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  • dont_lemmee_down@lemm.eetoComic Strips@lemmy.worldThey/Them
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    3 days ago

    Well it kinda is. Pronouns are like names, in the sense that we use them to describe to whom we refer.

    They are a non injective function on the name set.

    The restriction you would like to make is that the function is not multivalued. But it is. As an example, Andrea is a name that is usually associated with a female person, but it is a normal name for male people in Italy.

    We allowed people to be named whatever they wanted (or their parents wanted), so why not also let them choose whatever pronoun they prefer?


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    4 days ago

    If you’re with Dan (they/them) and Dan (he/him), you would also have the problem when saying

    “I was with Dan and Dan the other day. Dan hadn’t brought the poster, so Dan went back to the car to get it.”

    So to avoud confusion, people should not be allowed to be called Dan anymore. In fact everyone gets a UUID so there is no more confusion.



  • Calling people what they ask to be called just doesn’t have to be this difficult.

    We in fact do it all the time. It’s just people have gotten used to using names. But it’s not like you were born with a Dave chromosome. Your parents decided to call you Dave, so in the end it’s also just a made up name/sound.