involved. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/118 "2015-04-24T11:47:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Or it could be someone easily annoyed who just can’t spell very well. I was so hoping your new thread title would be **Umbridge takes umbrage**. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/119 "2015-04-24T11:49:31Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I was so hoping your new thread title would be **Umbridge takes umbrage**. There was plenty of time to get more suggestions in. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242/120 "2015-04-24T11:49:43Z")
> [@Umbridge](#): > > I also think that this thread and the other thread I started about sex really are a waste of time. I think I should have known better than to waste people’s time on something relatively trivial and mundane. Yet, it utterly baffles me why sex would be talked about with great enthusiasm, joked about, fought about, complained about, or be the focus of one’s desires. Some people (most people, from my experience) have extremely strong sexual feelings and desires at some points in their lives. In my late teens and through most of my 20s, sex was a primary motivator and driver of nearly all major decisions I made – I’ll consider moving to this city and getting this job because I think that might help me find a sexual partner, etc. Also, for people who are into it (again, most people in my experience), sexual pleasure and intimacy is the greatest feeling ever. > [@](#): > > While I am a member of the Homo sapiens species, I sometimes find myself so removed that I just can’t wrap my head around a particular subject within sex (sex fantasies, the urge to express sexual feelings, sex addiction, to name a few). To be honest, I have engaged in a long debate with myself about the nature of sexual orientation and whether it really exists. Foolish as it may seem to you, that’s what I think about when sex comes up in my mind. Of course, that debate with myself has been resolved with an “I don’t care. If people say it exists, then it must exist (in people’s minds) and whatever is in people’s minds becomes reality in the form of behavior. I’ll just take their word for it. My head hurts.” You might be asexual, like another poster offered. Do you have any sexual desire? Do you ever masturbate? Do you ever look at pornography? Have you ever had a sexual dream? There’s no wrong answer to these questions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242.md?page=7)