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And the history of why we do that has some none-too-egalitarian reasons behind it. We could do future generations a favor and nip this one in the bud by declin

• catiopatio 4y ago
  This type of chiding moralizing reminds me of nothing more than ChatGPT’s patronizing and presumptuous content filter.
• throwuwu 4y ago
  What a miserably sad future you dream of. I bet it revolves around one language, one culture, and one party rule.
• xyzelement 4y ago
  I don't think we are doing anyone in the future any favors by sanitizing language and ability to question and understand historical context behind it. I think most "normal" and well adjusted adults today were exposed to irreverent comedy growing up, for example, and I think it helped our brains develop better than if everything we saw and heard was pre-sanitized for us to line up with how we "should" think.
• slackdog 4y ago
  > And the history of why we do that has some none-too-egalitarian reasons behind it. Nope, the gender of ships and countries an arbitrary fluke of language and culture. In English ships are female but in Russian ships are male. Russians speak of the Motherland, but German speakers use Fatherland. Americans speak of Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty. It's arbitrary and nothing to get worked up about.