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New feature request; pronouns!
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SheepMareep
Actual Magical Girl
Oooo I like that, theres plenty of space there. Could go right next to age without any issue at all!
angelmutt
im either crying, drawing, or playing acnh
legit just quoted you bc i love your signature! did you draw it?def on board with this too. we're a very inclusive community and i think it would be right for the site to show this as well
ALSO YES I WOULD LOVE A PRONOUNS OPTION
meatballsaregood
~ digital age artist ~
i like this idea! so no one steps on any toes and accidentally offends anyone. if the forums main goal is to create a welcoming peaceful community, i believe this will help further that goal!
Rubombee
Moth · they/them, shey/ther
Dang I can't believe my first post here after reading everything is gonna be this but,
1. I believe it was said earlier that it'd just be easier to make it a space you can type your pronouns in, 2. …no, I have no idea what you're talking about? I hope I'm not about to bring heated discussion back because this thread is way better when it's just filled with people on board with the idea (which I am too!! I love this idea!! :D) — but I don't like to leave possible misinformation out… so, maybe I've completely misread your post, but what did you mean exactly?
Cadbberry
e g g
If I am reading it right, I think they are talking about people not respecting pronouns and putting nonoptions like'helicopter' as their gender.
Rubombee
Moth · they/them, shey/ther
Ahh I see. Well I can't find it again in all the pages but I think someone earlier said that this kind of behavior can happen in pretty much every customizable field of one's profile, I agree and think it's much more practical to write it than to have a drop-down menu :'D
yeah thats what i mean. i mean the weird ones like xer/xe/ xem which the community is actively against, and the numerous randomly created things from a couple years back (that created discourse within the community) as well as any insults
thedragmeme
100% sass 0% class
This community is very wholesome and understanding, unlike the nookazon heathens I've ran into.
"Oh are you buying these pink flowers for your girlfriend"
"Shouldn't guys be getting black and blue hybrids"
"Why do you, a person I am assuming is male, purchasing all of these frilly and cute items"
Like bruh just take my nmt and leave me alone
"Oh are you buying these pink flowers for your girlfriend"
"Shouldn't guys be getting black and blue hybrids"
"Why do you, a person I am assuming is male, purchasing all of these frilly and cute items"
Like bruh just take my nmt and leave me alone
SheepMareep
Actual Magical Girl
I've managed to avoid nookazon (luckily) and that just sounds horrible omg
This forum is definitley kinder than others for the most part, and I'm sure adding this feature would only help people be more inclusive unlike other platforms c:
Rosie Moon
~Living in my own world~
This would be really useful! Even though I’m a cis girl with a female character in my avatar, I‘ve still been called ‘he’ on the forum before lol.
virtualpet
Anomaly
We'd love the option to input pronouns, although we have it in our signature we can see how it would be useful.
I'd say that should include neopronouns too, ideally with the ability to just put in your own since I think that would be super helpful. A lot of us in this system tend to use ae/aem when we can (usually to refer to ourselves individually because they/them gets confusing as a system), so neopronoun allowance would be nice to see.
I'd say that should include neopronouns too, ideally with the ability to just put in your own since I think that would be super helpful. A lot of us in this system tend to use ae/aem when we can (usually to refer to ourselves individually because they/them gets confusing as a system), so neopronoun allowance would be nice to see.
the community is not actively against neopronouns. they're completely normal, and pronouns aside from she/he/they have been around for at least decades. they aren't hurting anyone.
cloudmask
lesbian wolf island
i completely agree. i added my pronouns to my signature and i was really nervous about it because, with no actual option for it right now, i feel like it really "others" you. like on twitter, you can write your pronouns in your bio, but then transphobes will start referring to you as "pronouns in bio" and suddenly that's all you are, just because you don't want to be misgendered.
if there were an actual option for it then it would not feel "othering", and like others have pointed out, cis people would use it too and it would become normalized.
i understand that mods don't want it to be added to sidebar bc it isnt game-related but i don't see why it can't be a profile option like gender and birthday.
you've responded to multiple people. 5 people may like your comment, but i'm not dumb. there WAS a huge discourse. i will admit now not so much, but a while back (a few years) there was a lot (****i should have specified the 'actively')
i'm not sure what other sites or apps you use, but i've seen a good few people against neopronouns due to how it caused people to mock the community, and how some people created them to be trendy or straight up INSULT the community... it kinda goes back to that tumblr era people kinda think back on. many activist accounts dislike them now.
I'm ending the conversation here, this is not going to be a fight since we all agree with the thread. enjoy your days and nights
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Dae
Damon | 27 | he/him
(I'm sorry if you're not opposing of neo-pronouns in this reply, I'm reading it as kind of ambiguous so excuse me if I'm misinterpreting your intentions in this. But I'd still like to get this off my chest regardless, if only for others who could be one of those people within the community that you're talking about)
So I get this, and I could understand the feel of frustration at people, who in your opinion, seem to be making it harder for the community you're defending to be taken seriously. I've caught myself being guilty of it before, but it's important to think about Why exactly you want to police the people to suppress their expression in fear of you looking silly, instead of fighting to have them be taken more seriously by opposers? It's similar to how masculine gay men can feel spite towards feminine gay men for fitting oppressive stereotypes. Or binary trans people who make efforts to convert transphobes by appealing to their existing sensibilities and ideas of the gender binary, being upset at the existence of gender-nonconforming trans people because they force open the discussion that those previous sensibilities are actually completely wrong altogether, and it puts a damper in that binary trans persons efforts. But it's important not to become a gatekeeper only the sake of public image towards The Straights. You shouldn't make those """outliers""" of the community fight their own battles just because you're afraid of the shame of being seen with them, if that makes any sense.
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