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I would advice anyone to not share any information that his company hasn't agreed explicitely to share.

by rat9988 6y ago

gurjeet 6y ago
s/his/her/
- eganist 6y ago
  > s/his/her/ s/his/their
  - makeworld 6y ago
    I believe you mean: s/s\/his\/her/s\/his\/their/
    - maest 6y ago
      s#s/his/her#s/his/their# also works and avoids awkward escaping. The first symbol after s is used as the separator. Works in vim, at least. In other words: s%s/s\\/his\\/her/s\\/his\\/their/%s#s/his/her#s/his/their#%
      - monsieurbanana 6y ago
        Did you just assume my regex engine is pcre gendered???
        makeworld 6y ago
        Wow, I've never heard this joke before. Original and well-applied to the situation.
      - aaronmdjones 6y ago
        awkward escaping Or as I've seen it called, "leaning toothpick syndrome".
- icedchai 6y ago
  'Their' works fine and has been gender-neutral English for ages.
  - erhk 6y ago
    Ages is subjective, it came back in to popularity only recently
    - icedchai 6y ago
      That varies based on location and regional dialect. Here in the northeast US, I remember using singular they/their since the 80's. It would be interesting to know when this become popular elsewhere.
      - hnick 6y ago
        80s in Australia too, been hearing/using it my whole life. Though with respect to 'ages' apparently it's been around since at least the 14th century but certain purists tried to stamp it out at various times (just like the singular 'you' which no one currently has grammatical issues with I hope). https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/ https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they...
  - throwaway201103 6y ago
    His and her no longer correlates to biological sex, so what does it matter anymore. Pronouns can mean whatever you want them to mean.
    - jodrellblank 6y ago
      > "so what does it matter anymore" The same reason it ever mattered how you refer to people, politeness and respect. If someone you consider "him" asks you to refer to them as "her" it's like someone asking you to call them by their full name "Rebecca" instead of "Becky" or "Jonathan" instead of "Jon". If you like and respect them, you do as they request because things which matter to them matter to you, and being polite to them is important to you. If you ignore what they ask, call them what you want, you communicate that you don't respect them and don't want to be polite, that you want to dominate and 'win' instead. > "Pronouns can mean whatever you want them to mean" Only one way. A specific person asking you to use a specific pronoun for themselves is wildly different from you unilaterally and universally saying that all women should feel included by the word "him" because "him" has no meaning anymore.
- john_moscow 6y ago
  There used to be times when people didn't care for technicalities like this because the focus was on the person's contribution to the discussion. Now that everyone's replaceable, the popular culture desperately tries to shift focus into arguing about pronouns and terms. Watch out, this is a road to nowhere. Forcing others to use the right pronoun won't build up your retirement fund, but will distract you from worrying about not having one. And the fact that you care about it more than about your opponent's T-shirt color could be an indication that you are being manipulated to not think about the long-term things.
  - messick 6y ago
    I’ve read a lot of horseshit reasons against showing the least possible shred of humanity by using someone’s correct pronouns, but “then the Illuminati will steal your 401k!” is a new one.
  - octoberfranklin 6y ago
    This is a surprisingly profound and insightful comment so deep in the subthread of, more or less, a shitpost. Thank you, sir, for elevating our collective level of discourse.
    - dxdm 6y ago
      > you are being manipulated to not think This is where it crosses from insightful into conspiracy theory territory for me. People seem perfectly capable of groupthink-deluding themselves. Why cheapen your argument by postulating some master manipulator when it's not necessary for the deeper point you're making? It will only lead to people focussing the discussion to challenge this particular aspect, or them disregarding all you've said, instead of engaging with the actual meat of the argument.
- kharak 6y ago
  I remember some people tried to get BLM into German discussions, which made absolutely zero sense, as we have a complete different history and culture. Now I see this popping up. I really hope Europe can get some cultural distance between itself and the USA in the near future. The time is ripe.
- zapdrive 6y ago
  White Knight bann ke fuddi ni milni puttra.
ab8 6y ago
Your username is rat9988. Been burned in the past?
- zadokshi 6y ago
  Management at google are poking in to check up on their staff, to make sure nothing leaks.
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I would advice anyone to not share any information that his company hasn't agreed explicitely to share.

