I released my own Visual Studio Code Extension Pack and here is how you can too

Re:I released my own Visual Studio Code Extension Pack and h... by stevenpetryk on Sunday August 11, 2019 @12:52PM (#20669024)

It takes very little effort to not say “he” and be more inclusive.

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Re:I released my own Visual Studio Code Extension Pack and h... by newvoiceoldphne on Sunday August 11, 2019 @12:58PM (#20669058)

It takes less effort to not be offended

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Re:I released my own Visual Studio Code Extension Pack and h... by Kipters on Monday August 12, 2019 @10:13AM (#20675562)

English is not my native language. In my native language (Italian) "coworker", like many other words, can be both male and female, but to avoid unnecessary redundancy our grammar allows for the male form to be used to include everyone with no distinction (even beyond the two default genders used in the grammar).

So, technically, my use of "he" was more inclusive than you realize.

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Re:I released my own Visual Studio Code Extension Pack and h... by ndjskska on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:27PM (#20669243)

The parent might be a non-native speaker and might have a mother tongue in which nouns have genders - the co-worker in German is of male grammatical gender.

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