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·5 lat temu·discuss
Massive fines in New York if you refuse.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
Tried this. It gets obvious quick.

Sensitive people are on the lookout for being disrespected
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
It is awkward, no question.

But I’m not the one trying to redefine reality.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
Because I was not using a pronoun.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
Because immediately afterwards public shaming follows. Managers pull you aside and give threatening talks.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
Well I got a public lecture when I referred to some that had “no” gender by their name. Went downhill after that.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
Lot a job over it. Did everything I could to be polite, but was not going to use weird terms. Never mind they were biggest bunch of bigots I’ve ever seen.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
I learned the hard way that using a persons name instead of desired pronoun is a major offense.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
It’s dangerous to complain about this stuff. Was at one place that routinely trashed white males, of which I happened to be. Caught hell when I tried to push back. Sadly this seems like it’s becoming the norm.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
HAML and coffeescript.
nullserver
·5 lat temu·discuss
Browser support and consistency got a lot better.

JavaScript was a minefield of compatibility problems. Many intentional, cough: Microsoft.

Jquery was awesome because it dealt with most of that