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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
So we got an e-mail at work encouraging us all to use preferred pronouns in the signature lines of our e-mails.

I wouldn't repond to this nonsense, nor would I follow their "encouragement".

The thing that gets me is that 99 or more percent of people know this is all nothing but pure bullshit, but so many go along with it.

Ordinarily I wouldn't have responded. feeling ornery I decided a ridiculous request needed a ridiculous response.

King Yertle, Lord Ruler of the Visible

I caught a Dennis Prager interview with Karol Markowicz, one of the authors of
Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation

At one point in the interview when she addressed the question about what to do if a teen is asked to list their pronouns for a teacher she suggested changing them everyday, and insist the teacher use that day's pronouns.

Strikes me as a good strategy for work too... and if you have a few like-minded co-workers and are creative, could make for some fun times.

My pronouns are:

EAT/SHIT

 
none

I don't play those games . At my age I don't have too , and it's a good thing .

I don't have one of those pronoun things. I'm not willing to do some of the things required to claim a pronoun.

Fuck Around / Find Out

Hopefully Jeff Dunham and Walter the cranky hilarious old man puppet will do a skit about this.
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Originally posted by BigSwede:

I LOL'ed

I go by my Indian name “Chris two beers”

Does that count?

Dad/Daddy/Paterfamilas

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

Funnily enough, I don't recall speaking with any students whose preferred pronouns different from the apparent biological sex, thus rendering the whole exercise pointless. But I'm sure it made someone, somewhere, feel good about themselves.

Among other things, this practical reality is one of my sore spots on this. 99% of us go by the pronouns sensible people would expect. I know the woke want to express "solidarity" and not exclude the few who want a non-standard pronoun, but it is a poor sort of solidarity, and when your minority is that small . . .