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Calling another user an asshole is clearly unacceptable

I disagree. It's not name calling (flaming), it's behavior calling.
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Veedrock- posted...

Calling another user an asshole is clearly unacceptable

Yeah I'm not accepting that. It's not name calling, it's behavior calling.

Can you tell someone to stop acting like an asshole, as opposed to calling that person an asshole?
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For future reference: You don't choose your identity, your identity is how other people identify you.
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If I tell someone their mother was a hamster and their father smelt of elderberries, will I be modded?

Thats too specific Skynyrd.

We should be able to backhand compliment: I should be able to say someone looks like a Balor Lord and not be modded as I have kept the context videogame related per gamefaqs. Who wouldn't want to look like a huge powerful dark entity that can summon minions to do their bidding including other Balors? :P
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shadowsword87 posted...

Trialia posted...

myghostisdead posted...

CacciatoPart2 posted...

The day I use ze/xe/hir/zir/etc will be a sad day indeed.

Again, this says more about you and them and your generalised disrespect for other people than anything else. So it would be a sad day that either of you developed common courtesy and respect for the identity of other people in the world? That is sadder than anything else about this, and more disgusting.

I personally don't like when someone creates a word and enforces for something rather than letting it evolve naturally and spread memetically.
"They" is a bit awkward to use the first 20 times or so, but it works just fine.

They pretty much have evolved and spread. I certainly didn't create them, and personally I'm perfectly fine with "they" being used as an existing neutral pronoun, but there are people who prefer some of the others. I don't attack them for it - it's like choosing your own name or nickname, everybody should have a right to be called what they like, and it's just normal respect to go along with it, I think, especially if they find being called something else upsetting.

There are even people out there who think totally the opposite of what you just said and don't seem to understand how "they" could be used as a singular pronoun, which I think is rather silly since people have been doing that casually for years... but, what the hey?

At least this thread gives me a few more people to put on ignore and give myself a more peaceful life, with less chronic annoyances. ;) I don't come here to educate, and it wouldn't help if I did - too many people who prefer to deliberately ignore even the concept of courtesy.
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Trialia posted...

it's like choosing your own name or nickname

No. Your name is arbitrary, your pronouns aren't.

Trialia posted...

everybody should have a right to be called what they like, and it's just normal respect to go along with it

Nobody has a right to be called anything and it's polite to entertain people's quirks, it has nothing to do with respect.

Trialia posted...

especially if they find being called something else upsetting.

You don't get respect by being upset, but people are polite to avoid upsetting you.
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Jen0125 posted...

how were those pronouns created and how did people decide them to be universal?

They're not universal, that's why there are so many variations. As for history, this article is pretty good on that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34901704
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@Trialia posted...

At least this thread gives me a few more people to put on ignore and give myself a more peaceful life, with less chronic annoyances. ;) I don't come here to educate, and it wouldn't help if I did - too many people who prefer to deliberately ignore even the concept of courtesy.

I'd like to hope my post didn't cause me to be ignored. Was a serious 'what if' question, not one to veil malicious posting.
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Trialia posted...

I don't come here to educate

Trust me, no one has ever thought that.
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Trialia posted...

Jen0125 posted...

how were those pronouns created and how did people decide them to be universal?

They're not universal, that's why there are so many variations. As for history, this article is pretty good on that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34901704

Ok so it is just fantasy then that should be largely disregarded
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Mead posted...

Trialia posted...

Jen0125 posted...

how were those pronouns created and how did people decide them to be universal?

They're not universal, that's why there are so many variations. As for history, this article is pretty good on that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34901704

Ok so it is just fantasy then that should be largely disregarded

It already is largely disregarded at this point, but time will tell if it will pick up or not. Singular they is already doing it. Im not personally sold on the other ones because I would always forget how to conjugate them, but its not really enough of a thing for me to get tilted about it
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Mead posted...

Trialia posted...

Jen0125 posted...

how were those pronouns created and how did people decide them to be universal?

They're not universal, that's why there are so many variations. As for history, this article is pretty good on that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34901704

Ok so it is just fantasy then that should be largely disregarded

That article is fucking stupid. Took me so long to figure out what Kit actually was.

Bump.
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SkynyrdRocker posted...

Mead posted...

Trialia posted...

Jen0125 posted...

how were those pronouns created and how did people decide them to be universal?

They're not universal, that's why there are so many variations. As for history, this article is pretty good on that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34901704

Ok so it is just fantasy then that should be largely disregarded

That article is fucking stupid. Took me so long to figure out what Kit actually was.

it's a young fox, dude.
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This site is a joke. Especially considering how often the mods resort to name calling themselves.
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jayj350 posted...

This site is a joke. Especially considering how often the mods resort to name calling themselves.

Examples?
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Melon_Master posted...

jayj350 posted...

This site is a joke. Especially considering how often the mods resort to name calling themselves.

Examples?

How often they call users "trolls"

That is a personal attack with a slanderous label.
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DiduXD posted...

Bump.

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Since these unfair changes I have been unjustly moderated over 200 times and even had gamefaqs moderators show up at my home and harass my family
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am i allowed to call myself a bitch because i just did in a different topic
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Mead posted...

Since these unfair changes I have been unjustly moderated over 200 times and even had gamefaqs moderators show up at my home and harass my family

CoughBullshitCough
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So, flaming of all or any kind is no longer allowed, but almost all of it equates to nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Less than that, even.

No nothing has changed, save for Mods having a lot more pointless work to attend to now.

Progress?

myghostisdead posted...

