• WillFord27@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Personally, I find it distasteful to default to “man” when referring to people that you’re unsure of the pronouns of, especially those that are seemingly female presenting. This is an example in choosing your battles, because nitpicking someone detracts from their point. Pettifogging and such.

    Furthermore, I think the number of sentences in your reply is entertaining, for someone criticizing another for spending too much time on this app. Also yes I am indeed pettifogging. =^}

    • testfactor@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Listen my guy, I definitely don’t read all these dude’s usernames when I post.

      But while I’m sure being misgendered is upsetting to any hombres I’ve mistakenly done it to, I feel like there’s a difference between misgendering some bro in real life and over a faceless medium like a message board. Or, as I like to call it, a man-ssage board.

      … And yeah, I’m overly wordy. It’s just how I post. Stream of consciousness bby!