• teslasaur@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Or, just maybe. The person remarking is an asshole. It gives off the same energy as correcting grammar when talking with someone.

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      2 months ago

      Why does the other persons energy matter? If someone requests not to be called something and you continue to call them that then you are kinda being a jerk. It’s not the same as correcting someone’s grammar.

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        2 months ago

        Cause it’s rude. Like correcting grammar in a conversation. Both would be equally rude.

        Nobody wants to be told that what they’ve learned and have been taught to them their whole life is now an offense. Just like nobody wants to be misgendered on purpose.

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        2 months ago

        The fact that you’re getting downvoted for essentially saying “just be a respectful, reasonable, and decent human being” is pretty bizarre. Like, can we just have some empathy and patience for each other?

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      It’s just as much not a problem for them to be offended by it as it is for you to choose your words better. Knowing that you made a choice to offend so yeah, you’re the jerk. You’re honestly making a lot more of it if you went all this distance to think you’re the one hard done by just cuz you refuse to memorize some words. That’s snowflake thinking.

      Only bad actors looking for the drama go for the path of most resistance.