Re:Dry Water
by maaaats on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @04:20AM
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My guess would be the "sir" is what triggers. It reads very weird, has a bad link to the stereotypes who would use the word today, and the assuming of gender.
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The guidelines ask this:
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
FWIW I've also seen the topic come up on the other side, when commenters have used non-traditional pronouns.
"Assume good faith" seems reasonable here, given that the root commenter was merely being very enthusiastic with their praise.
I could have gone with Madam Tim but I worried it would be too formal.
Listen, I have been on this site from the beginning and I appreciate the generally no bullshit tone. I left reddit back when it became clear that HN was the clear successor of the reddit I used to know but killjoy bullshit like parsing "sir" is not what I'm here for either.