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		elastolin on March 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write site-specific extensions to replace sites' J... We both know there's about a 100% chance that whoever reads gnu.org and writes a browser extension to block JavaScript on a specific site is a male, so "he/him" is better in this case.

anoncake on March 11, 2021 | [–]

We all know that the chance is not 100%. Maybe it's 90%, maybe it's 99.9999%, it doesn't matter: It isn't 100% so he and him are plain wrong.

I do think neopronouns are silly when used like this but silly is better than wrong.

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