Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 10 days ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1767arrow-down125
arrow-up1742arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square138fedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89·10 days agoEvery time I read “he or she” I think “YOU COULD HAVE SAVED FIVE CHARACTERS!!”
minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·10 days agomad respect for counting those spaces
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·10 days agoEvery byte is sacred
minus-squareyonder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·10 days agoProgrammer brain go brrrrr
minus-squareN.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-210 days agolength(“s/he”) == length(“they”) It also just sounds awkward to say he/she
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 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…”