12999th poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7)) (Part 8)

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#3664

yes but expressly not using parenthesis is a statement in of itself

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#3665

like if you expressly use square brackets to provide information (which hardly anybody does. square brackets are used in a technical context) it can be inferred that you are uncomfortable with disclosing your pronouns etc.
am I overlooking something?

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#3666

that being said it’s very clear from some text in botcu cord that a lot of people opposing the rule clearly are doing so because they’re transphobic rather than actually having concern for privacy issues

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#3667

ye lol

#3668

I suppose not?

I might be underestimating how much of a privacy concern this actually is though

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#3669

my bio has information in most fields except the pronouns field
im not very uncomfortable with telling people
they’ll have to be able to weed through people such as I aswell

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#3670

people who write stuff in their name but don’t expressly include pronouns doesn’t mean they’re assuredly uncomfortable

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#3671

That’s fine. That’s not the problem
The problem is that if you want to provide information in your name, you have to provide your pronouns in addition, or otherwise use a specific format to avoid putting pronouns in your name

Both options infer information about a person’s gender identity
Complete absence which this rule prohibits would be far too ambigious to infer any information

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#3672

I think the rule about parentheses being sacred is kinda dumb I think they could’ve just said “don’t use joke pronouns or put jokes in the pronouns field”. But it’s just, like, mildly performative at worst

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#3673

You either say “This is the information I want to provide and here are my pronouns” or “This is the information I want to provide and I am not giving you my pronouns”

There is an option to remain entirely silent which is the best case scenario for a closeted trans person but an issue that could’ve be completely avoided if they implemented what they intended correctly

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#3674

they did that

#3675

didnt work

#3676

i get him like every day on my linkedin despite my insistence on clicking nothing related to him.

life.

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#3677

I think people being too sacred about pronouns in general is kinda silly, in a genuinely safe environment pronouns are Just Another Thing and it’s fine to joke about them, and being too intense about Being Serious And Respectful About Pronouns isn’t useful and can be off-putting and outs people/makes them make uncomfortable decisions. I understand why people do it and their motivations are generally like fine enough but it’s like

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#3678

linkedin is just hell

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#3679

you’re going to get emails for the rest of your life

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#3680

the best part is that if they literally didn’t just supplant parenthesis and instead used curly brackets as a reserved space nobody would be forced to make choices which gives out information about themselves

why did they specifically use parenthesis I have no idea

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#3681

Some group is having an intense convo about why trump is a bisexual aromatic

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#3682

I want whatever they’re having

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#3683

All his speeches have one point where they call a man swxy According to them

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