| ▲ | spidercat 2 days ago |
| Maybe not particularly relevant, but I'm noticing you using "xe" pronouns for Sanger. Why is that? Just wondering if I am missing more context. |
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| ▲ | hitekker 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The GP (Jonathan Pollard) has been using the “Xe” pronouns on other people since about 2015. I think he’s also edited/argued for unusual pronouns on Wikipedia as late as 2025. I don’t think he’s ever explained his intentions with "Xe" on HN. My guess is that forcing “Xe” somehow gives him pleasure, neverminding the misunderstanding it incurs. |
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| ▲ | spidercat 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Huh. I mean, if you're gonna go that far to Make A Point with gender-neutral pronouns, might as well go the Stallman route with per/pers: https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html (I'm not necessarily endorsing his screed here... but it is one of my "favorite" bits of Stallmanism. His first entry in the "subsequent notes" section makes me laugh every time.) edit: oh, this user actually has a similar piece on xe/xem pronouns on his website! excellent. this pleases me greatly (no sarcasm). |
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| ▲ | pwdisswordfishq a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| JdeBP is surely referring to https://xeiaso.net/ |
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| ▲ | xena a day ago | parent [-] | | It ain't me. I have no connections to Wikipedia and have a "only look, never touch" rule when it comes to interacting with it. |
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| ▲ | moralestapia a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Larry Sanger is very clearly a man and has never expressed any desire to be treated differently than that. JdeBP is misgendering him on purpose, which is a very serious offense and even illegal in many parts of the world. We'll see if this is allowed to stay here. |
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| ▲ | mghackerlady a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Could also be a typo. Unlikely on QWERTY, but if JdeBP uses Dvorak or especially Workman that's more likely than JdeBP going out of their way to misgender a man with an obscure neopronoun | | |
| ▲ | frankvdwaal a day ago | parent | next [-] | | A typo? Twice in the same post? In both places where "he" would normally appear? Localized entirely within your kitchen? | | |
| ▲ | mghackerlady 15 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah when I made the comment I only saw the first one. Still don't think it's impossible |
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| ▲ | moralestapia a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] | | |
| ▲ | jrflowers a day ago | parent [-] | | You’ll give that poster ten thousand dollars if they post they made a typo? Do yuo give money for all typos | | |
| ▲ | spidercat a day ago | parent [-] | | Sounds like a great opportunity to get the original commenter in on the scam. "Psst. Say you indeed made a typo, and I'll split the spoils with ya!" It wouldn't truly be The Internet without a little bit of Tough Guy Posturing, I suppose. :) | | |
| ▲ | moralestapia a day ago | parent | next [-] | | I've made people do a lot of things for like $100. I'm sure you'd do that and much more for $10k, lol! | |
| ▲ | jrflowers a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | I would love to get paid for my terrible posts |
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| ▲ | tim333 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | How can you misgender with xe? It's unisex. Although Sanger may not want to be treated as unisex I guess. | | |
| ▲ | Hugsbox 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | I'm married to a nonbinary person and not even they like "xe". It's definitely weird to use it for a cisgender person who has never expressed interest in being referred to in that way. It's usually done by people who are trying to normalize the use of "xe/xer" pronouns for everybody, when the fact of the matter is it's clunky and will never catch on, and I've yet to meet an agender person in real life who actually uses those pronouns. |
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| ▲ | pavel_lishin a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | From my understanding, `xe` is a gender-neutral pronoun, no different than using "they". | | |
| ▲ | DiscourseFan a day ago | parent [-] | | It is different, since they is quite old, and xe is very new, and so the context and, more primarily, the force of the expression changes. |
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| ▲ | SanjayMehta a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Misgendering is illegal only in "progressive societies." |
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| ▲ | IshKebab a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Oh thanks I thought "xe" was some Chinese character in the story that he had forgotten to introduce! How dumb. |
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| ▲ | Hugsbox 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yep. Occasionally people shoehorn it into conversations thinking it's more inclusive (it's not) when in reality it just confuses people unnecessarily. | | |
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| ▲ | fatata123 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
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