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minus-squareSharkwellington@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 years agoWhen is the last time you spoke to someone, in person, that used anything aside from he/she/they?
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 years 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-up3·3 years agoI struggle to see why you care about this when you’ve literally never been affected by it.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 years agoNot in real life, but on the internet, I see people like that often, especially on Mastodon.
minus-squareNalivai@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoAnd their existence irritates you for some reason?
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minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down14·3 years agoDo people refusing to use neopronouns hurt anyone? Also no.
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minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 years agoCan you show me the research from the medical community showing that things like “star/starself” are actual genders?
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minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 years agoWhat’s the point of having different pronouns if there is no gender to assign them to?
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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?
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Do people refusing to use neopronouns hurt anyone? Also no.
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Can you show me the research from the medical community showing that things like “star/starself” are actual genders?
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What’s the point of having different pronouns if there is no gender to assign them to?
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So that you can tell people apart.