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I'm glad at least the AI is able to understand this gender/pronoun thing and even able to joke about it because I for one don't get it at all and still confused about this whole thing (1)

(1) https://youtu.be/nhWo1AOrSrY



Really 99% of what you need to know is to refer to people the way they tell you they prefer to be addressed, the same way you'd try to remember whether to use Mr or Ms, or try to remember their name.

If unsure, ask, if you get it wrong, apologize and move on, just as you would with a name or title. Showing that you are trying gets you far. It's nothing more than being willing to treat people with respect.


Ok thank you. Sorry I'm not from the west so we don't really have such concepts here and it's very confusing. I posted some follow up questions but deleted it because I think they were too personal. But I will try to read more about this as it's quite interesting conversation.


Sorry, some people don't have enough time in the day to ask everyone they ever speak to. You can speak to people with respect that doesn't involve all this


I didn't say anything about asking other than if in doubt. If you consider even that to be a burden, that is on you.


That video is a two minute clip from a transphobe's YouTube channel featuring their appearance on trash daytime television.

If you honestly want to learn more about the difference between sex and gender, you should seek out numerous and varied sources, ideally from those that are affected.


It doesn't understand, it knows statistically that the correct phrase after "you assume..." Is apologetic, and when the user says "call me he/him" it says "hi he/him"

One of the other posts realised that it took "he/him" as a synonym for man, so instead of "my man" it's "my he/him"


I identify as a male and prefer pronouns she/her. Pronouns aren't specific to sex, it's a preference that I require other people to abide by for my mental health.


And what of that of my mental health? For my mental health I require my self to call em as I see them.

How do you justify behavior enforcement of another human? Even when that behavior might have a adverse effect on their mental health?


>How do you justify behavior enforcement of another human?

This is a brilliant point that is true not just for gender — do you know how many NAMES there are out there? Millions of em! Keith, Sal, Harry, Keith...I could go on. And people actually want me to remember a specific name for them AND THEN address them by that name? GTFO, that's what I say! Nobody has the time or bandwidth to remember those specifics for EACH person they know. Gimme a break.


you might as well try a doctor




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