_haha_oh_wow_

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Yeah no shit, it's all just bullshit lip service.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Don't bother, just make your own communities or magazines and contribute to them regularly.

"If you build it, they will come."

You can tell people about it if you like (especially if it comes up casually in conversation), but if you try to push it too hard you'll drive people away.

If the fediverse grows too quickly, it will also introduce more problems existing systems may not be able to handle.

"yall" is obviously not the problematic part of that sentence

That's how people use it, whether you like it or not. I did not invent the language, but that's how people use it.

Saying "guys" on its own is also not the same thing as "you guys" in regions that do this.

You can shoot the messenger all you like but it is what it is and I have no power over how people in a region use a language, I am merely informing you of that fact.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

high IQ

work for free

lmao, hard pass. Thanks.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

Yeah I don't see that one going over well anywhere

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 30 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (13 children)

People where I am from call everyone "you guys" - men, women, trans, doesn't matter, everyone is just "you guys" even when it's a woman addressing a group of women.

The literal meaning isn't gender neutral, but in actual practice, it 100% is.

As for "y'all" or "you all", I don't see how it could possibly be interpreted as offensive to any gender.

It means this is his last term, barring any changes to the law or extralegal shenanigans, period.

Give him a call and see!

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the kind of thing that makes me want to move to Europe.

It already existed, check out Lenny. Glad there are more options now though so scammers will be slower to catch on.

 

I recognize most of them but there are a few I don't and I'm probably not alone in that.

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