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Is being gay "an addiction"?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by confuseduser99, Sep 11, 2014.

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Is being gay "an addiction"?

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  1. confuseduser99

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    Some people compare being gay to being an addict, or an alcoholic. They argue that it's something that you can "control" with help.

    Do you think that being gay is in anyway similar to being an addict/alcoholic?
     
    #1 confuseduser99, Sep 11, 2014
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    no, what a bunch of ignorant dumbasses
     
    #2 asdfghjk, Sep 11, 2014
  3. Dakeli27

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    I'm addicted to love.
    Also to breathing.
    Something normal that you do, that is hard to stop, is not necessarily an addiction.
     
    #3 Dakeli27, Sep 11, 2014
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    You know how when someone makes a corny joke and you do that little fake laugh thing?

    (Expect when Kaiser does it. We laugh our asses off for those. :wink: :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:)
     
    #4 Browncoat, Sep 11, 2014
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    I love being gay and I'd hate to not be, but it's not something I or anyone else has any control over. It's biological, not mental.
     
    #5 NDark, Sep 11, 2014
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    Freedom can be addicting, yes. ^^
     
    #6 gravechild, Sep 11, 2014
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    It's not an addiction. You were programmed that way. :slight_smile:
     
    #7 QueerTransEnby, Sep 11, 2014
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    How the hell does that even make sense
     
    #8 Fallingdown7, Sep 11, 2014
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    No, and I would hate to live in the mind of someone who thought that way. I feel very sad for them.
     
    #9 Blossom85, Sep 11, 2014
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    If it is, I need some serious f***ing help because I'll overdose.
     
    #10 Stripe101, Sep 11, 2014
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    To me being lesbian is like breathing and eating
     
    #11 stocking, Sep 11, 2014
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    Yes it is. Im addicted to other gay people. Cant get enough of them
     
    #12 Fruit Topping, Sep 11, 2014
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    Addiction is characterized as a habitual compulsion towards rewarding behavior. All sexual desire is technically a form of addiction.

    My addiction just happens to be towards the more phallic members of society...
     
    #13 Gen, Sep 11, 2014
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    Should have added to my reply: It's hard for me to understand how my sexuality is an addiction, because if living a life had a sexuality, I'd probably be read as asexual. I'm single and celibate by choice and I rarely feel attracted to anyone, probably because I'm shallow as hell and easily turned-off
     
    #14 Fallingdown7, Sep 11, 2014
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    Funny nobody asks if being straight an addiction.

    Is having sexual impulses *at all* an addiction?

    Is breathing oxygen an addiction?

    Is drinking water an addiction?

    I believe every therapeutic model that has tried to "help" homosexuals become "non-practicing" has been shown to fail.

    Homosexuality is only viewed as an addiction because certain people find it icky. We don't consider food, air, and water addictions, because these things don't gross anyone out and they don't hurt anyone. We consider heroin an addiction, because of the way it destroys individuals. The only thing that hurts homosexuals about homosexuality is the friggin' homophobia that certain elements in our society want to propagate.

    You'd think that on a dangerously overpopulated planet, people would embrace the notion that certain people aren't basing their relationships around creating children. But no...they have to judge their sexual practices. Lordy, how selfish and short-sighted we are.
     
    #15 biAnnika, Sep 11, 2014
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    I LOVE this! :slight_smile:
     
    #16 confuseduser99, Sep 11, 2014
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    ... Hmmmm...
    ... Hmmm, I think I'm not fully awake yet...
     
    #17 Michael, Sep 11, 2014
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    It's an addiction the same way having green eyes or having cells undergo osmosis is an addiction.
     
    #18 BryanM, Sep 11, 2014
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    yes, addicted to love.
     
    #19 resu, Sep 11, 2014
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    Who the heck is going to say yes?
     
    #20 the haunted, Sep 11, 2014
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