Yeah, or we want to be treated like humans. Find a better heuristic.
Re:LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator
by throwkeep on Saturday June 05, 2021 @12:01PM
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That exaggerated oppression claim only reinforces the heuristic. In reality, approximately 99% of the time people use the correct pronouns based on name and appearance. The remaining rare cases consist of honest mistakes (that can be politely corrected) or bullies (who the rest of us already denounce).
I gave him the benefit of doubt, but should have been more skeptical upon seeing pronouns in bio. It's a curiously predictive heuristic. For whatever reason, pronoun people tend to be particularly good at generating internet drama.