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On 7/26/2022 9:30 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <tbp6kb$nfr$1@hope.eyrie.org>,
Dave Van Domelen <dvandom@eyrie.org> wrote:

In article <tbnpqt$1nv7d$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 7/25/2022 6:18 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2022-07-25 11:48, Lynn McGuire wrote:

Dilbert: Dave Has Pronouns
    https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-07-25

And here we go …

Lynn

"And here we go…"…

…what?

And why does it matter?

Extreme left politics versus extreme right politics.

Well, extreme right politics versus what the extreme right THINKS is
extreme left politics.

Dave Van Domelen, not gonna read the strip, Adams has proven repeatedly >> that he adds nothing of value to the world anymore, and is a net harm.

I'm liking the "Dave" character who is subversive in a different
way than Wally.

Wally is dead weight. Dave gets things done.

Both are very subversive.

Lynn

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On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 21:37:00 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 7/26/2022 9:30 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <tbp6kb$nfr$1@hope.eyrie.org>,
Dave Van Domelen <dvandom@eyrie.org> wrote:

In article <tbnpqt$1nv7d$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 7/25/2022 6:18 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2022-07-25 11:48, Lynn McGuire wrote:

Dilbert: Dave Has Pronouns
    https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-07-25

And here we go …

Lynn

"And here we go…"…

…what?

And why does it matter?

Extreme left politics versus extreme right politics.

Well, extreme right politics versus what the extreme right THINKS is >>> extreme left politics.

Dave Van Domelen, not gonna read the strip, Adams has proven repeatedly
that he adds nothing of value to the world anymore, and is a net harm.

I'm liking the "Dave" character who is subversive in a different
way than Wally.

Wally is dead weight. Dave gets things done.

Both are very subversive.

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work. I haven't been able to
come up with any good ones. Anybody have suggestions?

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In article <ftpffhd1nh5k8nq3m6v9055rh4b26kje8s@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work. I haven't been able to
come up with any good ones. Anybody have suggestions?

(Hal Heydt)
It/that?

Dorothy worked on a story (never got finished, or--at least--not
to her satisfaction; whe was her own harshest critic) that
involved 4 genders. The pronouns were he, she, it and that.
This was *years* before people started picking the pronouns they
wanted applied to themselves. It was nearly as far back as when
she insisted that "Ms." was "Manuscript".

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On 8/13/22 2:28 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:

In article <ftpffhd1nh5k8nq3m6v9055rh4b26kje8s@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work. I haven't been able to
come up with any good ones. Anybody have suggestions?

(Hal Heydt)
It/that?

Dorothy worked on a story (never got finished, or--at least--not
to her satisfaction; whe was her own harshest critic) that
involved 4 genders. The pronouns were he, she, it and that.
This was *years* before people started picking the pronouns they
wanted applied to themselves. It was nearly as far back as when
she insisted that "Ms." was "Manuscript".

Back in the 60s, I read “A Voyage to Arcturus”. I had a severe problem
with the section in which the hero has an encounter with a person of
alien gender, because my language center simply refused to recognize “ae”/“aer”/[objective absent] as a pronoun. I found that the best I could do was pretend that it was the character's name.

--
John W. Kennedy
Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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On 8/13/22 11:05, J. Clarke wrote:
[stuff deleted]

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work.

I am finding this hard to believe.




--
Dave Scruggs
Captain, Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
Sr. Software Engineer - Stellar Solutions (Definitely Retired)

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On 8/15/2022 5:50 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/13/22 11:05, J. Clarke wrote:
[stuff deleted]

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work.

I am finding this hard to believe.

I do not. Especially a California firm in the Mountain View area.

Lynn

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On 16/08/22 10:50, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/13/22 11:05, J. Clarke wrote:
[stuff deleted]

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work. 

I am finding this hard to believe.

Do you believe that pronouns are lazy?

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J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote in news:ftpffhd1nh5k8nq3m6v9055rh4b26kje8s@4ax.com:

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work. I haven't been
able to come up with any good ones. Anybody have suggestions?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sexually_Identify_as_an_Attack_Helico
pter

https://tinyurl.com/2xubnuh7

--
Terry Austin

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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On 8/15/22 16:45, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 8/15/2022 5:50 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/13/22 11:05, J. Clarke wrote:
[stuff deleted]

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work.

I am finding this hard to believe.

I do not.  Especially a California firm in the Mountain View area.

Lynn

Ok, I had no idea. I looked it up and OMG!!! My apologies for doubting
you. My mind is boggled.

Just for reference, mine are the standard pronouns for someone with XY chromosomes.

--
Dave Scruggs
Captain, Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
Sr. Software Engineer - Stellar Solutions (Definitely Retired)

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On 8/16/2022 8:02 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/15/22 16:45, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 8/15/2022 5:50 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/13/22 11:05, J. Clarke wrote:
[stuff deleted]

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work.

I am finding this hard to believe.

I do not.  Especially a California firm in the Mountain View area.

Lynn

Ok, I had no idea. I looked it up and OMG!!! My apologies for doubting
you. My mind is boggled.

Just for reference, mine are the standard pronouns for someone with XY chromosomes.

Dorothy maintained that we are heading towards they / them as universal pronouns in the next 100 years or so. I suspect that she is correct.

Lynn

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In article <tdjalq$gmm3$2@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/16/2022 8:02 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/15/22 16:45, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 8/15/2022 5:50 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/13/22 11:05, J. Clarke wrote:
[stuff deleted]

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work.

I am finding this hard to believe.

I do not.  Especially a California firm in the Mountain View area.

Lynn

Ok, I had no idea. I looked it up and OMG!!! My apologies for doubting
you. My mind is boggled.

Just for reference, mine are the standard pronouns for someone with XY
chromosomes.

Dorothy maintained that we are heading towards they / them as universal >pronouns in the next 100 years or so. I suspect that she is correct.

(Hal Heydt)
Sounds plausible to me. Both as something she would have
predicted as well as the prediction itself.

In Graydon Saunders' _Commonweal_ books (which I recommend),
they/them is standard for non-intimate conversations.

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* BCFD36:

On 8/15/22 16:45, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 8/15/2022 5:50 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

On 8/13/22 11:05, J. Clarke wrote:
[stuff deleted]

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work.

I am finding this hard to believe.

I do not.� Especially a California firm in the Mountain View area.

Lynn

Ok, I had no idea. I looked it up and OMG!!! My apologies for doubting
you. My mind is boggled.

Just for reference, mine are the standard pronouns for someone with XY chromosomes.

How would I know your chromosomes? I don't even know mine. It's not a
standard test.

I do know my blood type now, but didn't up to about age 30.

.sig chosen manually, exceptionally
--
If someone has a penis (or we think they have a penis) we use
he/him/his pronouns and treat them like a boy/man. If someone
has a vagina (or we think they have a vagina) we use she/her/
hers pronouns and treat them like a girl/woman.
See what I did there? -- Kyl Myers

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J Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> schrieb:

I have been asked to provide pronouns at work. I haven't been able to
come up with any good ones. Anybody have suggestions?

Just read this (translated).

"Although I was born visible, I identify as trans-parent.
My personal pronouns are who/where".

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