• TechnicallyColors@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I don’t understand how a German grammar situation would elicit the response from the PR. Are gender neutral pronouns “political” in Germany? Why did the dev say “personal politics” specifically?

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      2 months ago

      Are gender neutral pronouns “political” in Germany?

      Yeah, (like in french) male pronouns ARE the gender neutral option, and using they/them would be like using xim/xer in english

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        2 months ago

        So doesn’t that still mean that they think gender-neutral pronouns are political, i.e. they don’t accept them? I’ve also noticed the dev in question is Swedish, so I’m not sure where German language quirks came from?

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          Well, yeah, but in gendered languages every common noun has a gender, and gender neutral pronouns are very very new, especially 3 years ago, so even most people in those lgbtq communities use male pronouns as gender neutral.

          Tldr: yeah, but its like the tiniest deal ever

          Edit: wanted to add that in gendered languages using gender neutral instead of male pronouns when referring to the user in the app would be wierd