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When would a mod use pronouns anyway? It seems like an edge case of an edge case, in terms of gross count of incidents.
by 1shooner 7y ago
When would a mod use pronouns anyway? It seems like an edge case of an edge case, in terms of gross count of incidents.
- alanbernstein 7y agoYou might be underestimating how commonly Alice and Bob are used in algorithm explains.
- anon12345690 7y agobecause using people in examples is really common to explain things? like saying "bob wants to save this to the database but he got an error" is pretty common and nobody has a problem because they know bob is a he the edge case is the people who get outraged that a fake example isnt gender neutral
- mthoms 7y agoAn edge case on the programming sites certainly. But they've grown beyond that. The site in question deals with religion.