I read it as "do you like seeing personal pronouns on display", voted yes, and was baffled that this community had a majority no vote on this. I let out a sight of relief when I reread the prompt
1 month ago | 40
It was really useful at my job. I work from home, and some people have foreign names; having them right there helped me know what to call people. They removed pronouns, and now I'm back to guessing. Not the biggest deal, but it just seems dumb to be mad about them.
1 month ago | 21
Pronouns, including personal ones like he, she, and they, are used to substitute for nouns to avoid repetition and make sentences flow more smoothly. The entire point is for efficiency in speech and to convey points more easily. If you see personal pronouns as offensive instead of a tool of language to be utilized, you are likely ignoring the actual point of conversation being made in favor of arguing semantics, for no real reason other than personal opinion. One would have to disregard the entire point of why they were invented in the first place, if they actually find personal pronouns offensive.
1 month ago | 100
Some of the same people unwilling to give their pronouns are capitalizing the H in He/Him as they type about their heavenly pawpaw.
1 month ago | 12
I like it because I know how to address the caller in the comments. It has a use, it’s not distracting and it doesn’t negatively affect me at all so why would I have a problem with it?
1 month ago | 12
it's perfectly fine - it's just simple respect for people to choose just how they'd like to be called and hence treated.
1 month ago | 11
I find it useful to be able to refer to whatever gender someone is. And given that gender isn't a binary nor biological sex then it saves me guessing and causing offence, causing unnecessary hurt, by being wrong.
1 month ago | 7
It literally costs me nothing and I would have to actively devote energy to being bothered by it
1 month ago (edited) | 89
I worked in international development and frequently could not say what was a family name versus a first name and boy if I got a random email it helped to know what gender that person was in responding appropriately.
1 month ago | 15
Dislike it? No. But I definitely wouldn't care if I didn't see it.
1 month ago | 4
I can't bring myself to care. If someone prefers specific pronouns, cool. After the things I was called during 25 years in the Army, a pronoun isn't about to upset me. Heck, I've a neighbour who, for the last 10 years, has greeted me every morning with a cheery "Hey Bob!". My name isn't Bob or Robert or anything like that. But, he's sending a warm, friendly greeting. So, Bob is cool with me. And if someone prefers I refer to them as they or whatever else, not an issue. Just let me know and don't presume I should know.
1 month ago (edited) | 3
As a cis man who has a gender neutral name and a voice that frequently gets mistaken for a woman’s on the phone, I very much appreciate the use of personal pronouns becoming the norm in more spaces.
1 month ago | 5
When you're 66 and you've grown up in a binary and singular/plural culture it's difficult to get your head around making a change to the way you think. I've learned to accept people for who they are and am happy to live and let live, unless threatened by an individual. I don't have a problem with people presenting how they want to present. The only things that jar are 1) not feeling the need to include third person pronouns at the ends of emails because of the existence of default values. In IT we used to provide default values in variables to save people the bother of filling in a field where 99% of the time the value entered would be the default. So I bump up against a lifetime of being unconcerned with the default value and a resistance to having to change. 2) a conditioning that regards "they/them" as default plural. It's a toughie.
1 month ago | 2
there should be an “i don’t care” option. i prefer the inclusion though
1 month ago | 3
Why should anyone dislike anything personal about someone? Its like saying I dislike people called Mark and I refuse to call you Mark.
1 month ago | 2
I do understand why this is needed at this time, but I'd prefer my actual name was used. My gran used to say ""She" is a cat's mother"
1 month ago | 1
Treat people how he,she,they want to be treated not how you want to be treated. With a little common sense, we can all get along. Be well, be respectful
1 month ago | 3
I'm going to say, I think a handful of yeses on this poll misread it like I did and that is even more a majority no
1 month ago | 1
The Atheist Experience
Do you dislike seeing personal pronouns on display? Elaborate in the comments!
1 month ago | [YT] | 219