LogFAQs > #960815002

banananor posted...

Honestly, I think a good number of people are preemptively frustrated that they'll accidentally get a pronoun wrong and be yelled at.

So because you're worried you'll accidentally get a pronoun wrong and be yelled at, you're... intentionally using a pronoun wrong and setting yourself up to be yelled at? That's some real big brain thinking there.

Respect people's pronouns, period. Allow yourself to be corrected if you make a mistake. Don't get defensive, just briefly apologize, move on, and try to remember better. Nobody's looking to start a fight over pronouns except people who don't want to respect them.

If you can't be bothered to respect someone else because "but muh linguistics!", then just do not talk to them at all. Trust me, they don't want to hear from you anyway so save everybody the hassle.