Metus comments on Where do you live? Meetup planners want to know - Less Wrong
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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?
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?
"They" can be used as a neutral third-person pronoun.
Which seems like the most generic and easy-to-implement solution.
Thank you, good suggestion.
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).