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[dead] hkai
I am surprised at how some people speak out there against the new Code of Conduct. Someone may want to point out their comments to their employer or friends.
ramblerman
Yes let’s shame all those people and get them fired. That will help the cause...

Ridiculous

hkai
Maybe, but that's what's going to happen.
mirimir
That's why prudent folk use anonymous pseudonyms online.
mirimir
OK, cool.

But what's the universe of gender pronouns?

Whatever anyone requests be used?

And will mods get in trouble for questioning strange ones?

Or is it just "anything goes"?

Edit: This is a decent list: https://lgbtqexperiment.com/2019/05/13/what-are-alternative-...

Some I know are gender neutral, but it's not clear what the others communicate. Or maybe that's not the point. Which is just to use whatever someone requests.

Edit: Now this is good: https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Gender_Wiki

So you can see which are (at least by this wiki) accepted, and which are still iffy.

And for those (like me) who love scatter plots, this: https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/2D_graph_theory(gender_Theory)

Probably needs at least a third dimension, though ;)

m-p-3
I miss the simpler time, where everyone was just an anonymous nickname behind a keyboard, and genders weren't relevant in most discussions.