• Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
        31·
        3 months ago

        So, this is I have a dumb joke and need to explain far too much for it to be funny, but don’t think that would stop me:

        In German, we do this thing where nouns for jobs have gender, so a male teacher is a “Lehrer” and a female teacher is a “Lehrerin”.

        Now, if you want to refer to any teacher independent of gender, traditionally you used the male form.
        This was found to bias people to more readily employ men, worsening gender inequality. So, we started writing things as “Lehrer/in” to show that both genders are meant.

        Then several more genders got released, so to show that non-binaries are also included, we came up with the Gendersternchen™: Lehrer*in

        It’s the cousin of Rumpelstilzchen “gender asterisk” and very popular with the conservatives, I can assure you.

        Anyways, the dumb joke is that therefore ******* is the gender that’s so fluid, they had to just make it a bunch of Gendersternchen. 🙃

        • athaleanEnglish
          18·
          3 months ago

          Anyways, the dumb joke is that therefore ******* is the gender that’s so fluid, they had to just make it a bunch of Gendersternchen

          I admire the dedication of providing all the context for this joke, and it’s amazing.

          But does that imply not only the gender is fluid, but also the profession? 🤔

        • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
          18·
          3 months ago

          i need a whole lemmy community of non-English language jokes highly explained to me in translation please

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          8·
          3 months ago

          It’s the cousin of Rumpelstilzchen “gender asterisk” and very popular with the conservatives, I can assure you.

          The ability of conservatives everywhere to find something to be offended by truly inspires.

          • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
            6·
            3 months ago

            Oh yeah, you have no idea. They’re crying out that their free speech is being taken away, because supposedly they’re forced to use the Gendersternchen. And they do that, while they are enacting laws to prohibit government institutions (including schools and such) to use gendered language. It is so ridiculously dumb.

          • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
            6·
            3 months ago

            Yeah, I completely glossed over the hunter2 joke, and rather just wanted to make my own joke.

          • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
            5·
            3 months ago

            Oh, right, I didn’t even acknowledge the hunter2 joke. I just wanted to make a joke of my own.

  • cosmicrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    3 months ago

    I keep all my genders and related information in KeePronounXC, which stores my pronouns in an encrypted format locally. It also lets me generate new, complex genders so I can use a unique one per relationship.

    • Huschke@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      As long as you’re following the 3-2-1 rule, I see no problem with storing your genders locally.

    • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      my pronouns have a public key to allow others to recognize me consistently but also a private key that reflects a deep understanding of the factors that generate that public key

    • zitrone 🍋@lemmings.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      For extra security you should also be Genderfluid for every relationship that supports it. Either by using Time-based One Time Pronouns or even more secure with a Hardware Token using the WebGendn Protocol to authenticate via Public-Private-Gender-Encryption.

  • lololaEnglish
    34·
    3 months ago

    I prefer a gender-phrase, a complex sequence of words that’s easier to remember and more secure than a single gender-word.

    For example, contrast “female” with “do all the guys you know wear dresses and makeup like this?”

  • renzev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    This post reminds me of those “attack helicopter” jokes from 2016, except this time it’s actually funny and not hurtful