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Is adding gender pronouns in email signature a thing?

Economist
7f6a

You are why modern day regressive left is complete bigot garbage. If Daron identifies as Russian, and even more if he tries to force you to identify him as Russian, you seriously don't think it is against your freedom?

Even an actual Turkish cannot force anyone to identify him as Turkish unless he shows an actual proof fir being Turkish. You seriously don't have this basic understanding of individual freedom?

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

9 months ago # QUOTE 12 Good 2 No Good !
Economist
6555

Ok, I have seen this too and don't know what it means. Could someone explain? Thank you.

9 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
1fd0

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

An acquaintance of mine, who is a law student and definitely not transgender, sent me an email with 'they/them' next to his (Oops THEIR) name last week! It was the first time I saw anything like that and I initial reaction was to laught at it. I thought it was weird and funny. Does the fact that I replied to the email using male pronouns, just like I always have for him in the past, suddenly make me a horrible person?

9 months ago # QUOTE 13 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
fb15

Kork should delete this thread. It will attract the 4Chan crowd.

9 months ago # QUOTE 1 Good 1 No Good !
Economist
1281

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

An acquaintance of mine, who is a law student and definitely not transgender, sent me an email with 'they/them' next to his (Oops THEIR) name last week! It was the first time I saw anything like that and I initial reaction was to laught at it. I thought it was weird and funny. Does the fact that I replied to the email using male pronouns, just like I always have for him in the past, suddenly make me a horrible person?

More broadly, when it comes to trans issues, the (tiny) percentage of folks who are 1) trans, 2) using a name that is not obviously gendered, and 3) somehow more concerned about this than any other stranger who emails me with an ambiguous name (e.g., many folks from places like China), can just put "Mr. Joe Williams".

There are literally zero people who use she and his, so listing pronoun(s) instead of pronoun is by definition political signaling.

The vast majority of people putting these pronouns down have a completely unambiguous gender identity. The change in posterior belief about your political persuasion is *much* stronger than the (generally null) change in posterior belief about preferred gender identity. That is the objection: pronouns are not about making life easier for trans people, but sliding a political stance into one's communications in a way that is objectively terribly confusing for anyone who isn't part of the 5% of the developed world who has even heard of "your pronouns". See also "latinx", etc.

9 months ago # QUOTE 20 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
8204

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

An acquaintance of mine, who is a law student and definitely not transgender, sent me an email with 'they/them' next to his (Oops THEIR) name last week! It was the first time I saw anything like that and I initial reaction was to laught at it. I thought it was weird and funny. Does the fact that I replied to the email using male pronouns, just like I always have for him in the past, suddenly make me a horrible person?

More broadly, when it comes to trans issues, the (tiny) percentage of folks who are 1) trans, 2) using a name that is not obviously gendered, and 3) somehow more concerned about this than any other stranger who emails me with an ambiguous name (e.g., many folks from places like China), can just put "Mr. Joe Williams".
There are literally zero people who use she and his, so listing pronoun(s) instead of pronoun is by definition political signaling.
The vast majority of people putting these pronouns down have a completely unambiguous gender identity. The change in posterior belief about your political persuasion is *much* stronger than the (generally null) change in posterior belief about preferred gender identity. That is the objection: pronouns are not about making life easier for trans people, but sliding a political stance into one's communications in a way that is objectively terribly confusing for anyone who isn't part of the 5% of the developed world who has even heard of "your pronouns". See also "latinx", etc.

Dude, you're projecting. Pronouns *are* about making life easier for trans people. That's literally all it is. It is demonstrating that you are willing to regard trans people with basic human decency, which, guess what, makes life easier for trans people.

The fact that your panties are in a bunch about calling a transman by male pronouns (when you literally already do this with all cis men - and that somehow isn't confusing?) is purely about your own homophobia/transphobia/hatred.

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Good 20 No Good !
Economist
fb15

^ We're not going to change the rules of society just so a minuscule minority of potentially insane people can feel good.

8 months ago # QUOTE 11 Good 4 No Good !
Economist
fb15

Basically it's a slippery slope. Once you start doing this, you'll start to see new rules of engagement to accommodate every other weird group. We're close to not being able to clap anymore because a bunch of nutters have sound anxiety.

8 months ago # QUOTE 14 Good 2 No Good !
Economist
2d97

Kork should delete this thread. It will attract the 4Chan crowd.

Sometimes I actually believe that 4chan attracts economists, judging by the samples from my department.

8 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
3030

this made me laugh out loud.

