• pogmommy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 hours ago

    You’re right, words are meaningless and language has no bearing on society at large. after all, fuiebt eidiowb rhe efifo quifopim.

    • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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      1 hour ago

      The hyperbole here is insane. My trans friend’s Japanese parents are supportive of him, but they have some trouble with pronouns. If you’re not a native English speaker and learned the standard pronouns, then I think it’s just naturally too confusing. Pretty much all of them are translating in their minds in real-time.

    • Scrollone@feddit.it
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      4 hours ago

      There’s a big difference between negating the existence of people and what happend in this case, i.e. somebody writing a comment (only visible to him and other developers) using the male form.