I'm lazy as fuck, so I really appreciate the normalization of They/Them. It's all I use on emails. He/Him? Nah, They/Them. She/Her? Nope, sorry. You get a They/Them. You prefer They/Them? Hmm...I think I can probably oblige. ;-)
This sounds clever, and I agree with the sentiment, but this is actually a terrible argument. It inadvertently implies that only those with a very specific, near-obsessive interest in pronouns, similar to how obsessed with Tolkien you have to be to know the difference between Narsil and Anduril, should be expected to remember anyone's correct pronouns.
A logical argument should not need to be interpreted other than through its own premises and logic. I know what the post is getting at, but it isn't a good logical argument. The post postulates that if you are capable of understanding and remembering one complex thing (Tolkien), you are capable of understanding and remembering a different, simpler thing (pronouns). However, that argument fails to address the actual problem. It's like saying that if someone can understand quantum mechanics, then surely they can recite something as simple as the Ten Commandments by heart.
The issue for most isn't that they can't intellectually understand pronouns. It is that they don't really care about pronouns, don't want to devote mental energy to the subject, and may even think that pronoun-oriented people are making their personal issues a burden for other people.
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I feel like nerds are not the people who use the wrong pronouns.. in my experience, it's jocks, rednecks, or more inclusively.. bigots.
Nerd culture and LGBTQ culture are very closely related. Probably thanks to furries.
I'm lazy as fuck, so I really appreciate the normalization of They/Them. It's all I use on emails. He/Him? Nah, They/Them. She/Her? Nope, sorry. You get a They/Them. You prefer They/Them? Hmm...I think I can probably oblige. ;-)
There is this one odd case of my friend, who uses she/her and he/him, but decidedly not they/them.
How does that person wish for a group of people including himself to be referred to in the third person then?
I should have specified, singular they. When part of a group, of course he feels addressed as part of the group
"those peeps"
holy shit
Andúril would be a great name for a trans guy
It can even flex into Andy if he's feeling casual
It's free real estate.
Are you implying name-NTF is a thing? /s
This sounds clever, and I agree with the sentiment, but this is actually a terrible argument. It inadvertently implies that only those with a very specific, near-obsessive interest in pronouns, similar to how obsessed with Tolkien you have to be to know the difference between Narsil and Anduril, should be expected to remember anyone's correct pronouns.
No it doesn't if you don't deliberately misinterpret it
A logical argument should not need to be interpreted other than through its own premises and logic. I know what the post is getting at, but it isn't a good logical argument. The post postulates that if you are capable of understanding and remembering one complex thing (Tolkien), you are capable of understanding and remembering a different, simpler thing (pronouns). However, that argument fails to address the actual problem. It's like saying that if someone can understand quantum mechanics, then surely they can recite something as simple as the Ten Commandments by heart.
The issue for most isn't that they can't intellectually understand pronouns. It is that they don't really care about pronouns, don't want to devote mental energy to the subject, and may even think that pronoun-oriented people are making their personal issues a burden for other people.
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Fuck. She got me there.