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    359 months ago

    I feel like nerds are not the people who use the wrong pronouns… in my experience, it’s jocks, rednecks, or more inclusively… bigots.

    • Kit Sorens
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      89 months ago

      Nerd culture and LGBTQ culture are very closely related. Probably thanks to furries.

  • Jo Miran
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    289 months ago

    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. ;-)

  • Match!!
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    269 months ago

    holy shit

    Andúril would be a great name for a trans guy

  • @sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
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    169 months ago

    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.

    • @chloektboehnchen
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      249 months ago

      No it doesn’t if you don’t deliberately misinterpret it

      • @sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
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        99 months ago

        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.

    • @BiNonBiOPM
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      119 months ago

      A⇒B ⊬ ¬A⇒¬B

  • @MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org
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    39 months ago

    Is this type of bigotry common with “nerd-ass man children?”. Good faith, honestly curious.

    I admit being a bit of a nerdy man child. Enough to find this funny 😁. But I don’t have exposure to people/communities of people that are heavily so, so I don’t know what they’re like.