Whenever I see cis- and trans- applied to humans, I get the creeping suspicion that some subset of ortho-, meta-, para-, dextro-, levo-, gem-, vic-, hom-, syn-, anti-, exo-, and endo- will be next, and everyone will need to pass an organic chemistry course just to sign up for a dating service.
(In queue at the local coffee shop.)
Couple-A: (reading a Quandr-E profile out loud) Orthodisexual
dextromasculine cismale seeks polyamorous dyad for
exo- addition (or endo- if it feels right)....
Couple-B: Awww... dang. Too bad drhe isn't *para*-disexual.
Swipe left.
Sasquatch: I know, right? But gotta respect drhis life choices.
Couple-A: Hey, you wouldn't happen to be...
Sasquatch: Nope. I only date unicorns.
Senior Coffee-Service Engineer: (surreptitiously applies alicorn wax)
Dude: (enters) Any hetero cisfemales in here?
Chorus: No!
Dude: (exits)
Dodecagenarian: One half-liter fair-trade, please. No saccharoids.
Double cannabis-butter shot.
Senior Coffee-Service Engineer: That will be $6129, sir and/or ma'am.
Rod Serling: (appearing from nowhere) Submitted for your approval:
Birmingham, Alabama, in the year 2040,
just 2 years after the Social Justice War....
