do not refer to me
…And that’s what we programmers call a memory leak!
Also, please do not observe me. Or make any sudden moves in my vicinity. I am feral and have anxiety
This is like the chicken game, isn’t it?
My native language (Türkish) does not have grammatical gender. Gender in grammar is just silly and useless.
I need to know which inanimate objects I can fuck without it being gay, constantinoplelu.
pretty sure it’s all gay.
Based and ottoman-pilled
No. Language needs as many possible structures and rules as well as millions of exceptions and oddities so it is really hard to learn.
That’s part of why I just use They in English for everyone. Less having to learn people’s whatever; I don’t care. You’re cis male he? Don’t care, you’re a they now. More room left in brain. We can fix this shit right now.
We do have a distinction between singular ‘they’ and plural ‘they’. It’s helpful.
You’re cis male he? Don’t care, you’re a they now.
Now you’re back to not respecting peoples pronouns
I don’t have enough bandwidth to remember everyone’s names, let alone their pronouns. This is the compromise.
AceFuzzLord can’t wait for the use of all pronouns to be banned and English papers won’t be legally allowed to use basic words such as “I”, “Me”, “You”, etcetera. That’ll teach the libs!
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what, which, who, whom, whose, this, that, these, and those, everybody, either, none, and something,
Amongothers. It’s ironic conservatives know so little grammar that they can’t even add “personal” to before “pronouns” to make it at least slightly more accurate, but no.
I do not use pronouns, and I don’t think you or they should use them either.
None ate the cabbages. None then went home full and happy.
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Culture War aside, that’s not how language works. You have as much understanding to the history of language as you have basic dignity to other human beings.
Leave language alone motherfuckers not speaking in Old English. smh
But… you can change all of those things, adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, you can change all of them by changing your behaviour and characteristics… You can’t even get your own stupid arguments to be correct.
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You don’t get to change your adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, etc.
Says who? You? Are you the arbiter of language?
I’ll call you Mrs. I’ll call you Mr. But the rest, nuh uh.
Really? Not even Ms.? Because I imagine a lot of younger women would feel pretty insulted by you calling them Mrs.
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Why “of course?” Again, are you the arbiter of language?
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What rules? Where do these rules come from? Who codified them? Can you please show me where they are laid out?
It’s against the law! Please turn yourself in to the nearest police precinct.
Being respectful of everyone’s person would hurt my lil brain tryin to remember all those words.
Bold take, here on Lemmy. Let’s see how it goes for them
nuh uh.
Newfangled terminology
Thoughts on prescribing use of the OG word only?
You don’t get to change your adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, etc.
True, not in repressive societies. And look, I have limits, I’ll be hard pressed to refer to someone as squirrelkinlifragilisticexpialidocious every time. But you’d made a reasonable accommodation in polite company I figure?
