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minus-squareSharkwellington@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoWhen is the last time you spoke to someone, in person, that used anything aside from he/she/they?
minus-squareImFresh3x@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoI lived in SF, and: never.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoNever, because I haven’t talked to many English speakers in general and neopronouns are not a thing in my native language.
minus-squareSharkwellington@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI struggle to see why you care about this when you’ve literally never been affected by it.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNot in real life, but on the internet, I see people like that often, especially on Mastodon.
minus-squareNalivai@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd their existence irritates you for some reason?
minus-squareReva@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoWho cares? Do they hurt anyone? No.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down14·1 year agoDo people refusing to use neopronouns hurt anyone? Also no.
minus-squareReva@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe entire medical community and people who are affected by it disagree with you, and it’s a tired argument.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoCan you show me the research from the medical community showing that things like “star/starself” are actual genders?
minus-squareReva@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThose two words are pronouns, not genders.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoWhat’s the point of having different pronouns if there is no gender to assign them to?
minus-squareReva@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat’s the point of having first names? Or nicknames?
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year agoSo that you can tell people apart.
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When is the last time you spoke to someone, in person, that used anything aside from he/she/they?
I lived in SF, and:
never.
Never, because I haven’t talked to many English speakers in general and neopronouns are not a thing in my native language.
I struggle to see why you care about this when you’ve literally never been affected by it.
Not in real life, but on the internet, I see people like that often, especially on Mastodon.
And their existence irritates you for some reason?
Who cares? Do they hurt anyone? No.
Do people refusing to use neopronouns hurt anyone? Also no.
The entire medical community and people who are affected by it disagree with you, and it’s a tired argument.
Can you show me the research from the medical community showing that things like “star/starself” are actual genders?
Those two words are pronouns, not genders.
What’s the point of having different pronouns if there is no gender to assign them to?
What’s the point of having first names? Or nicknames?
So that you can tell people apart.