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agreed for humans, but I do like calling cars/boats/bikes/machines “she”. makes me feel like a pirate :)
agreed for humans, but I do like calling cars/boats/bikes/machines “she”. makes me feel like a pirate :)
this was exactly the purpose of jesters. a link.
haha that’s what I was thinking when I typed it tbh, also the meaning of factoid has changed but was originally meant as I had claimed, see my other comment if you want the context :)
“The term was coined in 1973 by American writer Norman Mailer to mean a piece of information that becomes accepted as a fact even though it is not actually true, or an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print. Since the term’s invention in 1973, it has become used to describe a brief or trivial item of news or information.”
from Wikipedia, so I suppose the meaning of the word has shifted from its original meaning and my claiming otherwise was a Classic Factoid™️, if you will.
a factoid is something that is commonly believed to be true but isn’t, which I guess this kinda is because it’s not just extremely likely. there is a 1/80658175170943878571660636856403766975289505440883277824000000000000 chance that it’s been arranged that way before. 52!
ohhh yeah I figured my take was only tangentially related but it’s even further than I thought. yeah that stuff is silly and also denies the existence of nb folx, lame. I’ve been (somewhat) successful in using “they” to refer to anyone that I don’t directly know the gender of for inclusivity’s sake. it really isn’t that hard to get used to if you’re willing to make an effort.