Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 11 days ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1806arrow-down124
arrow-up1782arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92·11 days agoEvery time I read “he or she” I think “YOU COULD HAVE SAVED FIVE CHARACTERS!!”
minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·11 days agomad respect for counting those spaces
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·11 days agoEvery byte is sacred
minus-squareyonder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·11 days agoProgrammer brain go brrrrr
minus-squareN.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-211 days agolength(“s/he”) == length(“they”) It also just sounds awkward to say he/she
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days 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…”