this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
33 points (100.0% liked)

hexbear

10257 readers
162 users here now

Now that the old Hexbear fork has been officially abandoned, this community will be used as a space for meta-discussion on the site itself.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
eiknat@hexbear.net
Ryaina@hexbear.net
ThePeoplesGuillotine@hexbear.net
DashEightMate@hexbear.net
HexbearPR@hexbear.net
Gardener@hexbear.net
ella@hexbear.net
33
Dumb question from an old: When people use “[none/use name]”, do they actually mean it? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/hexbear@hexbear.net
39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I’ve never actually heard or seen someone honor such a request online or IRL, and it would sound ridiculously stilted if they did. Where is Rumpelstiltskin's coat? Rumpelstiltskin must have left it at the bar. Will someone please text Rumpelstiltskin and let Rumpelstiltskin know?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it does sound stilted IRL and people are probably going to default to "they" in english anyway which is part of why i don't care enough irl even though genderless language is probably a better fit for me than "they" or some neopronoun.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They isn't genderless? Can you maybe explain that to me, I'd always thought it was.

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

gender-neutral and genderless are slightly different.

[–] mustardman@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

It is. You use it if you don't know a person's sex or preferred pronouns.