How important is sex to you?

[Dominic Burchnall]

I'm approaching the 21st year of my life and still haven't got any. As such, this is the reason I'm sure my sanity is slipping inexorably away. As I have decided from extensive *COUGH* internet research on the subject, I'm a bit of a sadist/dominator, and a distinct lack of anyone to hit or dominate (without legal repercussions) is starting to make my nerves twang severely at this point. Apologies to anyone if they get at all weirded out by this.

 

[Carbonyl]

I have a strange fondness for them. Perhaps it is due to being a biochemist, rather than a straight organic chemist. As for ketone or aldehyde, I don't care, as long as I have a controllable aldol reaction going. I love me a good aldol condensation.

You've given the chemist in me an erection! XD

/jk

So you prefer the use of aldolases (I think that's what they're called) over acid and heat? That being said... I spent a few months developing a taste for silyl-chemistry, after which, throwing acid at the result = chemgasm... after a fashion... (deprotection, cyclisation and condensation all in one = time to publish).

Sorry... quite a tangent taken...

Aldolases are pretty badass, but if you're looking to synthesize something (and not just expressing it off of a plasmid in culture to purify), it's cheaper and easier to go with acid and heat (or something more complicated for stereocontrol), because proteins are a lot of work to purify and have specificity to their normal substrates. I'm slowly coming to love isomerases and thioester intermediates, they are fun. I'm a protein mechanism kinda girl these days. But I do enjoy organic synthesis, it is FUN AS HELL. Hetero-Diels-Alder reactions are SEXY. And also ZOMG biologically stable ylides bring me no end of joy. Silyl-chemistry is pretty excellent, lets you do all sorts of clever things.

captcha: want more?
As if anyone DOESN'T want more chemistry?

 

[Screamarie]

Well seeing as the only sex I've had is fade to black implied sex with Garrus and Thane.....not much. Yeah, virgin. Don't really give a shit. If I ever met the right guy, sure, whatever, but if I don't I'll die a virgin and be content.

Believe it or not it is possible to survive without sex...though I know many people disagree with me.

born 87, unemployed and virgin. Sounds scary. Are you hikikimori?

Can't say I'm not insulted by that assumption, especially when you know absolutely nothing about me.

The unemployed thing is because the company I worked for closed down many of it's stores. Now a days I spend a majority of my time tending to an elderly step father. I don't have a lot time to work as currently there's no one else to help me tend to him.

Virgin is because I generally hate people. There are very few people I consider worth the effort to like, let alone sleep with. I'd rather wait for someone I find worth it than sleep with anything that moves.

Sorry, it wasn't supposed to be an insult.

It was just a likley chance considering your situation. I'm even kinda like you, only younger and with lots of time.

S'okay. Most people would use it as an insult, so I guess I assumed as well.

 

[Zenn3k]

On a scale from 1-10?

Bout a 15.

 

[Broady Brio]

At my age? I'd imagine it's very important to me.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

Sex is fun. But i would also like it with someone i enjoy than some one night stand. Hate that.

 

[RastaBadger]

Having never partaken in it I don't see it as particularly important.

 

[MC K-Mac]

A lot less important to me than it was in my 20s...and to be honest I'm kind of glad. Makes it easier to concentrate on things when I don't constantly have thoughts about sex jumping up out of nowhere.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Aldolases are pretty badass, but if you're looking to synthesize something (and not just expressing it off of a plasmid in culture to purify), it's cheaper and easier to go with acid and heat (or something more complicated for stereocontrol), because proteins are a lot of work to purify and have specificity to their normal substrates. I'm slowly coming to love isomerases and thioester intermediates, they are fun. I'm a protein mechanism kinda girl these days. But I do enjoy organic synthesis, it is FUN AS HELL. Hetero-Diels-Alder reactions are SEXY. And also ZOMG biologically stable ylides bring me no end of joy. Silyl-chemistry is pretty excellent, lets you do all sorts of clever things.

Sexiest thing I've ever read! XD

Still, I remember doing some carbohydrate chemistry, and replicating what would normally be a twelve step synth takes about thirty enzymes to carry it out. But for all that, awesome yields... ultimately I always ended up with about less than ten percent after a six step retro-, if I was lucky... :/ Rate of turnover, clean reaction, ease of product purification... and chiral-control, great deal if you can get enough of it.

Anyway, I'll try to weave Michael additions into anything... delightfully simple and elegant. Though, when you mention stable ylides... never heard of an enzyme mediated Wittig reaction (first thing that came to mind...).

And since we've gone off-topic, how's about we talk about endogenous opioids and calcium ion cascades... that's related to sex, isn't it?!

(And damn me, the memories of neurobiology 101...!)

 

[Stravant]

What is this "sex" of which you speak?

Is it an expansion pack for Battlefield?

If not, not interested

 

[Carbonyl]

Aldolases are pretty badass, but if you're looking to synthesize something (and not just expressing it off of a plasmid in culture to purify), it's cheaper and easier to go with acid and heat (or something more complicated for stereocontrol), because proteins are a lot of work to purify and have specificity to their normal substrates. I'm slowly coming to love isomerases and thioester intermediates, they are fun. I'm a protein mechanism kinda girl these days. But I do enjoy organic synthesis, it is FUN AS HELL. Hetero-Diels-Alder reactions are SEXY. And also ZOMG biologically stable ylides bring me no end of joy. Silyl-chemistry is pretty excellent, lets you do all sorts of clever things.

