witch cilia plath @cute_weeds@witches.town

@alyx Do you think it's safe to google the cure to any of these diseases, or is that just what computer wants me to do?

@flitterbatflutterbat @cnc @shel
I think that's a much better way of putting it, actually.

I just meant that sapiosexuality may claim to discriminate against people based on their abilities, but it actually discriminates based on their gender and (definitely) class, race, and other phenomena. It's using one prejudice to smuggle in others, which is nothing special.

@cnc Is "sapiosexuality" mostly confined to cishets, or is it out there in LGBT+ places too? The flavors I've encountered are all "boys v. girls," but, like...?

I also feel like the name itself is a parody of queer sexualities. Like a cis het person thinking, "If someone can be pansexual or polysexual, then why can't I be...(*googles Latin words*)."

@Efi @cnc SERIOUSLY.

You are allowed to like someone's intelligence without:
A) Making it the basis of their value as a human
B) Degrading their enitre gender

@cnc Honestly I think everything about sapiosexuality flows from misogyny. It's "women aren't as smart as men," with the extra that any woman HE is attracted to must be an exception that proves the rule. That it makes the sapio the sole judge of "intelligence" and dehumanizes everyone who doesn't meet his standards never seems to bother him.

Is it ableist to reduce potential partners' worth to their cognitive skills? Absolutely. I just think the idea of sapiosexuality is so dishonest that it doesn't even care about cognitive abilities as long as it sends the message, "most girls are dumb."

@Maenad Now you're speaking my language.

@Maenad (Too steampunk-gentry for my tastes, but it does do the thing where you get coffee.)

@Maenad that sounds like a problem with your bed. http://www.joshrenoufdesign.com/new-gallery-5/

@Efi lotta slimes in this dungeon.

@lmorchard
> You have 1 🐶 dog emoji

> A torch on the wall casts dim light. Someone has scratched "FEDERATE" onto the stone wall.
> There are doors to the North and East.

Is masto a MUD?

@Vann synthetic jormone injections

@Efi "Hm, didn't get any of the chores done today...but at least I'm gay."

Straight up Lawful Evil