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I have probably been living under a rather large stone. I dont watch TV or have any social media and had no idea of pronouns. This article inspired me to find

• millzlane 1y ago
  It's only confusing if one is ignorant about pronouns. It's not hard in practice. Person 1: Where is emy? Person 2: Oh she, is over there. Points Person 3: hey person 1, emy doesn't refer to herself as she.. Person 2: oh I'm sorry. I had no idea about Emy and their pronouns...Hey person 1, Emy is right over there. I find it easier if you refer to people by their names (preferred or otherwise) and just default to gender neutral terms like "they/them". Because it not a hard thing to do.
  • whatevaa 1y ago
    This is how you get people hating you. Expecting special treatment from others.
    • saubeidl 1y ago
      What special treatment? Why are you so hateful over a little word? Is there nothing more important going on in your life? Nothing else to be upset about?
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      • whatevaa 1y ago
        Corecting others. I'm not hateful, I don't like nitpicking and searching for problems when there aren't any. Yes, I believe pronouns are invented problem, and thus will dismiss this as not important. If you think is is hate, you haven't experienced hate. A lot of people think the same, even if they don't express that online. The only person who hates anything here is you.
        • saubeidl 1y ago
          You literally talked about hating people over their pronouns in your previous post.
          • whatevaa 1y ago
            My bad, I expressed myself badly. I don't hate anybody, just indifferent. I usually refer to unfamiliar people more officially anyway, so this doesn't even affect me. But I remember widespread cancel culture over issues like this, and I can't help but feel that it helped stoke the fire of hate which other people are expressing.
            • saubeidl 1y ago
              Don't you think the example in the OP is a much more egregious example of cancel culture? Here's my personal opinion fwiw: I don't really care about pronouns either way. That being said, I find it silly that people get so worked up about them and I feel like it doesn't hurt me to just go along with people's small requests out of politeness, like I would with any number of other things.
        • kelseyfrog 1y ago
          Why choose that pronouns are the problem and not your reaction to them? It costs nothing to refer to someone how they want to be.
          • whatevaa 1y ago
            The example given contains an example of interrupting and correcting another person. You need to keep track of it, it cannot be inferred. I does cost something, even if a little.