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1. djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2023 12:57:47 JST djsumdog

   • (in)festive astrid
   • Chumchum Tumtum
   Pronouns are fairly simple, and like all language, they should represent things in a cognitively sane way:
   
   https://battlepenguin.com/philosophy/perspective/preferred-gender-pronouns/
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   • Chumchum Tumtum (fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2023 12:59:02 JST Chumchum Tumtum

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     • (in)festive astrid

     @djsumdog @astrid if you find the cognitive load of remembering people's preferred pronouns to be too great - you can just use gender neutral pronouns, or, ask somebody.

     Universal use of gender neutral pronouns is favorable for the development of an equitable society, anyways, and is something that should be happening, regardless, for the language - regardless of whether or not you believe there are people who experience life differently than you understand it

   • djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2023 12:59:03 JST djsumdog

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     • (in)festive astrid
     • Chumchum Tumtum

     Universal use of gender neutral pronouns is favorable for the development of an equitable society

     How? How exactly does this make a more “equitable” society?

     regardless of whether or not you believe there are people who experience life differently

     It is a huge cognitive burden to coddle weak people with serious mental defects and lowers the standard for our entire civilization as a whole. It is a new religious faith that the believers are making everyone follow by shame, law and force.

     This is a much bigger deal than you think it is. It is about the future of our civilization. Words have to fucking mean something.