The Girls of Warlight... where they at doe?: 8/12/2015 03:54:56 |
l4v.r0v
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^ I default to a singular "them"/"they" since I think picking "he" over "she" treats male as default and using "she" might be taken as offensive/"too PC" by misogynists who use "woman" as an insult (and therefore get worked up when you misgender them as female) and by the vocal and threatened reactionary minority that lashes back at all efforts toward actually treating people with respect because apparently only conceited Tumblr users should care about that and SJWs should be given full control over all efforts to fix discrimination while actual sane people stay out for fear of being attacked and labeled SJWs.
"knyte should hurry up and take their goddamn turn."
"meta knyte, quickly take their Scandinavia bonus and come help me in Africa!"
"Great. Their teammates are gone- now we can work on eliminating them."
I like "them" because it's scalable too- can be used to refer to any # of people with indeterminate gender. Elegance and a lack of special cases is what really draws me to it.
Edited 8/12/2015 04:00:55
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The Girls of Warlight... where they at doe?: 8/12/2015 18:12:32 |
Zoya the Destroya
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I always use they/them/their as gender neutral. I know that some people (mostly trans) have tried to make up gender neutral pronouns like "ze" or "zir." It's a good idea but I just feel silly using them.
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The Girls of Warlight... where they at doe?: 8/12/2015 21:43:32 |
M. Poireau
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There's a good mnemonic for those "new" pronouns:
Instead of "he" or "she", say "zie". (Pronounced "zee".)
Instead of "him", "her", "himself", or "herself", say "hir" (or "hirself"). (Pronounced like "hear".)
The way to remember is that it sounds like "see" (with your eyes) and "hear" (with your ears).
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