@SOVIETAESTHETIC @chaosprime *shrugs* I don't mind them personally. There may be that many different genders out there.
@DurrutiOvercloc @SOVIETAESTHETIC gender-neutral pronouns seem like a more sensible response to that than a plug-in slot in language, though
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@chaosprime @SOVIETAESTHETIC *Shrugs* New words get coined all the time. -
@DurrutiOvercloc @SOVIETAESTHETIC yeeeah, but i think common-usage coinages are kind of less relevant. -
@DurrutiOvercloc @SOVIETAESTHETIC naming seems to be the extensible principle here. we don't object to somebody's name being a fill-in slot -
@chaosprime @SOVIETAESTHETIC Why not treat gender the same way? -
@DurrutiOvercloc @SOVIETAESTHETIC so i went to evaluate the technical cost of adding individualized pronouns to my MUD and shit it's hard -
@DurrutiOvercloc @SOVIETAESTHETIC mainly b/c there are 7 cases i have to handle; for sing. they, they/them/their/theirs/themselves/they/them -
@DurrutiOvercloc @SOVIETAESTHETIC for feminine, she/her/her/hers/herself/she/her; for non, it/it/its/its/itself/that/that -
@DurrutiOvercloc @SOVIETAESTHETIC and fucked if i know how to communicate to people which are which - 16 more replies
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