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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or their name? Pretty easy not to misgender someone if you just use their name.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What if they have a gender neutral name, or a name in a language not yours, this is still assuming the gender based on the name

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No just use name instead of pronoun

So "she's the worst" becomes "Gary's the worst"

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

That's gonna make certain conversations in the English language unwieldily as fuck

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The key word point is "certain conversations", not all conversations. So its probably going to be fine most of the time.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

You're probably correct that most time, you'd figure out the persons pronouns before such a conversation came up. I'm just saying it's not a good long term solution since the English language is pretty reliant on pronouns.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Fair point but it does seem we're reliant on pronouns less out of necessity and more out of habit.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Are their languages that don't use pronouns at all? I'm not familiar with any, it'd make it difficult to discuss a person when you don't know their name.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

...discuss a person when ...

  • Hey, you know that person we met last night?

  • Suzie, could you go help that person standing over there by the deli counter?

  • So do you know the name of the new cashier?

  • I was supposed to have a group meeting with the classmate that usually sits next to me.

  • When will the mechanic be done working on my car?

  • I'm expecting a call from an insurance agent.

Seems pretty easy to me.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, I guess old habits die hard.

Maybe we should just call everyone "Gary".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Always a pleasure chatting with you, Gary. :gary:

(need to find some emotes and name them "Gary" now)

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can use other names than Gary.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Gary should become a gender neutral pronoun.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Some people are really good at just using names. It's a skill.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Damn, I'm impressed. I know I'd struggle with it.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly I struggle with remembering names so that strategy seems too advanced for me blob-no-thoughts

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can barely remember my own name most days

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Either I didn't read it right or the other person edited it after I commented idk

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

o7 happens to the best of us comrade

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Repetition is the key to remembering someone's name

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, there's also peoples that use their name as their pronouns

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