Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce

Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by lazide on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @09:49AM (#50259303)

It adds real world flavor, instead of mashing everyone and everything into the same grey goo of genderlessness.

It’s no surprise that the strongest (mainstream) gendered languages are also known as the ‘Romance languages’.

Is it logically simpler in some ways to not have it? Of course. Let’s not even talk about how complex gendered verb conjugations are in Spanish or Portuguese, for example.

But it does allow a lot of beautiful flourishes that add a lot of color.

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Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by piperswe on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:13AM (#50259701)

They're known as the Romance languages because the languages are rōmānicē (Roman-style), not because they're romantic.

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Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by tacitusarc on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:20AM (#50259822)

Romance in the context of languages means they were derived from Latin, the language of Rome.

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Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by lazide on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @11:46AM (#50261056)

Technically yes - And also why every single one of the cultures speaking those languages is known for it’s lovers?

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Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by lazyasciiart on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @11:53PM (#50269176)

I had no idea that was a stereotype of Romanians.

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Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by lazide on Thursday October 29, 2026 @09:40AM (#50288872)

Romanians have a variant which is a bit less flattering.

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