Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job
by Freak_NL on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:19AM
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She. If you are unsure of a person's gender, just use 'they', but don't assume it's a man. In this case the pronouns are right there on the top of the blog though (as well used in the article).
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job
by HydianSnake1 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:48AM
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I suspect the author owns quite a few pairs of programming socks, however.
Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job
by nicolas_17 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:43PM
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...so?
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job
by gettodachoppa on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:02AM
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Not cool, bro. I know transwomen are extremely over-represented among online drama queens and shit-stirrers, and many people resent them for that, but you should still say "she".
"He" is also used as a gender-neutral pronoun, much like "man" is used for "person".
Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job
by outcoldman on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @10:28AM
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Not a native speaker, but my assumption is that we are trying to go easy on “guys”, “man” and “he”. It is not hard to say “they”, “person”, “people”.
Also, I cannot really explain really well, but it seems like there is a big difference saying “he” about just mythical person, and referring to a real person (whose gender you don’t know).
> It is not hard to say “they”, “person”, “people”.
Not hard, but incorrect.