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We should really just default to calling everyone xe until we know for sure.

• neotek 7y ago
  Or we could just use "they", a non-gender specific pronoun that has been used for this purpose for hundreds and hundreds of years.
• catalogia 7y ago
  So instead of guessing wrong ~50% of the time you'd rather guess wrong ~99% of the time? Just ask or look it up or something.
  • egdod 7y ago
    Within the field of LEGO super fans, you’re going to be guessing right way more than 50% of the time if you go with “he.”
    • catalogia 7y ago
      Fair enough, I'm not familiar with the composition of that community so I just used numbers reflective of the general population.
• taneq 7y ago
  I'm kind of sad 'gtst' (from the C.J. Cherryh books) didn't catch as a gender neutral pronoun. Also in my family we still refer to social capital as 'sfik'.
• fargle 7y ago
  Or we could just use tradition and proper english. And if we don't know, use a tortured "they" or just pick something and move on. No reason to get fancy - if gender isn't an issue, then ... it isn't.