Why do neckbeards writing technical documentation always have this urge to refer technical people as "she" in their text?
It happens so often an ignorant observer might conclude that computer stuff is a secret girly club no boys allowed.
It always seem so transparent that they mean "WELL SEE HOW I MENTIONED CUNTS HURR I AM SO PROGESSIVE DESPITE BEING ONLY THREE PROVEN WOMEN IN MY FIELD OF EXPERTISE [spoiler]AND ONE OF THEM BEING LEAH CULVER[/i]" with their refusal to use the default "he" or the fancy (and possibly gay) gender-neutral "they".
>>1
That habit is fairly widespread and not just among "neckbeards writing technical documentation" >>4
indeed
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Anonymous2010-04-27 6:41
>>5
But its prevalence seems shaped like an inverse bell curve, you only see it in literature read by only one gender.
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Anonymous2010-04-27 9:04
as a (transgender) woman, I very much enjoy this practice! I feel like the documentation is talking to *me* directly. Really it's not something to complain about, you should just accept it.
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Anonymous2010-04-27 9:11
It's a classic case of Reverse discrimination
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Anonymous2010-04-27 9:17
>>8
.. no it's not, just shut the fuck up. seriously.
can anyone link to an explanation of why the authors should use female pronouns in her documentation?
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Anonymous2010-04-27 9:35
>>1
I've read some material (TAOCP?) that openly states the editor was the one that changed the (he, him) examples to female-oriented alternatives (she, her).
>>1
This is exactly why I say he when referring to /prog/lodytes. The moment someone takes offense to that is the moment I laugh my ass off, seriously guys.
Not that I care that people like to use she in tech docs. I find it especially great when they mix he and she in reference to the same person.
This is just like the fictional black presidents of the USA in Hollywood movies. Just because it can't possibly happen doesn't mean that there isn't a demographic (In our case, MTFs) that demands to be pandered to in such a way.
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Линёс2010-04-27 21:59
Kirjoitan kaikki omat tekniset asiakirjat suomeksi, jolla ei ole sukupuolen pronomineja. Siksi en koskaan tarvitse murehtia sukupuoli hypoteettinen käyttäjä tai ohjelmoija.
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Anonymous2010-04-27 22:29
>>33
But you will never have to worry about being read either!
>>37
Yes, you've emulated my laughter perfectly when I saw your mother attempting to gobble down large, meaty, jizz shooters and failing at successfully doing so.
The reason we demand equal mention in technical documentation is that while most of got into computer science thanks to your male privilege, we got there using only our skills, despite the rampant sexism keeping us down. This is not just meaningless affirmative action: we might be less numerous, but each one of us counts more.
>>47 Look at me, I'm a crazy feminazi!
Please. Your academic ideals were proven wrong by the fall of the Soviet Union. Now get off the internet and make room for someone who knows how to program, preferably while also giving a blowjob.
>>47
Conceding that it is a male-dominated industry, the reasons are nowhere near what you propose. The majority of females entering are equal to the majority of men in the sense that they are equally incompetent and inapt. There are fewer outstanding women simply because there are fewer women even trying.
1) One can then implement the counter.
2) They can then implement the counter.
3) She can then implement the counter.
It's a trick question. ``They'' is only incorrect when dealing with a singular; ``She'' is only incorrect when dealing with a person whom is male or of unknown gender.
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Anonymous2010-04-30 5:28
``They'' is only incorrect when dealing with a singular
Your wrong
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Anonymous2010-04-30 5:33
``She'' is only incorrect when dealing with a person whom is male or of unknown gender. ``She" is also incorrect when dealing with a plural.
actually, it's always incorrect because you used GNAA QUOTES.
also, using „whom“ as the subject of the verb „is“ is incorrect.
>>55
Everyone understands singular "they", it's been in use for centuries, and it rarely causes ambiguity, so I'd say fuck the prescriptivists and use it wherever you like. But well, that's just, like, my opinion, man.
>>33
A finn nyelv nem az egyetlen nyelv amiben nemek közötti semleges névmások vannak!
>>59
singular "they" was invented by prescriptivists. feel free to use it wherever you like, but be warned that i'll feel free to punch you in the face if i hear you use it.
>>61
There's a difference between having poor grammar and using singular ``they''. I use singular ``they'' because it is a somewhat¹ logical extension of the existing plural usage of ``they'' that serves a purpose (gender-neutrality without ⑴ rewriting to use a plural pronoun ⑵ using s/he or ``he or she'' which are PIG DISGUSTING ⑶ alternating ``he'' or ``she'' which just generally rubs me up the wrong way and is distracting).
¹ Insomuch as any part of the English language can be considered so, which is admittedly notsomuch.
>>61
shakespeare was a prescriptivist, long before you faggots who want to be anally raped by sparkly vampires started worshipping the ground he walked on.
>>63
"he" has been a gender-neutral pronoun for centuries, why not just use it?
>>64
By all means keep railing against the voices inside your head, but don't pretend your ranting has anything to do with reality.
>>66
It still is in most places. It doesn't actually sound bigoted unless you say it with a southern accent, but everything sounds bigoted with a southern accent.