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> Listening to speakers refer to an inanimate software construct as "this guy" without getting distracted. I wasn't sure why this particular item was included,
by thristian 17y ago
> Listening to speakers refer to an inanimate software construct as "this guy" without getting distracted.
I wasn't sure why this particular item was included, but I suppose I too am momentarily distracted when I hear a woman personify an inanimate object as 'she'. I mean, I understand it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, but there's just that split second where the world seems to turn inside-out and I have to recollect my thoughts.
I wouldn't call it a Male Privilege, though.
- enneff 17y agoI find the whole anthropomorphising abstract objects to be an annoying and distracting trait, anyway, whether they're saying "he" or "she". (My mind is saying inside "It's an IT, damn it!")