Basically it's a slippery slope. Once you start doing this, you'll start to see new rules of engagement to accommodate every other weird group. We're close to not being able to clap anymore because a bunch of nutters have sound anxiety.

8 months ago # QUOTE 1 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
b48c

Brilliant troll.

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

8 months ago # QUOTE 3 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
b48c

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

An acquaintance of mine, who is a law student and definitely not transgender, sent me an email with 'they/them' next to his (Oops THEIR) name last week! It was the first time I saw anything like that and I initial reaction was to laught at it. I thought it was weird and funny. Does the fact that I replied to the email using male pronouns, just like I always have for him in the past, suddenly make me a horrible person?

More broadly, when it comes to trans issues, the (tiny) percentage of folks who are 1) trans, 2) using a name that is not obviously gendered, and 3) somehow more concerned about this than any other stranger who emails me with an ambiguous name (e.g., many folks from places like China), can just put "Mr. Joe Williams".
There are literally zero people who use she and his, so listing pronoun(s) instead of pronoun is by definition political signaling.
The vast majority of people putting these pronouns down have a completely unambiguous gender identity. The change in posterior belief about your political persuasion is *much* stronger than the (generally null) change in posterior belief about preferred gender identity. That is the objection: pronouns are not about making life easier for trans people, but sliding a political stance into one's communications in a way that is objectively terribly confusing for anyone who isn't part of the 5% of the developed world who has even heard of "your pronouns". See also "latinx", etc.

Dude, you're projecting. Pronouns *are* about making life easier for trans people. That's literally all it is. It is demonstrating that you are willing to regard trans people with basic human decency, which, guess what, makes life easier for trans people.
The fact that your panties are in a bunch about calling a transman by male pronouns (when you literally already do this with all cis men - and that somehow isn't confusing?) is purely about your own homophobia/transphobia/hatred.

Sorry but a "trans man" is not a man, just a woman who has a severe mental health issue. If you really cared about them you should want them to get treated, not stimulate their delusion. Unless of course you just want to pose as a super duper progressive.

8 months ago # QUOTE 9 Good 2 No Good !
Economist
93d1

Yeah "trans"="health issues"

f**k you people

8 months ago # QUOTE 1 Good 6 No Good !
Economist
bc5a

Yeah "trans"="health issues"
f**k you people

Oh no, sorry, it's completely natural that a person born with the genitalia, DNA, was exposed to hormones of a specific sex and has all the secondary sex characteristics ~~feels~~ like that this was actually a mistake.

8 months ago # QUOTE 3 Good 1 No Good !
Economist
bc5a

Nothing against trans and other heterodox gender people but trying to make everyone around you ignore basic biology to make you feel better is just crazy. You adapt to reality not make reality adapt to you. Wtf.

8 months ago # QUOTE 2 Good 2 No Good !
Economist
bbac

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8 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 2 No Good !
Economist
b4d9

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

An acquaintance of mine, who is a law student and definitely not transgender, sent me an email with 'they/them' next to his (Oops THEIR) name last week! It was the first time I saw anything like that and I initial reaction was to laught at it. I thought it was weird and funny. Does the fact that I replied to the email using male pronouns, just like I always have for him in the past, suddenly make me a horrible person?

You don't sound suddenly horrible, but rather persistently obnoxious.

8 months ago # QUOTE 1 Good 3 No Good !
Economist
7d94

What the f is up with all the transphobic bs on this site. Trans people are just people trying to live their lives.
A trans man is just a dude trying to live his life. He might still get mistaken for a woman, or may have recently transitioned, and so may just note their male pronouns to help others get it right - in a way that is not intrusive, modestly, at the bottom of an email.
How on earth is that something you feel okay mocking / insulting another human about? Get over it. Yall are pathetic.

An acquaintance of mine, who is a law student and definitely not transgender, sent me an email with 'they/them' next to his (Oops THEIR) name last week! It was the first time I saw anything like that and I initial reaction was to laught at it. I thought it was weird and funny. Does the fact that I replied to the email using male pronouns, just like I always have for him in the past, suddenly make me a horrible person?

You don't sound suddenly horrible, but rather persistently obnoxious.

Sounds like a normal human being to me, not obnoxious.

Doesn't sound like a sanctimonious, neurotic lemming.

8 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
e52b

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4 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 0 No Good !
Economist
9e06

what happened to names indicating gender. be like Deidre, pick a new name, full choice, no need to make a big deal about it.

4 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 0 No Good !

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