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minus-squaredont_lemmee_down@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoIf you’re with Dan (they/them) and Dan (he/him), you would also have the problem when saying “I was with Dan and Dan the other day. Dan hadn’t brought the poster, so Dan went back to the car to get it.” So to avoud confusion, people should not be allowed to be called Dan anymore. In fact everyone gets a UUID so there is no more confusion.
minus-squarerah@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months ago you would also have the problem when saying … You would have a problem but it would not be the same problem as in my example. The problem here is not because of the choice of pronoun.
If you’re with Dan (they/them) and Dan (he/him), you would also have the problem when saying
“I was with Dan and Dan the other day. Dan hadn’t brought the poster, so Dan went back to the car to get it.”
So to avoud confusion, people should not be allowed to be called Dan anymore. In fact everyone gets a UUID so there is no more confusion.
You would have a problem but it would not be the same problem as in my example. The problem here is not because of the choice of pronoun.