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I'm really not one to be offended by stuff like that, I couldn't care less, but the "he/she" "man/woman" trend is annoying me so much for some reason, it's like
by xenocratus 4y ago
I'm really not one to be offended by stuff like that, I couldn't care less, but the "he/she" "man/woman" trend is annoying me so much for some reason, it's like there aren't already words we can use as a replacement.. Just use "they"! Or "person"! Or really whatever else, it just becomes annoying to me mostly because the grammar around these obviously becomes complicated and you have to use "/" in other places as well, and sometimes it's confusing like here, and argh.... We have enough words to designate "human of nondescript gender"! Hell, I wouldn't even have noticed if it was just "salesman", though I know a lot of people seem to care nowadays.
Anyway, rant over. And of course, you don't _have_ to listen to me, or care about my rants, just like I don't have to listen to you complaining that I'm "offended".
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoYou understood the intent, communication occurred. Just leave it at that. he/she has been a thing since at least the 90's.
- xenocratus 4y agoArguments of the form "X has been a thing since Y" are one of the reasons we're shit at progress. Lots of shit things have been happening for a while - how is that an argument in their support?