Writing something where the main character is an agendered piece of software really drives home the its/it's distinction.
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Replying to @mediapathic
@mediapathic Not to mention how strongly conformity to binary gender is constructed as a prerequisite for personhood.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime oh, totally, but I went in expecting that, not so much the constant grammatical doubletake1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mediapathic
@mediapathic Yeah. I look forward to the day when I don't have to validate my usage from first principles one time out of 5.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime it helps that my character is named PG2314, hard to accidentally gender that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mediapathic
@mediapathic I immediately read that as designating a serial number in a clone line grown from Power Girl, so I'm obviously a hopeless case.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime maybe… maybe I should change that then. (considering generative story where the protagonist name changes every reading)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@mediapathic I cannot in good conscience recommend using my neural response for the purpose of benchmarking anything.
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Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime consider joining my support group, "Neural atypicals being together but at a safe distance dude don't make it weird"0 replies 0 retweets 2 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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