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tomi000@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoGenuine question coz Im not american. Whats the benefit of replacing a completely genderneutral word like ‘I’ with something else? Seems to me its just ragebait, do people actually use pronouns like that?
atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Some people aren’t necessarily trans but don’t feel they fit gendered pronouns. I generally try to abide by their wishes because it doesn’t matter to me why, just that I be respectful to people the way I’d want them to be respectful to me. But people sure do use pronouns like that and it’s not just trans people either. I don’t care what people identify as. That’s not any of my business.
tomi000@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes of course, Im not trying to invalidate genderneutral pronouns. If someone wishes to be adressed in a certain way replacing the words him/her, sure. But ‘I’ is not a gendered pronoun (at least to my understanding). Its the single universal word used to talk about oneself in the 1st person, isnt it? It is genderneutral already, so why would you feel the need to replace that?
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You’re right. Words like “I” are gender neutral.
For that reason, speaking in the third person like Bot is doing doesn’t make sense to me (as a trans person myself). I can’t think of any motive for someone to want others to constantly refer to them in the third person…
Looking at Bot’s comment history, they only decided to speak in the third person today after having spoken normally just yesterday. I’m not making any accusations, I just want to highlight that fact.
trigonated@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In the case of that specific user, I’d recommend just blocking/filtering and moving on. Not worth it.
Whoever’s behind that account has been creating accounts with a new name and different set of neo pronouns whenever the latest account gets banned.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I suppose it’s possible that that’s not how they identify and it’s not about gender at all. If someone tells me they like to be called Sara or Brad, I don’t try to figure out the how and the why. I’m probably not the best person to ask this question to because I don’t think I know the answer.