In light of recent controversy and its handling, the twice-a-year FediForum unconference for April 1st and 2nd has been canceled by its organizer.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    That’s great. Since when and does everybody take psych 101?

    And just to give a wider perspective (regardless of her origins), not every language makes the distinction and some up until recently did not. Look at the translations on (wiktionary). Many of them are transliterations of the English word. Which is not a surprise since the concept of gender is quite recent (1950-1960s) and was most likely very US-centric.

    • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      We didn’t make a distinction in english until about ten? years ago. Most people used the terms interchangeably. That’s part of why people got so pissed off about the whole thing. Suddenly they were being screamed at by a militant tumbler user for using the wrong word when they were using it that way their whole life.