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Just stop already. Nobody notices these kinds of things, and if they're offensive to anyone, that's their problem. It's a math problem as old as the 1800s for g
by li4ick 6y ago
Just stop already. Nobody notices these kinds of things, and if they're offensive to anyone, that's their problem. It's a math problem as old as the 1800s for gods sake. Stop already. Why, out of everything that is important in this world, would you immediately notice the fucking "man", out of all things?
- nefitty 6y agoI literally imagined a man in a 50’s style suit with a briefcase and wouldn’t have given it a second thought. I had to manually untangle that concept to add the realization that women can sell stuff too. Maybe it has an effect on behavior? I’m not sure of any research behind gendered language.
- himinlomax 6y agoIt doesn't. It's called the Sapir-Worff hypothesis. Pinker called it something like "the most well known hypothesis in linguistics, too bad it's almost certainly false." It's pre-Chomsky, in date and concept.
- lurquer 6y agoTraveling Avon Lady?
- nefitty 6y agoMental model updated
- pessimizer 6y ago> if they're offensive to anyone, that's their problem. Nah, if it's offensive to me and you're trying to convince me of something or sell to me, it's clearly your problem.