Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square140linkfedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down124
arrow-up1797arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square140linkfedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92·3 months agoEvery time I read “he or she” I think “YOU COULD HAVE SAVED FIVE CHARACTERS!!”
minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·3 months agomad respect for counting those spaces
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 months agoEvery byte is sacred
minus-squareyonder@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 months agoProgrammer brain go brrrrr
minus-squareP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·3 months agoHe/she s/he
minus-squareN.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-23 months agolength(“s/he”) == length(“they”) It also just sounds awkward to say he/she
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago“He or she” is so clunky and I immediately think they must be 50+ when I see someone writing it. Fun side fact “the player” is a masculine noun in German, so many boardgames seem sexist because they are mistranslated as “the player… he…”
Every time I read “he or she” I think “YOU COULD HAVE SAVED FIVE CHARACTERS!!”
mad respect for counting those spaces
Every byte is sacred
code.golf approves
Happy binaric chittering.
Programmer brain go brrrrr
{s,}heHe/she
s/he
length(“s/he”) == length(“they”)
It also just sounds awkward to say he/she
es he
(s/t)he(y)
“He or she” is so clunky and I immediately think they must be 50+ when I see someone writing it.
Fun side fact “the player” is a masculine noun in German, so many boardgames seem sexist because they are mistranslated as “the player… he…”