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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

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[โ€“] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Here's an unpopular opinion: you don't need any labels at all. You love who you live, you fuck who you fuck, you can advertise what you're looking for if you want to but all this identity business obscures the reality that humans are far more diverse and interesting than the boxes we build for ourselves.

Most people who call themselves straight would fuck someone from their own gender if there weren't cultural expectations against it hammered into them from and early age. Most people who call themselves gay would wander if they found someone they connected with. Very few of us rest at one end of any spectrum or matrix. Most of us are somewhere in the middle, and far more mobile than we might realize.

Bro accidentally reinvented pansexuality