> I picked git to focus on here because it’s one of the cases where there’s the least clear need for change, and therefore both the most room for debate and the most interesting conversation to be had.
I remember the first time I was told that a friend had a co-worker who went by "They." At the time, I thought that was just someone being a self-important asshole. This was nearly a decade ago and the conversation (between my friend and me) didn't have any of the nuance of discussing gender. I just heard it as some asshole who wanted to be treated special with no context.
Here we are in whatever year this is and I've learned a lot since. I have trans friends and I'm sure I know some non-binary people who just haven't told me. I'm a big supporter of treating people as they'd like to be treated. In fact, had the reasoning behind the request been conveyed to me at the time, I may have completely understood (I can't say for sure, I was less open / empathetic then than I am now).
Anyway, just because there's "the least clear need for change" doesn't mean anything to me. It's simple. Some people would prefer if we updated the terminology for what seems to me to be pretty valid reasoning. Is it difficult for us to adapt? Does it impact our productivity? Do we find it offensive to acknowledge the request?
If the answer to any of those hypotheticals is anything other than "no," perhaps it's time for some self-reflection. It's no skin off my ass to just call it "main." As the cited tweet argues, it's a shorter word, so we're improving efficiency and we should all be able to get behind that.
My partner has told me that it's time to come watch tv together, so I'm not proofreading. Apologies for grammatical errors or points that could have been clearer.
Until the word “they” changes, I feel it connotes multiple personalities, something I’ve never seen in trans friends. It feels only a little better than calling someone “it”.
A human is a multicellular conglomerate posing as a singular, integral lifeform. “They” is perfectly suitable if you just broaden your perspective a bit.
> I picked git to focus on here because it’s one of the cases where there’s the least clear need for change, and therefore both the most room for debate and the most interesting conversation to be had.
I remember the first time I was told that a friend had a co-worker who went by "They." At the time, I thought that was just someone being a self-important asshole. This was nearly a decade ago and the conversation (between my friend and me) didn't have any of the nuance of discussing gender. I just heard it as some asshole who wanted to be treated special with no context.
Here we are in whatever year this is and I've learned a lot since. I have trans friends and I'm sure I know some non-binary people who just haven't told me. I'm a big supporter of treating people as they'd like to be treated. In fact, had the reasoning behind the request been conveyed to me at the time, I may have completely understood (I can't say for sure, I was less open / empathetic then than I am now).
Anyway, just because there's "the least clear need for change" doesn't mean anything to me. It's simple. Some people would prefer if we updated the terminology for what seems to me to be pretty valid reasoning. Is it difficult for us to adapt? Does it impact our productivity? Do we find it offensive to acknowledge the request?
If the answer to any of those hypotheticals is anything other than "no," perhaps it's time for some self-reflection. It's no skin off my ass to just call it "main." As the cited tweet argues, it's a shorter word, so we're improving efficiency and we should all be able to get behind that.
My partner has told me that it's time to come watch tv together, so I'm not proofreading. Apologies for grammatical errors or points that could have been clearer.
> and I'm sure I know some non-binary people who just haven't told me
That's quite a sexist perspective really. "Non-binary" is just a way of othering people who don't fit restrictive sex stereotypes.
Until the word “they” changes, I feel it connotes multiple personalities, something I’ve never seen in trans friends. It feels only a little better than calling someone “it”.
A human is a multicellular conglomerate posing as a singular, integral lifeform. “They” is perfectly suitable if you just broaden your perspective a bit.