army1987 comments on Local Ordinances of Fun - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 June 2012 02:22:34PM 1 point [-]

EDIT: pronouns changed from gender-neutral to "he" because apparently gender-neutral pronouns get on some people's nerves. Apologies to anyone I annoyed.

Why did you use such a pronoun in the first case, if you're talking about one specific person whose gender you know?

Comment author: Raemon 20 June 2012 04:03:21PM 0 points [-]

Presumably they didn't know Armok's gender at the time. (If they did I agree it's silly).

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 20 June 2012 05:49:42PM 5 points [-]

Alternately, perhaps they knew Armok's gender but not whether he'd chosen to disclose it to the group.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 21 June 2012 01:05:57AM 4 points [-]

Confirming this. Also, I like gender-neutral pronouns and have seen them used on here before--I didn't think it would cause this much argument.

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