Language is fluid. The thing that was "right" to say 500 years ago wasn't right 100 years ago, and what was "right" 100 years ago wouldn't be right now. There are clear arguments for why encouraging people to think…
You understand that there are millions of women who are victims of abuse, sidelined or disregarded by society, and constantly repressed because of sexism, right? Losing your job is a temporary problem for most people.…
Sure, but the idea of "mankind" is gendered / male-centric in the first place. We just defaulted to male because we always default to male. Training yourself to default to non-gendered language like person-kind and to…
Is the problem that we have too little time to meet people? It strikes me that the problems are more related to increased isolation/individualism, increased distraction, degradation of real-world communities, and…
Only if they are less than 55 pounds.
I also lean towards the stairs (or at least not just standing on the escalator), but in my experience it's like 80/20 or "worse" between people who go for the escalator vs the stairs. Of the escalator crowd though,…
From the post, it sounds like the users receive the purchased item immediately but the app developer needs to confirm that the charge went through properly. Otherwise the funds are returned but the user keeps the…
Language is fluid. The thing that was "right" to say 500 years ago wasn't right 100 years ago, and what was "right" 100 years ago wouldn't be right now. There are clear arguments for why encouraging people to think…
You understand that there are millions of women who are victims of abuse, sidelined or disregarded by society, and constantly repressed because of sexism, right? Losing your job is a temporary problem for most people.…
Sure, but the idea of "mankind" is gendered / male-centric in the first place. We just defaulted to male because we always default to male. Training yourself to default to non-gendered language like person-kind and to…
Is the problem that we have too little time to meet people? It strikes me that the problems are more related to increased isolation/individualism, increased distraction, degradation of real-world communities, and…
Only if they are less than 55 pounds.
I also lean towards the stairs (or at least not just standing on the escalator), but in my experience it's like 80/20 or "worse" between people who go for the escalator vs the stairs. Of the escalator crowd though,…
From the post, it sounds like the users receive the purchased item immediately but the app developer needs to confirm that the charge went through properly. Otherwise the funds are returned but the user keeps the…