• The Center Square: Federal employees reportedly told to remove pronouns from email signatures.
  • nomoredrama@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Can’t? I think the better way to phrase it, is that everyone is freed from being forced or intimidated into using them, which was ridiculous to begin with.

    The whole thing was sexist. Just say your name, no one needs to know any more than that. You’re a human, that’s enough.

    People don’t need to be defined by all that other crap.

    • MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Wow, did you rub all 3 brain cells together to come up with that? Your mommy must be so proud.

    • Mojave@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 day ago

      I work with military and the more conservative ones are bitch-made and demand to use the properly gendered honorific. Seeing CPT CUMBRAIN as the sign-off on an email doesn’t let you know how to address them. Commissioned officers get called either sir or ma’am, and some will turn into cry baby bitches if you don’t get it right. They love their pronouns.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        60 minutes ago

        I mean… Those kinds of officers could do with being bothered every now and then. It’s like with cats. If you let the officers go without shenanigans they get arrogant. I think the appropriate rate is something like 1 bothering per 6 months for every 20 specialists under them? That seems harsh but really good specialists can bother their entire chain of command in one go!