Current Events > Does being asked your pronouns or just pronouns in general anger you?

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I'm practically steaming just thinking about them!

I used a pronoun once and the ghost of Lenin came from the ground to give me a thumbs up.

Only thing worse is being asked about how I feel about being asked about pronouns. /s

I'm a reasonable human being, so no.
Granted I've never been outright asked, but then see the first point.

It's honestly kind of dumb that a thing that's been around literally since the concept of language is suddenly something to be angry about.

No, because I'm not that much of an asshole.

nothing makes me angryexcept people who like spyro more than crash

Full_Pokedex posted...

It's honestly kind of dumb that a thing that's been around literally since the concept of language is suddenly something to be angry about.

they used to be called indefinite nouns

If they are only asking for my pronouns, yes.

If they are considerate enough to ask my neo, exo, and xeno pronouns, no.

I've been trying to consciously just refer to everyone with they/them until proven otherwise.
I still slip up sometimes, but I feel like once I get it down it'll be easiest for everyone :V

One time I saw a pronoun and then it turned and looked at me.

hockeybub89 posted...

One time I saw a pronoun and then it turned and looked at me.

And you're here to tell the tale? Damn, must have been scary

That's not a thing where I live

No. I'm not going to proactively state mine in bios / signatures / etc but it doesn't bother me at all if someone asks.

I knew a pronoun once. Seemed innocuous enough, but had a secret penchant for leaving the freezer door open just enough for all the food to go to waste without noticing until the smell became too much to bear.

DrizztLink posted...

I used a pronoun once and the ghost of Lenin came from the ground to give me a thumbs up.

hockeybub89 posted...

One time I saw a pronoun and then it turned and looked at me.

You all need to stop... it's not even Halloween yet and I'm going to have nightmares tonight! Oh lordy, I gotta burn some sage and find my St. Benedict medal!

I've never been asked for my pronouns.

I like to think I could cope, but honestly, no one knows how they'll react in such a devastating situation until it happens.

No but call me whatever pronouns you feel like. I play female characters in games and sometimes use feminine names so I don't care if someone calls me a girl, I've answered to "she" in Town of Salem before. Obv I don't look like a girl in person but who cares.

hockeybub89 posted...

One time I saw a pronoun and then it turned and looked at me.

Was it in the closet making babies?

Nobody irl has ever asked me.

hockeybub89 posted...

One time I saw a pronoun and then it turned and looked at me.

I once saw a picture of a pronoun on the wall and I swear the eyes followed me wherever I went!

Nope, not at all. I try my hardest to respect everyone's preferred pronouns. I do trip up sometimes when referring to my gf's non-binary bestie, because they are feminine presenting. So someone's I'll say she on accident, but I catch myself and correct it. I'm getting better at it though.

I just pray that there will be a Good Guy With An Adjective there to save me.

I view someone asking for pronouns as inoffensive as asking for your name. Its literally just asking you what you want to be called.

Online, I want to be referred to as wacky

In person, preferably by my last name.

My pronouns are he/him, but I'm not even going to blink if you use they.

Like I don't get how or why someone would get offended by being asked. I get if you get offended by being misgendered, provided you've made it clear to someone before what your preferred pronouns are.

I don't care anywhere near enough about pronouns to get upset. If it was up to me, I'd get rid of most of them. Have like I, You, They and the variants of those. <_<

They first came for the adjectives and I did not speak up because I was not an adjective.

Then they came for the verbs and I did not speak up because I was not a verb.

Then they for the articles and I not up because I not an article.

Then they for pronouns and I not up because I not pronoun

Then for but there no one left to for

No, would just be annoyed. If you can't tell I'm a man, I dunno what to say.

hockeybub89 posted...

They first came for the adjectives and I did not speak up because I was not an adjective.

Then they came for the verbs and I did not speak up because I was not a verb.

Then they for the articles and I not up because I not an article.

Then they for pronouns and I not up because I not pronoun

Then for but there no one left to for

Lol

I don't get why anyone would be upset by this. I mean, I do. Obviously, they're being bigoted. But it's not any sort of inconvenience at all. I received a work email saying that I had to document my pronouns and it took all of about ten to twenty seconds out of my day.

I actually like that my place of employment is strict about calling people by their preferred name too. I know it's a measure against deadnaming someone, but it is such a breath of fresh air to be called by my full name and not a shortened version of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md8nInMGhFY

RISEofCHRISTIAN posted...

I'm a man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK9p9qkf0Ls

No. Times change and people change. You have to change with them.

There's som real bullshit in this world that's worth being angry about. This isn't one of those things.

Anyone seriously thrown off or offended by being asked what their pronouns are is a complete and utter stupid fucking chode

YellowSUV posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md8nInMGhFY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ximrIBbpH8

ai123 posted...

I just pray that there will be a Good Guy With An Adjective there to save me.

lmao +1

hockeybub89 posted...

They first came for the adjectives and I did not speak up because I was not an adjective.

Then they came for the verbs and I did not speak up because I was not a verb.

Then they for the articles and I not up because I not an article.

Then they for pronouns and I not up because I not pronoun

Then for but there no one left to for

+1

More slightly annoyed that everyone is so up in arms or virtue signaling something that affects such an infinitesimally small group of people. Just live your lives.

I'm 58. I don't know what a gender is and am generally not up-to-date on these new ideas.
so, I find it a bit confusing but I don't get angry and don't understand why anyone would get angry over it.

Saying nouns over and over again really wears me down

https://youtu.be/koZFca8AkT0?si=5xfwO1vu5l_JC_mU

The poll options are just bad for thinking there is a binary reaction to all things....

I think people should absolutely introduce themselves with their own pronouns if that's what they want to do, and feel comfortable with that, but asking someone is kind of rude, and not for dumb MAGA reasons. I have a couple of trans friends who've both said they aren't huge fans of people being super up-front about asking pronouns, because when they were in the closet it made them feel like they were being confronted and forced to lie about their identity in order to remain in the closet.

I prefer amateur nouns over pro nouns, Pro nouns only seem like they're only in it for the money.

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no. Different generations have different ideas, different views/understandings of society
gender was not taught in UK schools in the 1970s (except maybe in sociology which most people did not do). While the idea has become popular along younger generations there has been no attempt to communicate or explain it to older generations - leading to a lot of confusion and misunderstandings.

part of the confusion is that all the words (man, woman, boy, girl, he, she, him, her, etc) used to be defined by biology and nothing else.
(assuming someone's aptitudes, personality, personal tastes, etc depending on whether they were a boy, girl, woman or man was considered very sexist in the 1980s and so was strongly opposed)