Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture memo’

Re:Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture m... by alephu5 on Saturday June 05, 2021 @03:43AM (#27403081)

I'm Peruvian and married to a Colombian and have never heard of this. On the other hand, right across the Hispanic world it's very common to use @ for gender neutrality: nosotr@s, latin@s, etc.

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Re:Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture m... by umanwizard on Saturday June 05, 2021 @08:26AM (#27404334)

> I'm Peruvian and married to a Colombian and have never heard of this.

That’s not surprising, since it’s purely a product of “woke” culture in the USA, and the only people who use it are either multiple generations removed from their “ancestral” country, or have degrees in social sciences from Ivy League universities (or both).

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Re:Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture m... by CRConrad on Sunday June 06, 2021 @07:13AM (#27412306)

That's pretty genius IMO, given how the @ symbol looks a bit like both an 'a' and an 'o'.

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Re:Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture m... by kelnos on Saturday June 05, 2021 @05:22AM (#27403521)

Interesting, how do you pronounce those words with the @ in them?

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Re:Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture m... by pepelotas on Saturday June 05, 2021 @07:44AM (#27404109)

It's only for written communication. When speaking you either use the gender neutral(male) form, or a conjunction of both. e.g.: "latinos y latinas"

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Re:Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture m... by KozmoNau7 on Saturday June 05, 2021 @06:20AM (#27403746)

That's so much more elegant!

What's the proper pronunciation for those words?

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