memory doesn't work that way neurologically
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @Outsideness and
- there's no "atomic" storage unit - there's no such thing as "uncompressed" in biological memory - memory problems aren't storage problems
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @Outsideness and
This is true, but the way it actually works is worse.
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Replying to @TristanSevers @Outsideness and
don't see how in this case. there's equally good reason to expect uncommon pronouns to be easier, if anything, like uncommon names are
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @TristanSevers and
what I'm saying is don't know if 12 pronouns are significantly more difficult to process than 2 but I'm fairly sure nobody else does either
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @Outsideness and
What I'm saying is custom pronouns, for anything but close friends, are an aggressive social power play and should be responded to as such.
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Replying to @TristanSevers @Outsideness and
eh. people who approach any subject in bad faith should be treated accordingly. nobody here is denying bad faith is rampant on this subject
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @TristanSevers and
I just wish we could recognize that that's the whole of the actual issue & keep it focused there. pronouns per se aren't the problem
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @TristanSevers and
if I had to guess I'd guess English will standardize on "they" & prescriptivists on all sides will woof into the void, as prescriptivists do
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @TristanSevers and
seems to be the path towards anonymity indeed.
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Anonymity and identification entitlements are not only distinct, but close to opposed.
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