Sexiest thing I've ever read! XD

Still, I remember doing some carbohydrate chemistry, and replicating what would normally be a twelve step synth takes about thirty enzymes to carry it out. But for all that, awesome yields... ultimately I always ended up with about less than ten percent after a six step retro-, if I was lucky... :/ Rate of turnover, clean reaction, ease of product purification... and chiral-control, great deal if you can get enough of it.

Anyway, I'll try to weave Michael additions into anything... delightfully simple and elegant. Though, when you mention stable ylides... never heard of an enzyme mediated Wittig reaction (first thing that came to mind...).

And since we've gone off-topic, how's about we talk about endogenous opioids and calcium ion cascades... that's related to sex, isn't it?!

(And damn me, the memories of neurobiology 101...!)

It would be delightful to be able to use enzymes to bring up yields and stereocontrol, but it's just not feasible, aside from the difficulty in getting proteins, they are often not stable or soluble in reaction solutions. Seriously, protein precipitating out of solution is so friggin' annoying.
It's not a Wittig reaction, it's often used to transfer groups from one substrate to another: TPP (a cofactor for the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex) is a sulfur and nitrogen-conatining ylid, and is quite lovely : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine_pyrophosphate

Oh, I had forgotten about those. There is something really satisfying about using carbanions for things. I don't really know why.

Oh dear, I do not remember much about opioid receptors, I'm more familiar with hormone signaling and muscle excitation, at least in terms of neuron/sexual behavior biochemistry.

I could tell you about the effects of estrogenics? Or puberty onset?

Chemistry is sexy as hell though, does that count?

 

[Robert Ewing]

Technically sex is the sole reason for all biological life. So yes, it's infinitely important in that respect.

And also take the fact that the only species that have sex recreationally and get a pleasurable experience out of it, are also in the higher tiers of intelligence levels. I.e Dolphins, Chimpanzee's, honey badgers etc etc.

So essentially, we enjoy sex so much, because we are intelligent. Fuck yes.

Also take note that the human female is the ONLY creature in the entire animal kingdom to have a organ of her body DEDICATED to sexual pleasure (The Clitoris). Not to mention the entire freaking clusters of muscles and nerves in the female body dedicated to inducing violent orgasms.

Sex is also very, very good for you both physically and mentally. It keeps you fit, increases your cardio, while creating an orgy of chemical combinations in your brain that improve shit like memory, and perception, and heightened senses. Not to mention the psychological boost it gives you.

It seems evolution has formed humanity in such a way that it makes sex the most inviting act ever, with very, VERY few downsides compared to... I dunno, the black widow mating ritual? Where she eats her mate?

It's also very promising for our next big evolutionary stepping stone. Where people explode in a shower of ecstasy and semen at the click of a finger. Awwh yeahh.

AND THE THEISTS WENT AHEAD AND PROHIBITED THIS SHIT.

 

[Yopaz]

Sex is pretty unimportant to me. Sure I wouldn't mind it, but I manage to get by fine without it.

 

[Thaa'ir]

...mmm...not really. As long as I get laid like, four times a year, I am good.

 

[miketehmage]

I'm too lazy to enjoy it. I'm not even particularly unfit, but its overrated, especially when my hand does a good job of achieving the same effect.

Then again I've never been in a relationship so it's always just been emotionless pounding.

I'm male, btw.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I enjoy sex. A lot. It is a big part of my life and I openly admit that. Some people call me a slut because of that. I dont care.

How do you view sex in your life?

I love sex. It is one of my two favorite activities.

And "slut" is just a word used against people who enjoy sex by those who can't get any.

captcha: "enjoy life" - indeed I do!

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I see it as a means to reproduce and nothing more. If I were to have sex, it would be to create offspring and no more. As I don't want to make any babies, then I think its absolutely meaningless and a waste of time. We still need to make babies, so I'll leave that to everyone else.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

I?m a virgin, and even though many of my teenage peers have had sex, I don?t really have a desire to have sex any time soon, let alone a girlfriend. I?ve got far too many stressful problems in my life before I can move onto that, and when I do, I think I?d care more about just being with her, talking and cuddling and whatnot. Like how I see and hear from my friends when they?re in relationships, followed by an unwanted yet instant twinge of jealousy.

However, I have a feeling that it?s probably not as good as people say it is, due to its potential complications, oversaturation in media and societal pressures. Even masturbation and porn is getting boring to me now. But I don?t think, when I?m older and more socially confident, I?m going to be one of those people that just goes to bars and has sex with a bunch of random girls before buggering off in the morning. I don?t think I?d care if I only ever had sex with one person throughout my entire life, just as long as it?s nice and intimate.

 

[Vegosiux]

I enjoy sex. A lot. It is a big part of my life and I openly admit that. Some people call me a slut because of that. I dont care.

How do you view sex in your life?

I love sex. It is one of my two favorite activities.

And "slut" is just a word used against people who enjoy sex by those who can't get any.

captcha: "enjoy life" - indeed I do!

See, I say, if you feel the need to justify your sex life something's up.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

Sex is very important for me. I don't have sex outside of relationships, only with someone I care about. And if I had it my way, we'd be doing it twice a day.