▲ 78 ▼ What fads/trends are you glad didn't stay long in your country? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’ve never met anyone who introduced themselves with pronouns, only the first name. In which country is it a common thing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I did meet a few people where I couldn't guess what gender they were, but they introduced themselves along with their pronouns (which was helpful). Sometimes I was in groups where the gender-obvious introduced themselves with their pronouns too though which felt excessive permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think people do that sometimes in order to make the one trans or androgenous person not feel like "the odd one out" bc they're the only one who has the give their pronouns. So I get why people do it but I agree it can be a bit awkward. I don't do it myself but I don't have any problem with people who do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Exactly. Yeah that's how I understood it as well permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I did meet a few people where I couldn't guess what gender they were, but they introduced themselves along with their pronouns (which was helpful). Sometimes I was in groups where the gender-obvious introduced themselves with their pronouns too though which felt excessive permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think people do that sometimes in order to make the one trans or androgenous person not feel like "the odd one out" bc they're the only one who has the give their pronouns. So I get why people do it but I agree it can be a bit awkward. I don't do it myself but I don't have any problem with people who do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Exactly. Yeah that's how I understood it as well permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think people do that sometimes in order to make the one trans or androgenous person not feel like "the odd one out" bc they're the only one who has the give their pronouns. So I get why people do it but I agree it can be a bit awkward. I don't do it myself but I don't have any problem with people who do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Exactly. Yeah that's how I understood it as well permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Exactly. Yeah that's how I understood it as well permalink fedilink source parent