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".
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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).
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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.