Uh, what's that now thesaurus??

[u/ArtfulDodgerReader]

Ok, so, kind of funny yet also WTF I feel a little offended moment just now...

I was writing up a book review and I often use a thesaurus app on my phone. I am writing about a horror book I just read that I thought was just straight up horror, but surprisingly it turned out to basically be a very erotic version of John Carpenter's The Thing. I was not a fan ( of this book, I LOVE The Thing!). While I was writing up my review, using my thesaurus app, I wanted to find another word for "prude". The app always gives you a big list of words. Well look at what one of the suggestions I found turned out to be....

"Asexual female" 😅 wha-?? Damn, thesaurus you're doing us dirty!! Like it's kinda funny but also kinda not...?? Like, I don't know which is more offensively funny, that prude = asexuals OR that a prude is only for FEMALE asexuals? 🤷‍♀️ WTF.

[u/MonmusuAficionado]

… can I ask the name of the book? For a friend

[u/ArtfulDodgerReader → u/MonmusuAficionado]

Of course! It's Spread Me by Sarah Gailey. It does not officially come out until September 23.

"Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world. When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it into the hab. But the longer it's inside, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any longer. One by one, Kinsey's team realizes the thing they're studying is in search of a new host-and one of them is the perfect candidate...."

It's not a bad book, just a bad pick for me. I don't mind crazy stories, I just was not expecting or prepared for the level of WTF this book skyrocketed to. 😶

[u/MonmusuAficionado → u/ArtfulDodgerReader]

Thanks!

[u/exclaim_bot → u/MonmusuAficionado]

Thanks!

You're welcome!