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Bought a new pack of a hair product which now uses 6% less natural ingredients and is no longer vegan (lemmy.zip)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/mildlyinteresting

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[–] samus12345 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What if they're non-binary?

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Blondə

[–] samus12345 11 points 7 months ago

Blondx

[+] [email protected] -9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

If they're non-binary, you're going to be so anxious about using the right pronouns that you won't even notice their hair color.

Edit: it's a joke answer,, people, in response to a joke question. It's not made at the expense of any marginalized individual or group. The only people who would be anxious about the situation are allies; the 'phobes don't give a shit. Untwist yer knickers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nah, most enbys are chill and recognize that pronouns can be easy to forget. You're just upset that people get annoyed when you repeatedly misgender them.

[–] samus12345 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had firsthand experience when an enby stayed at our place for a while. My old Gen X self had trouble remembering to use the correct pronouns sometimes, but it got easier with practice. Decades of using only binary pronouns for individuals takes time to unlearn.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I'll be honest, it took me a while to start remembering "they/them", even for myself. However, now I have the opposite problem, which is that I tend to substitute "they/them" for gendered pronouns. Normally that's not a problem because most people accept neutral pronouns, but some people can be very picky about their pronouns and then I have to remember that "they/them" can't be universally applied to everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Agreed, all the NBs I know are chill.

Their "allies", not so much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Have you talked to your therapist about that?

[–] samus12345 2 points 7 months ago

Being considerate just takes practice.