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What a gigantic waste of time and resources. How fragile is someone's self identity that it falls apart when they see a pronoun used that isn't the same as thei
by macinjosh 10y ago
What a gigantic waste of time and resources. How fragile is someone's self identity that it falls apart when they see a pronoun used that isn't the same as their own?
- matthewmacleod 10y agoIt's not really a waste of anything. No time is being wasted. No resources are being used. The guidance is – 'try to use gender neutral language'. That's it. No cost.
- macinjosh 10y agoObviously you're not a coder. When I am in a coding flow the last thing I want to do is come out of my flow to make sure I didn't accidentally use a gendered term.
- matthewmacleod 10y agoObviously you're not a coder. I very much am. I don't really understand your argument – do you have to 'come out of your flow' to make sure that you spell correctly, or are grammatically consistent, or aren't accidentally racist?
- vertex-four 10y agoSome people actually do have to pay significant attention to ensure that they do basic things like be polite to others and not be overtly discriminatory, actually - there's a reason there's talk of people having to have a "mental filter" in certain situations.