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Sapiosexuals are just snobs who are bad at small talk

This bold I-only-go-out-with-smart-people crowd opens Hinge chats by asking you what you're reading these days. They name-drop Kafka and Nietzsche and use the word 'nuance' a lot.

I wasn’t born smart enough to understand what sapiosexual really means. It’s definitely not a sexuality because then there must be dummysexuality as well. The youths are unironically calling themselves sapiosexual as if saying, “I am deluded enough to think I know enough and you can impress me even by adding two plus two together, even better if you nod in appreciation when I say intellectual stuff.”

This bold I-only-go-out-with-smart-people crowd opens Hinge chats by asking you what you’re reading these days. They name-drop Kafka and Nietzsche and use the word “nuance” a lot. Like a lot. And they run away from small talk. A 25-year-old ‘sapiosexual’ I know tests her partners by showing black and white YouTube videos of Agnes Varda, asking for intelligent commentary on the craft of the French artist. Pass the oral exam and there’s a whole syllabus to go through. Her favourite relationship activity is doing brainy activities. Like having conversations.........

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