CacciatoPart2 posted...

The day I use ze/xe/hir/zir/etc will be a sad day indeed.

Mostly because it's completely pointless. Neutral pronouns, or using "he/him" as a blanket are grammatically acceptable, as they always have been. The "ze" jazz has basically no traction IRL, will guarantee to have no one know what you're talking about, and as much as I hate the term "SJW", is basically a silly concept by Internet SJW.

No flame shield needed (heh), come at me.
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@Jen0125 posted...

am i allowed to call myself a bitch because i just did in a different topic

I got sig wiped for referring to myself as the n-word
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n-word is a bit more than bitch lol
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Fuck the white mods telling me how to refer to myself. That's how "coocoo for Cocoa Puffs" got modded.
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all the great words that start with N yet the mods automatically assume you meant the most offensive one sheesh
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Mead posted...

all the great words that start with N yet the mods automatically assume you meant the most offensive one sheesh

naughty nude nuns (am i in trouble)
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So like, I'm really interested to know what the point of modding someone without deleting their post is. If I mark something obviously infringing, they get a notification, which obviously doesn't do anything because I only mark intentional flaming and insults. A notification isn't going to make them say, "oh no I didn't mean to do that, I'm going to turn over a new leaf now." Like come on.
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Nightengale posted...

So like, I'm really interested to know what the point of modding someone without deleting their post is. If I mark something obviously infringing, they get a notification, which obviously doesn't do anything because I only mark intentional flaming and insults. A notification isn't going to make them say, "oh no I didn't mean to do that, I'm going to turn over a new leaf now." Like come on.

To be fair nobody does that unless they can personally understand how they did something wrong, and so long as you have authority figures lashing out inappropriately you will never get those results.
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TheGreatNoodles posted...

@Trialia posted...

At least this thread gives me a few more people to put on ignore and give myself a more peaceful life, with less chronic annoyances. ;) I don't come here to educate, and it wouldn't help if I did - too many people who prefer to deliberately ignore even the concept of courtesy.

I'd like to hope my post didn't cause me to be ignored. Was a serious 'what if' question, not one to veil malicious posting.

No, it didn't. I have memory issues myself, so I understood that. I'm guessing you missed that I directly addressed it and your misgendering query - basically I suggested you do what I do: if you can't remember, go for the neutral pronoun. Preferably "they", which is less likely to get you dogpiled by some of the less balanced/decent/compassionate posters on these forums than if you chose to go with one of the less-used neutrals. But you won't misgender anybody that way, because for gendered people it tends to be more received & used as a user simply not choosing their gender, rather than saying they have none or a non-binary gender.
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I still think we should skip gender pronouns altogether.
Everyone should be "this person " or "that individual " so we can skip all the zhir/ zhe/ xer/xhe made up words.
If you don't know which gender a topic creator is, just call the person TC, or use the person's username.
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SusanGreenEyes posted...

I still think we should skip gender pronouns altogether.
Everyone should be "this person " or "that individual " so we can skip all the zhir/ zhe/ xer/xhe made up words.
If you don't know which gender a topic creator is, just call the person TC, or use the person's username.

Not to be an ass here because I think this pronoun roulette is silly, but literally all words are made up words. Arbitrary sounds we make with our mouths that we mostly agree as to what they represent.
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It's more fun to say he, since it can be neutral.
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Nightengale posted...

So like, I'm really interested to know what the point of modding someone without deleting their post is. If I mark something obviously infringing, they get a notification, which obviously doesn't do anything because I only mark intentional flaming and insults. A notification isn't going to make them say, "oh no I didn't mean to do that, I'm going to turn over a new leaf now." Like come on.

Thats a pretty good point you banana head
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is my new signature allowed
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helIy posted...

is my new signature allowed

Seems legit
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

SusanGreenEyes posted...

I still think we should skip gender pronouns altogether.
Everyone should be "this person " or "that individual " so we can skip all the zhir/ zhe/ xer/xhe made up words.
If you don't know which gender a topic creator is, just call the person TC, or use the person's username.

Not to be an ass here because I think this pronoun roulette is silly, but literally all words are made up words. Arbitrary sounds we make with our mouths that we mostly agree as to what they represent.

Heh. Yeah, this is kind of my perpetual argument when someone has a go at me for swearing IRL... "they're just words, and whatever meaning words may have are the meanings we chose to give them." It's not a bad one.

Susan, I don't think your idea is a bad one either, but you probably know as well as I do that too many people on GFAQs would end up simply defaulting to "he" because they either assume the forums are majority-male or don't care if they're not or if they wind up non-male posters by calling everybody "he" (and in some cases, would openly prefer the forums not to have members who aren't guys anyway, but those tend to be the worst of the lot here).
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I use the tag system to remind me who the females and transpersons are.
Some see it as creepy or stalkerish, but as long as it works...
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DiduXD posted...

Up

You're weird.
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Sarcasthma posted...

DiduXD posted...

Up

You're weird.

Thank you.
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Sarcasthma posted...

DiduXD posted...

Up

You're weird.

MODERATED
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

DiduXD posted...

Up

You're weird.

MODERATED

Oh sweet Jesus no!
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Sarcasthma posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

DiduXD posted...

Up

You're weird.

MODERATED

Oh sweet Jesus no!

I like being weird though. Lol
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It doesn't matter what we like!
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Did you just quote The Rock?
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blackhrt posted...

Did you just quote The Rock?

lol, I thought that as I typed it but it was unintentional.
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Why is this topics still active?
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