Comments | prof_pangaea: there is fail inside the fail IT'S A TESSERACT OF FAIL

prof_pangaea

there is fail inside the fail IT'S A TESSERACT OF FAIL

Dec 12, 2009 17:16

hey everyone, i'm sure there's lots of fun to be had with the most recent wank about victoria bitter/thanfiction/etc, but if anyone tries to justify using pronouns like "she", "he/she", "it", etc when talking about him, then i'm sure you wouldn't mind if i took you off of my friends-list ( Read more... )

faaaaaaaaail

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feanorian December 13 2009, 05:14:05 UTC

Wow. Blast from the past time, i haven't heard of VB since that epic LotR scam he pulled!
Pronoun fail, however, is epically fail-y, and i *really* wish English had a non-offensive gender-neutral pronoun.

Also - Prof, i haven't talked to you in about a zillion years. How are ya these days?

prof_pangaea December 13 2009, 21:49:52 UTC

i'd never heard of him before yesterday and i was like, O____O!!!! reading up on the past exploits. meanwhile, english does have non-offensive gender-neutral pronouns, people just insist that they are unable to use them because they are "fake" or "made-up" words, because they have no idea how language works. then they go onto say things like "lol" and "wait a sec, i have to tweet this."

edit: i am doing pretty well! i'm in milwaukee, got a new boyfriend, two cool roommates, two awesome kitties. er, back to looking for a job again, but that's probably the case for about half the people i know, so. how about you?

zougla December 14 2009, 22:16:01 UTC

Unfortunately, introducing new pronouns into a language is not the same as introducing new nouns and verbs. It's not impossible either.

But, uh, a slashed up "shit" sure isn't the answer.... wow.

prof_pangaea December 14 2009, 22:33:20 UTC

not the same thing, obviously, but also not impossible, and also doesn't make the words fake, which is what i always hear as an excuse against gender-neutral pronouns.

and... yeah. what the actual fuck, on that one.

rhipowered December 13 2009, 16:10:48 UTC

Exactly this. For fuck's sake, he may be the worst person in the world, but that's no excuse to be a complete transphobic asshole.

prof_pangaea December 13 2009, 21:55:25 UTC

wait -- IT ISN'T? but i thought these things were inextricably linked in magical ways that no one can ever understand!

gypsyjr December 13 2009, 21:12:46 UTC

Ugh. Just.... *headdesk*

prof_pangaea December 13 2009, 21:55:38 UTC

yes.

gypsyjr December 13 2009, 21:58:43 UTC

Assholish behavior is completely separate from gender identity, and using one as ammunition against the other is just unacceptable.

ffs people, this isn't rocket science.

stardust9121 December 14 2009, 05:18:10 UTC

It is moments like these when I am glad I am currently waaaaaay out on the fandom fringes of Lurky McLurkville.