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RomanceIs anyone else into romance novels?
Posted October 8, 2020 by [Deleted] in Books

I cringe to ask, fearing being shouted down, because so many of them are awful. (Not all!)

At the same time, no other genre - SF, horror, true crime, potboilers, none of which have no more intrinsic merit than romance - gets the same scorn. And no other genre is almost entirely female, wrt both authors and readers.

As I'm massively stressed, I'm reading a lot of it these days as it's a. an easy read and b. mental comfort food.

25 comments

[Deleted]April 12, 2021

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[Deleted]April 12, 2021

There are many alleles too, so I think the next step is to question how do we know we are even human?

[Deleted]April 12, 2021

Do they just throw words together? Do they never bother with definitions at all?

BluecatSarahApril 12, 2021

I think it is that. Cut a few words out of a genetics textbook, but in a hat and shake.

legopantsApril 12, 2021

Yes, that's exactly what they do to try and seem smart in any way. When anything this person says still amounts to two sexes.

tacocatApril 12, 2021

So they're saying because of genetic diversity, and the fact that no two individual gametes contain all the same mix of genetic material, the categories of egg and sperm cease to exist. Right. Sigh.

WhatshernameApril 12, 2021

egg, spegg, sperg, sperm

Captain_AFABApril 12, 2021(Edited April 12, 2021)

This is why men constantly give birth to YY babies. When two sperms meet, one fertilizes the other and causes the man to become pregnant and give birth.

goodyusernameApril 12, 2021

Love your username

Captain_AFABApril 12, 2021

Thank you!

I also came up with the name for the website. Not to brag or anything…

MotherlySquirrelApril 12, 2021(Edited April 12, 2021)

Teach us mere mortals your great naming skills oh wise one.

Captain_AFABApril 12, 2021

My original flair on /r/GC was, in fact, "Captain AFAB hunting the White Male".

[Deleted]April 12, 2021

How do I give kudos to this beautiful Mpreg fanfic? LMAO

I guess this is the 4th grade biology we never understood

[Deleted]April 12, 2021

I heard that title in Buzz Lightyear’s voice ...

KBashApril 12, 2021

🤣🤣🤣

WatcherattheGatesApril 12, 2021

BBS at work (boiled brain syndrome).

[Deleted]April 12, 2021

Boiled in an eggcup, at that.

PluckyHasHadItApril 12, 2021

Saw this one on Twitter. I swear DrEm (FondOfBeetles, i think) has the patience of a saint. And she's hilarious. For those who didnt see: its in answer to someone responding to Dawkins' infamous Tweet comparing trans and Dolezal. I do have to say that im genuinely worried about the education these people have. It looks like they genuinely believe total nonsense. Its like arguing with flat Earthers.

Delicious_ComfortApril 12, 2021

Did they really try to argue with Dawkins, a very well known biologist, with that silly word soup? The audacity!

bumpyjerboaApril 12, 2021

This reminds me of the new atheist involvement in the evolution/creationism "debate." Same shit, different decade.

KissMyOvariesApril 12, 2021

Hey, ma! I can use big words! 😂

goodyusernameApril 12, 2021

That is some bad science, my dude.

bumpyjerboaApril 12, 2021

That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.

Lorena_woodApril 12, 2021

This has got to be satire right? Please tell me its satire!

[Deleted]April 12, 2021

Do they make this shit up as they go along, or is there some bullshittery 101 text book they’re all pulling from?