In theory this is true but I’m gonna be so honest with myself, I can’t tell the difference with my iems and I definitely can’t tell the difference with my $30 Bluetooth earbuds

300 mp3 files in a folder called ‘Music’ on my phone, plus any local music player for playlists (shoutout auxio on f-droid)

According to recent data from NYC (pretty expensive example but still) the rent-to-income ratio (median yearly rent / median yearly income) is ~55% citywide but up to 80% in the Bronx (which has the lowest income of the 5 boroughs)

https://www.realtor.com/research/nyc-q2-2025-rent/

Edit for clarity: the median income number is also per “household” (I’m assuming per apartment in this case), so it accounts for multiple working people living together

That’s fine? I’m not trying to gatekeep being ace at all nor speak for all ace people. That just doesn’t match my experience and I doubt I’m completely 100% alone in saying that.

I generally don’t think about sex unless it’s relevant to a discussion so the analogy kind of breaks down for me. But when you liken something to food, the immediate thought coming to my mind is that you can’t live without it.

I guess if you really wanted to stick with the food metaphor from my perspective it would be more like: “If all food tasted bland to you and you didn’t have to care about the nutrients/hunger would you still eat?” Taking the analogy past its breaking point, my experience is like that question but if the world fundamentally judges you based on your favorite food and inserts generic barely related food pictures into every show or movie you try to watch.

I don’t understand how anyone past puberty can’t understand it

Some people are ace? Not that I’m against people having the right to make NSFW stuff (the idea of “NSFW” is pretty heavily influenced by advertisers to begin with, outside of NSFL stuff like gore and trauma) but this analogy makes it seem like you can’t live without having or imagining sex at all times. I personally don’t get enjoyment out of being horny at all.

The real problem is that payment processors shouldn’t be able to block transactions for things that aren’t illegal, full stop. The recent precedents just let Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal label anything with themes they don’t like (LGBTQ+, gender equality, body dysmorphia and other issues related to physical appearance, etc.) as suggestive content and censor it. That shouldn’t be legal anywhere claiming to have freedom of speech/expression (but they don’t seem to mind supporting hate speech!)