Metus comments on Where do you live? Meetup planners want to know - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Metus 11 December 2011 09:08PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 12 December 2011 01:41:54AM *  -2 points [-]

one of the moderators thinks this post is more appropriate for main he

Mrerererer.

EDIT: I get variable amounts of negative karma for complaining about pronouns, but this one got pretty downvoted pretty fast. Is it something about "mrerererer" as an expression of displeasure in particular? Do I need to expressly state in so many words that I'm complaining about pronouns, even though Metus figured it out right away?

Comment author: Metus 12 December 2011 01:44:01AM 1 point [-]

I thought of it as a sex-generic "he" but if you think it is more appropriate I can change it to "he or she" (or "it".) Do you want me to?

Comment author: Manfred 12 December 2011 01:52:55AM 7 points [-]

"They" can be used as a neutral third-person pronoun.

Comment author: Dorikka 12 December 2011 02:01:01AM 1 point [-]

Which seems like the most generic and easy-to-implement solution.

Comment author: Metus 12 December 2011 02:02:55AM 0 points [-]

Thank you, good suggestion.

Comment author: Alicorn 12 December 2011 01:46:15AM 5 points [-]

Yes please. Although I don't think we have any moderators who prefer "it", we might one day acquire some (e.g. Clippy could be given mod powers, in theory).