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Bought a new pack of a hair product which now uses 6% less natural ingredients and is no longer vegan (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 2 years ago* (16 children)

From the UK. I've never seen matte spelled as matt. CA, UK and AU are generally pretty close with spelling, whereas the US is usually off doing its own thing. It's a similar thing to blonde and blond.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    Blonde = female; blond = male

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    What if they're non-binary?

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    If they're non-binary, you're going to be so anxious about using the right pronouns that you won't even notice their hair color.

    Edit: it's a joke answer,, people, in response to a joke question. It's not made at the expense of any marginalized individual or group. The only people who would be anxious about the situation are allies; the 'phobes don't give a shit. Untwist yer knickers.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Nah, most enbys are chill and recognize that pronouns can be easy to forget. You're just upset that people get annoyed when you repeatedly misgender them.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I had firsthand experience when an enby stayed at our place for a while. My old Gen X self had trouble remembering to use the correct pronouns sometimes, but it got easier with practice. Decades of using only binary pronouns for individuals takes time to unlearn.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'll be honest, it took me a while to start remembering "they/them", even for myself. However, now I have the opposite problem, which is that I tend to substitute "they/them" for gendered pronouns. Normally that's not a problem because most people accept neutral pronouns, but some people can be very picky about their pronouns and then I have to remember that "they/them" can't be universally applied to everyone.

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