• MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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    15 days ago

    Calling people what they ask to be called just doesn’t have to be this difficult.

    And yes, his royal lordship Starn, the majestic, that goes for you, too. It’s fine. We’re cool with your chosen name. And I admit, the opera cape absolutely works for you.

    And I don’t need to know what genitalia most other people are rocking. That’s none of my business, unless we’re really into each-other, in a very intimate way.

    It takes all my willpower not to be get pretty inappropriate every time a government form asks my birth sex:

    “Oh! We just met at this office of motor vehicles…I didn’t know you felt that way about me! This is so much to process. I admit there’s a mutual attraction. Of course I feel it too. I’m delighted that you had a special form made up to ask! I’m flattered! Want to grab dinner, and see where this goes?”

    • dont_lemmee_down@lemm.ee
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      Calling people what they ask to be called just doesn’t have to be this difficult.

      We in fact do it all the time. It’s just people have gotten used to using names. But it’s not like you were born with a Dave chromosome. Your parents decided to call you Dave, so in the end it’s also just a made up name/sound.

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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      Calling people what they ask to be called just doesn’t have to be this difficult.

      Yeah, I don’t really understand why people get so upset about Drag specifically, like it’s not that hard once you figure it out.