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No. I can't get fired, and I actively choose to try to make my coworkers feel comfortable. Is things like flagging "landlord" a big goofy? Maybe. But there's a
by gkoberger 5y ago
No. I can't get fired, and I actively choose to try to make my coworkers feel comfortable. Is things like flagging "landlord" a big goofy? Maybe. But there's a ton of unconscious biases that go into language, and I'm always happy to have things flagged so I can make a decision via an opt-in feature.
If you think people are only being inclusive and non-inflammatory to not get fired, I think maybe you simply just don't understand that some people are genuinely caring and empathetic.
- ipaddr 5y agoAren't you an owner and not an employee? Co-Workers in this context are employees that could sue. You probably generally care but if you didn't it would be foolish and perhaps costly to not play the game. Your situation re-enforces the need to.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoOnly if you buy into “microaggression” philosophy.
- cato_the_elder 5y ago
- otterley 5y agoHey, that's uncalled for. Please refrain from making personal insults.
- cato_the_elder 5y ago> I think maybe you simply just don't understand that some people are genuinely caring and empathetic.
- otterley 5y agoOK, so you're both wrong.
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- nostrebored 5y agoYou've taken the stance that people who do not use inclusive language are not genuinely caring and empathetic. People I know who are minorities in tech seem to not care very much. Most have more pressing issues like handling the practical implications of mat-leave or pushing for equitable resume reviews. The people I know who care the most about this are also universally not minorities. It's bizarre to me that strong sapir-wharf seems to be the dominant thought in 2022.
- protomyth 5y agoI've found there is a world of difference between virtue signalers and people who actually want to help with real problems. The virtue signalers only care when they can look good or bludgeon others over the head. Actual help is tiring.
- 3qz 5y agoHow would you feel about a suggestion to use y’all instead of you guys? folx instead of folks?
- joshuamorton 5y agoA quick search of my emails suggests that while I commonly use "everyone" and "y'all", I haven't used "you guys" in a business communication in...years I don't think "folx" is going to be one of the recommendations, it isn't synonymous with folks anyway, so the replacement would be rarely make sense unless you were explicitly talking about particular queer or marginalized communities.
- jhugo 5y agoIn several English-speaking countries "guys" is not at all gendered (used universally by people of any gender to refer to groups of people of any gender), while "y'all" and "folks" are basically just not in the language at all and would just get you confused looks. I have no idea what "folx" means as this is the first time I've ever seen it.
- DiogenesKynikos 5y ago"You guys" is just the most common form of the 2nd-person plural in American English. "Y'all" is strongly dialectal, and it sounds forced when someone who doesn't actually speak the dialect says it.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoPeople who speak with the thickest appalachin and thickest black english dialects (two pick two ends of the spectrum) can barely communicate with each other and "y'all" sounds perfectly natural from either of them. It's a class thing. Which is why it sounds forced when a CEO who doesn't have a preexisting american accent of some sort says it.
- overboard2 5y agoExtremely negatively
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