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[–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 111 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (30 children)

Bisexual - You’re over 35

Pansexual - You’re under 35

Omnisexual - You’ve spent way more time thinking about your sexuality than getting laid

Demisexual - You’re way more queer than you’re ready to admit.

Sapiosexual - You’re a straight guy trying to impress the cute barista by seeming cool and intellectual. You are failing. Or you are a woman on a dating app trying to stop the endless flood of low-effort “sup” introductions. You are also failing.

Edit: Forgot one!

Heteroflexible - Willing to touch someone of the same gender sorta sexually for an audience if you think it means you’ll get a threesome later.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Flexisexual - you'll take what you can get

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 11 points 4 days ago

I thought pansexual was where you had the legs of a goat, played a little reed flute, and got off on being generally mischievous.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Huh, I've only ever heard women describe themselves as sapiosexual

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I've been Demisexual since I first watched Striptease as a teenager.

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[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 53 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A bisexual is a pansexual who's had enough of kitchen jokes

[–] bingrazer@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Would a pansexual be a bisexual who's had enough shopping jokes?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 days ago

No. But of Bicycles.

[–] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait, I'm sorry but I have never heard a bisexual shopping joke. Would you please educate me?

[–] bingrazer@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, I don't actually know any, but I guessed the kitchen jokes about pansexual are related to the "pan" part. I then though it feasible there were shopping jokes about bisexuals because of the "bi" (homophone for buy) part.

[–] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 16 points 5 days ago

Ah okay! I'm more into the utensils.

[–] Planchette_Phantom@lemmy.zip 58 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (25 children)

To be fair, pansexuality is under the umbrella of bisexuality. What makes it more confusing is that there is no rule saying that bisexuals must only be attracted to 2 genders. Nor is there a rule stating that a bisexual must care about the gender of their partner.

Edit: bisexual is a very old term, but it does not strictly refer to only two genders.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 33 points 5 days ago (16 children)

Doesn't the name imply only two?

A master, and an apprentice.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago (6 children)

No it implies once every other week

Wait

[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well then what's semisexual?? I'll never get this figured out

[–] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 5 days ago (6 children)

that means you like large trucks for hauling commercial goods

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[–] Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 57 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The "bi" is for both homosexual and heterosexual relations. Not gender itself.

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[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sure but it can be interpreted as "people who share my gender" and "people who do not share my gender."

[–] percent@infosec.pub 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is off-topic, but... For some reason, that reminded me of a funny exchange I had with someone who was buying a lottery ticket, years ago...

Me: "What are the chances that you'll win?"

Him, with a heavy southern (US) accent: "50/50. You either win or you don't."

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

But is there a rule that says a dog can’t play basketball?

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[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 41 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I just like the bisexual flag colors better.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 days ago

i'm east coast bi west coast pan, because what the words mean are different on opposite sides of the US

[–] Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

I learned long ago whether someone told me they were pan or bi, it took absolutely zero effort on my part to accept and agree with them.

Sure you're bi/pan, but are you a unicorn, because my fiancée and I really like your vibe.

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[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 44 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Being a lover of cast iron cookware, I identify as pansexual.

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[–] trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The difference is that the pans got the better flag colors.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

hell nah, the only reason why i don't call myself pan is because the flag colours are ugly

late sunset over a deep ocean vs printer toners

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[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hell nah! I use the bi label specifically because of the colors! (And because more people immediately unterstand what it means)

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Wait, wait, wait, pansexual is when you have a love for wide screen photography, right?

[–] abrake@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Stupid sexy panorama

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

My interpretation:

If you're bisexual, it's about presented gender. If you're pansexual, it's about equipment.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 days ago

Best explanation I've heard yet.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 9 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I just thought pansexuals didn't exclude furries.

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

Pansexuals just over thought it tbh

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