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Universe September 19th, 2015 5:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Kanzler (Post 8935173)
I don't subscribe to this attitude 100%. Making people comfortable yes, but justifying misguided and frivolous "self-discovery"? No. Not saying that there aren't circumstances where a binary conception of gender doesn't make sense, just that I feel that a lot of people just want the attention and the sense of control that you gain by directing social interaction. Or, if tumblr is any indication of things, being outside of the binary correlates to being ill-tempered or self-absorbed pretty much one to one. Obviously that's not the case, and so I imagine that a lot of people just want to bandwagon for the sake of whatever godforsaken reason, potentially causing those whose lives are seriously affected by not aligning in a binary conception of gender to be taken less seriously. I see it as a damaging exercise of privilege borne of a sheltered life.

This is a good post.

Using excess pronouns makes that one person happy, but it damages the visibility and genuinity of non-binary people worldwide guys. Make one person comfortable and you make hundreds of others uncomfortable.

Eden September 19th, 2015 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by £ (Post 8935061)
Straight from the tumblr, yo.

I'm burgerkin, so my pronouns are burg/burgs/burgself. Obey me, non-foodkin!


But on a more serious note, she/her. Usually I tend to refer to everyone with singular they pronouns until proven/addressed otherwise.

£ September 20th, 2015 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kibou (Post 8935551)
I'm burgerkin, so my pronouns are burg/burgs/burgself. Obey me, non-foodkin!


But on a more serious note, she/her. Usually I tend to refer to everyone with singular they pronouns until proven/addressed otherwise.

Tell me why?
I don't like people-who-use-pronouns-for-attention-like-that
I wanna shoo-o-o-o-o-ot the whole fad down. down. down. down. shoot it all down.

good luck singing that in the original style like.

The thing is there's a huge fad of young teenagers wanting to be even more special than ever saying they're moonkin or whatever and are asking to be called moo/moomoo/moonus and that's absolutely awful for anyone who genuinely doesn't identify as their birth gender.

Treecko September 20th, 2015 3:15 AM

I identify as he/him cause I have and always will be cisgender.

I'm not sure how to feel about neoprounouns in all honesty. I understand regular ones such as xe, ze, ne, ey, etc.I can understand if a person isn't comfortable with identifying as they and would rather use a singular gender-neutral pronoun. But some of the "nounself pronouns" seem silly, especially if you're making them up and identifying as them just cause you think it's trendy and cute. People who actually legitimately identity as non-binary or another gender besides he and she are being not taken seriously cause some people think it's cute to identified as sunself. If you're genuine about your identity , then I'm fine with it, do whatever,but if you're just doing it for fun and to fit in with a "trend" then I don;t know if I can support that.

Winter September 20th, 2015 3:57 AM

I'm genderfluid so male and female pronouns are fine for me. As long as you don't call me "it" or anything similar that is used for animals, inanimate objects, etc. I don't really care much about gender pronouns, but I can see how it can be significant to other people.

KetsuekiR September 20th, 2015 5:05 AM

I'm cisgendered so he/him works for me.

I think what bothers me aren't the neopronouns but instead, the sheer amount of them. As opposed to pronouns for those in the binary, there are over a dozen neopronouns for those outside it! At one point you'd wonder if they were being made for the fun of it or out of simple boredom. One should be satisfactory, two acceptable. A dozen makes it seem like more of a joke than anything else. What's more is that if this is or will be the norm, imagine how many pronouns we'd have to remember!

I realise people outside the binary want and deserve acceptance and recognition but is inventing a dictionary's worth of pronouns the way to go about it?

Personally, I feel it's more an insult to the non-cisgendered considering how silly it is to have so many neopronouns when the binary as a whole only has 2 pronouns!

Syndrome September 20th, 2015 7:20 AM

He / him

Black Jesus is also acceptable


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