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NYT Guide to Neopronouns

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[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Removing for rule 2. This would be better suited for s/ThereAreTwoGenders

[–]censorshipment 7 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

A neopronoun can also be a so-called “noun-self pronoun,” in which a pre-existing word is drafted into use as a pronoun. Noun-self pronouns can refer to animals — so your pronouns can be “bun/bunself” and “kitten/kittenself.” Others refer to fantasy characters — “vamp/vampself,” “prin/cess/princesself,” “fae/faer/faeself” — or even just common slang, like “Innit/Innits/Innitself.”

This is the type of shit siblings (usually twins) conjure up so only they will know wtf they're talking about. It's not meant to be used by other people.

https://youtu.be/Pbxb1AVYr8A

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptophasia

[–]pancakewaffleSip the nuance[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People in the thread I lifted the article from were talking about links to autism. I also think it's funny that this article was behind a pay wall.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Can they just make their pronoun be narcissistic asshole and save everyone the time?

[–]pancakewaffleSip the nuance[S] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Narc/ass just doesn't have a ring to it

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Incontrovertible evidence that the lunatics are now in charge of the asylums.

[–]pancakewaffleSip the nuance[S] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I feel a connection to vampires and that in a way feels connected to my gender.

I mean they quoted a 15 year old but still, I can understand how insane that shit like this is being seriously talked about.

[–]INeedSomeTimeAsexual Ally 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I take this current trend as a mass hysteria. There were mass hysterias in which people thought they were turning into werewolves or believed were bitten by them and that made them act crazy. You look at these as insane and wonder how mentally sane people could suddenly catch that...

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The article isn't dreadful in and of itself. I'm not usually a fan of the NYT but it seems to have given a reasonably disinterested explanation of the phenomenon, including making explicit references to these people being 'internet-natives' who are very young. I don't disagree with anything the article states.

What I do disagree with, however, is the sheer unbridled narcissism inherent in the concept of neopronouns.

Neopronoun users may publish strict boundaries and preferences around behaviors, enthusiasms and hatreds. Many of them have defined lists of behaviors they find unacceptable around privacy or cruelty — sometimes referred to as “DNI” lists, short for “do not interact” — which they often outline in posts on Carrd, a service that makes single-page websites.

Psychotic. Further proof, if proof were needed, that these people aren't interested in 'being themselves', they simply want to exert control over the speech of others.

[–]pancakewaffleSip the nuance[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would agree that it's an interesting read, at least in isolation from the culture. There would be a real problem if something like a "DNI" was taken seriously though and it's not unfathomable given the rise of pressure when it comes to trans acceptance and all the skewed rules that come with it.

[–]our_team_is_winning 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Every English speaker's personal pronouns are I and me. To anyone talking to them, "YOU" is the only one used. When talking about that person, if they are a narcissist like these fools, most likely pronouns will be skipped and phrases like "that self-obsessed asshole over there" will be used.