Food or sex? Which would you give up?

[Angrboda]

Let's say that you had to choose to either give up the pleasures of eating food, including beverages, or give up the pleasures of having sex, including masturbation. Which would you give up? Assume for the sake of this poll that giving up sex also means you no longer find looking at attractive members of the opposite sex pleasurable. And you never have to eat again for the rest of your life if you give up food. (Say they implant a "nutrition device" in you which eliminates the need for you to either eat or drink again.) (ETA: You no longer get horny, hungry, or thirsty, depending on which you give up. You just no longer have the need.)

So which would you give up, food or sex?



As for my choice, because I enjoy sexual pleasures only once every few days, but I enjoy food several times a day, I would give up sex. What about you?

[Joods]

Haven't had sex for nearly 2 years. I love food. This was an easy decision.

[Minimalist]

Yeah, easy choice at my age.... and none of this vegan fungus and grass clippings shit.  Give me a fucking steak.

[Aegon]

Uh do you know how much money I could save if I didn't need to eat or drink? Thats over $2,000 per year that stays in my pocket!

I'm young and too sexually active to even consider the other option anyway.

[Ravenshire]

Food! In a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong. I love good food, but unlike sex which even when bad is still pretty good. Once food goes bad... Add in the fact that too much food makes you fat while too much sex makes you tired, we'll I'd rather be tired than fat. Of course, at my age I'm both, but still, I'll take sex over food ever tine!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Food. I would give up food. To hell with food. No food for me. Sod food. 

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Food. Masturbation is a highlight of my day and having an impaired sense of smell (dysosmia: I have very little smell, and what does penetrate my brain either lasts for a second or two, is very unpleasant, or both) means I don’t get that much pleasure from eating. It’s all right, but I feel I’d be okay doing without, especially given that I also have on and off stomach trouble.

[Edwardo Piet]

I'd give up sex and masturbation but only if the need was removed.

If I still felt horny then fuck that. I'd give up the need for food. Unsatisfied sexual frustration is unbearable (unless my partner likes denying me, then it's fun ).

I love the pleasure of sex and masturbation so much... but it takes up WAYYYYYYY too much time. I spend half of my life masturbating that could be spent doing something productive. And half the time I'm super horny and half the time it's just stress relief.

I could focus a lot more on music if I were asexual. Sure it's a fucking amazing pleasure, sex is fucking phenomenal and masturbation is pretty damn good.

But it'll never be close to the pleasure I get from music.

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Food. Masturbation is a highlight of my day and having an impaired sense of smell (dysosmia: I have very little smell, and what does penetrate my brain either lasts for a second or two, is very unpleasant, or both) means I don’t get that much pleasure from eating. It’s all right, but I feel I’d be okay doing without, especially given that I also have on and off stomach trouble.

I think I have mild dysomnia too. Do you think it's common in people on the autism spectrum?

I'm fine with visuals and sounds outside my head. But when it comes to thinking I think in sounds and music and my mind's eye is almost blind. I can only see quick still flashes of things I've seen before and only if I'm prompted. I never actually think in pictures. The only visuals I have is memory. And it lasts about half a second.

I enjoy food BECAUSE my sense of taste and smell aren't sensitive I think. I tend to eat anything because my taste buds aren't sensitive enough to dislike anything.

And I don't get bored by it because I like variety. And I like different textures in my mouth.

I suddenly lose interest in things though sometimes. I always loved prawns for years but I had some the other day and the texture was icky so I don't like prawns anymore. Until I like them again. Lol.

I could probably enjoy eating my own vomit if I was in the mood for it.

[Angrboda]

I'd give up sex and masturbation but only if the need was removed.

If I still felt horny then fuck that. I'd give up the need for food. Unsatisfied sexual frustration is unbearable (unless my partner likes denying me, then it's fun ).

For the purposes of this poll, assume that you no longer have the desire for whichever one you give up. Thus, if you give up sex, you no longer get horny or aroused. If you give up food, you no longer get hungry or thirsty.

[Edwardo Piet]

I'd give up sex and masturbation but only if the need was removed.

If I still felt horny then fuck that. I'd give up the need for food. Unsatisfied sexual frustration is unbearable (unless my partner likes denying me, then it's fun ).

For the purposes of this poll, assume that you no longer have the desire for whichever one you give up.  Thus, if you give up sex, you no longer get horny or aroused.  If you give up food, you no longer get hungry or thirsty.

Oh I would completely give up the need for sex. In a heartbeat. It causes me more frustration and disappointment than satisfaction. I enjoy masturbating but the more years I have it without sex the more desenstizied and frustrating it becomes.

It is really more of a need than a want. I definitely enjoy eating food mildly sometimes.

To be honest though... if I could choose to give them both up I'd do that.

Food is a big pleasure but it's still nothing to music.