gurjeet 6y ago

s/his/her/

eganist 6y ago
> s/his/her/ s/his/their
- makeworld 6y ago
  I believe you mean: s/s\/his\/her/s\/his\/their/
  - maest 6y ago
    s#s/his/her#s/his/their# also works and avoids awkward escaping. The first symbol after s is used as the separator. Works in vim, at least. In other words: s%s/s\\/his\\/her/s\\/his\\/their/%s#s/his/her#s/his/their#%
    - monsieurbanana 6y ago
      Did you just assume my regex engine is pcre gendered???
      - makeworld 6y ago
        Wow, I've never heard this joke before. Original and well-applied to the situation.
    - aaronmdjones 6y ago
      awkward escaping Or as I've seen it called, "leaning toothpick syndrome".
icedchai 6y ago
'Their' works fine and has been gender-neutral English for ages.
- erhk 6y ago
  Ages is subjective, it came back in to popularity only recently
  - icedchai 6y ago
    That varies based on location and regional dialect. Here in the northeast US, I remember using singular they/their since the 80's. It would be interesting to know when this become popular elsewhere.
    - hnick 6y ago
      80s in Australia too, been hearing/using it my whole life. Though with respect to 'ages' apparently it's been around since at least the 14th century but certain purists tried to stamp it out at various times (just like the singular 'you' which no one currently has grammatical issues with I hope). https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/ https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they...
- throwaway201103 6y ago
  His and her no longer correlates to biological sex, so what does it matter anymore. Pronouns can mean whatever you want them to mean.
  - jodrellblank 6y ago
    > "so what does it matter anymore" The same reason it ever mattered how you refer to people, politeness and respect. If someone you consider "him" asks you to refer to them as "her" it's like someone asking you to call them by their full name "Rebecca" instead of "Becky" or "Jonathan" instead of "Jon". If you like and respect them, you do as they request because things which matter to them matter to you, and being polite to them is important to you. If you ignore what they ask, call them what you want, you communicate that you don't respect them and don't want to be polite, that you want to dominate and 'win' instead. > "Pronouns can mean whatever you want them to mean" Only one way. A specific person asking you to use a specific pronoun for themselves is wildly different from you unilaterally and universally saying that all women should feel included by the word "him" because "him" has no meaning anymore.
john_moscow 6y ago
There used to be times when people didn't care for technicalities like this because the focus was on the person's contribution to the discussion. Now that everyone's replaceable, the popular culture desperately tries to shift focus into arguing about pronouns and terms. Watch out, this is a road to nowhere. Forcing others to use the right pronoun won't build up your retirement fund, but will distract you from worrying about not having one. And the fact that you care about it more than about your opponent's T-shirt color could be an indication that you are being manipulated to not think about the long-term things.
- messick 6y ago
  I’ve read a lot of horseshit reasons against showing the least possible shred of humanity by using someone’s correct pronouns, but “then the Illuminati will steal your 401k!” is a new one.
- octoberfranklin 6y ago
  This is a surprisingly profound and insightful comment so deep in the subthread of, more or less, a shitpost. Thank you, sir, for elevating our collective level of discourse.
  - dxdm 6y ago
    > you are being manipulated to not think This is where it crosses from insightful into conspiracy theory territory for me. People seem perfectly capable of groupthink-deluding themselves. Why cheapen your argument by postulating some master manipulator when it's not necessary for the deeper point you're making? It will only lead to people focussing the discussion to challenge this particular aspect, or them disregarding all you've said, instead of engaging with the actual meat of the argument.
kharak 6y ago
I remember some people tried to get BLM into German discussions, which made absolutely zero sense, as we have a complete different history and culture. Now I see this popping up. I really hope Europe can get some cultural distance between itself and the USA in the near future. The time is ripe.
zapdrive 6y ago
White Knight bann ke fuddi ni milni puttra.

ab8 6y ago

Your username is rat9988. Been burned in the past?

zadokshi 6y ago
Management at google are poking in to check up on their staff, to make sure nothing leaks.

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