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[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 20 insightful - 6 fun20 insightful - 5 fun21 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

I've always wondered about that though.

If my workplace mandated we include our pronouns in our email signatures (as some places do, according to friends and acquaintances) I think I would really struggle to do it in good faith, and would end up writing something facetious like 'Pineappleself (🍍for short!)' because the notion is ridiculous etc.

But of course, writing something facetious is problematic because obviously you're doing it in bad faith and so on and such like. But my question is, how does anyone know that I'm doing it facetiously? Surely the whole point of this pronoun nonsense is that I can identify how I like, and if my identify gels with Ananas comosus, who is anyone to tell me otherwise? How do I know Brian, sorry, Brenda from finance isn't doing it in bad faith?

[–]11mile_house 13 insightful - 6 fun13 insightful - 5 fun14 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

You could always say you don’t want to include use them in emails because you’re pre-transitioning and writing your pronouns would mean you would either have to come out about it or lie.

[–]Oof_Too_Humid[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Clever.