Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 days ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1804arrow-down125
arrow-up1779arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·3 days agoEvery time I read “he or she” I think “YOU COULD HAVE SAVED FIVE CHARACTERS!!”
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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…”
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 days agoEvery byte is sacred
minus-squareN.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-23 days agolength(“s/he”) == length(“they”) It also just sounds awkward to say he/she
Every time I read “he or she” I think “YOU COULD HAVE SAVED FIVE CHARACTERS!!”
“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…”
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
(s/t)he(y)
length(“s/he”) == length(“they”)
It also just sounds awkward to say he/she
es he