On Narcissism
<Zelse> Sikon: The finding yourself hot thing is due to a hardwired thing
<Sikon> “a hardwired thing”?
<Zelse> it’s actually a weird combo of evolution and your trapness
<winterwyn> A human trait.
<Zelse> Normally humans look for their own traits in an individual of the sex they’re programmed to go for – this is an evolved trait to select for health (if you survived to breeding age, one like you is also likely to be healthy, the logic goes)
<Zelse> however, since you like women but also suffer from the ol gender dysphoria, the wires cross and you find the feminine idealization of yourself to be the perfect mate
<winterwyn> :3
<Sikon> Hmm, that explains a lot.
<Zelse> to use a computer metaphor, the program is attempting to run but with a slightly different dataset, so it gives what /looks like/ weird data