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Romeo and Juliet got nothing on this (feddit.de)

submitted 8 months ago by ApfelstrudelWAKASAGI@feddit.de to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 11 points 8 months ago

in fairness to elon musk pronouns do suck. call me by my first name only

[-] paholg@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago

And yet you refer to yourself by pronouns multiple times in that very comment.

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

"me" & "my" - how very gender-specific ;)

[-] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Yea but you'll always need them. I think having too many sucks to keep track of, but other than that I don't care for them

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago

Yea but [AVincentinSpace]'ll always need them. I think having too many sucks to keep track of, but other than that I don't care for them

Fixed that for you by respecting AVincentinSpace's preferred (lack of) pronouns.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

I think they are using the generic “you”, which is an English grammar phenomenon I think is overused and should often be replaced with “one”, the unambiguously generic pronoun.

[-] tiago@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

genuinely, why do they suck?

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 3 points 8 months ago

that comment was a joke (i personally do not feel that way) but i do know people who have a tough enough time nailing down their gender that none of the options really feel right

[-] current@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

the act is disrespectful, to refer to human beings using pronouns; by referring to people using fully qualified names, respect and humility is shown. pronouns are a declaration of war on the attributed creature, as immense inferiority is implied. societies created names with purpose – and to sidestep names is to break the fabric of culture!