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[–] TheDarkKnight 14 points 11 months ago (9 children)

It’s probably makes sense once explained properly but as an outsider to gendered languages in general it feels like the stupidest archaic idea ever lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

As a speaker of a couple of gendered languages, it absolutely is.

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