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minus-squareTheYear2525@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down9·2 years agoIf you mean like 3 weirdos on Tumblr that right-wing talk show hosts make fun of to try to make trans people look worthy of ridicule, sure. I guess they had to find something after people stopped believing the “litter boxes in classrooms” stories.
minus-squaretev@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoxenogender ppl are (relatively) common-ish if you hang around the right circles tbh i know a few
minus-squareSharkwellington@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years 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-22 years agoI lived in SF, and: never.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 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-up3·2 years agoI struggle to see why you care about this when you’ve literally never been affected by it.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoNot in real life, but on the internet, I see people like that often, especially on Mastodon.
minus-squareNalivai@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAnd their existence irritates you for some reason?
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minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down14·2 years agoDo people refusing to use neopronouns hurt anyone? Also no.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoCan you show me the research from the medical community showing that things like “star/starself” are actual genders?
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoWhat’s the point of having different pronouns if there is no gender to assign them to?
If you mean like 3 weirdos on Tumblr that right-wing talk show hosts make fun of to try to make trans people look worthy of ridicule, sure. I guess they had to find something after people stopped believing the “litter boxes in classrooms” stories.
xenogender ppl are (relatively) common-ish if you hang around the right circles tbh
i know a few
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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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