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White House ballroom project has become costlier and larger than originally anticipated

Donald Trump encouraged those working on the construction of his new White House ballroom project to disregard traditional permitting, zoning, and code requirements, according to a new report.

Since announcing the project in July, Trump’s ballroom has become larger, costlier and more destructive than initially thought – raising concerns about whether the president is following historical rules when it comes to a White House addition.

The ballroom’s capacity, initially thought to be 650, has been raised to 900. Its cost has nearly doubled from $200 million to $350 million. Its construction, which Trump initially said would not interfere with the integrity of the current White House, has led to the destruction of the East Wing.

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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Never in your life? I always assumed asexual meant very rarely horny, not literally never. Is that common?

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago

It’s a spectrum, but there are people who are literally never horny. It’s not common though.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Forty years old, still a virgin. Sex-repulsed. Doesn’t cause a problem in my life. Immune to most advertising. Watching people make the same stupid mistakes about birth control time and time again, and never understanding why. My line ends with me and that’s fine.

Edit: why did people downvote my answer, and not the question asked of me? Does that mean I shouldn’t have answered, or that I should have answered in a sex-positive way, or do they straight-up think ace people aren’t real?

[–] SuperZorro@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

What about sexual pleasure like from touch and orgasm?

[–] bagelberger@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

being sex-repulsed doesn't necessarily mean you don't enjoy self-pleasure. there's not one "kind" of asexuality, there's a spectrum

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

But also yeah, I can’t have self-pleasure. Doesn’t work. Grosses me out besides. People act like sexual pleasure is the most important thing ever. I’m doing just fine without it. I’m not a problem to be fixed.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

You already know what the answer is.

And besides, I’m intersex. Loads of people take for granted that their genitals formed well-enough.

I’m not invested in sex or discussions about it. It actually skeeves me out.