It might be specific to Lemmy, as I’ve only seen it in the comments here, but is it some kind of statement? It can’t possibly be easier than just writing “th”? And in many comments I see “th” and “þ” being used interchangeably.
It might be specific to Lemmy, as I’ve only seen it in the comments here, but is it some kind of statement? It can’t possibly be easier than just writing “th”? And in many comments I see “th” and “þ” being used interchangeably.
IDK if that one’s exactly comparable, drag (or their partner) has repeatedly clarified about it being explicitly a fetish thing (not just a furry thing, to be clear, it’s very much a fetish) and while they are annoying as all fuck even without the cringe neopronouns, the real issue there is how incredibly not okay it is to force people into engaging with your fetish without their consent. Drag is a dip and (while a lot of the hate they get is probably based around heteronormative societal values and really isn’t justified on that account) the pronouns only exacerbate the pushback they get about their wildly toxic behavior, they aren’t the driving force behind it.
The thorne thing is just annoying, and would probably be a non-issue if the person doing it weren’t so incredibly eager to draw attention to it and then start fights by spouting rhetoric that at this point they have to know is wrong. They’re not doing anything, like, creepy - it’s just that they’re an asshole transparently doing it as a troll move/for attention.
Tldr, but suspect you proved my point that people are way too opinionated about other people’s idiosyncrasies. Does drag even post anymore (or like that at least)?
Man it sure is easy to claim victory when you refuse to engage with the other person, ain’t it? But well done for puttin’ me in my place, I sure am humbled to know that someone who balks at reading 179 whole words might disagree with me…
Perhaps if those words had any value, they’d be worth reading.
Trying to play off being a jerk to someone over a two paragraph response as you somehow having passed value judgement just makes you look like you enjoy being mean. If this is really what you’re like, twitter is right over there, and they adore this kind of behavior.
When your comment starts with “but drag is extra weird, so its okay to be rude!” it seems odd to accuse others of it.
See the problem here is that’s not… at all what I said. And you’re being a dick based off those flawed assumptions. Drag is extra weird, and that’s fine on it’s own - what’s not fine is forcing their fetish on other nonconsenting people, something they have expressly made clear that they do.
Oh no, someone enjoys referring to themselves in an unusual way. Lets start dozens of threads to bully them because I don’t like it! /s
Yeah, which is why I explicitly clarify that that’s not a justifiable reason for them to be harassed. Forcing others to engage with you for sexual gratification is a reason to be harassed, and that harassment then latched onto the easily-identified trait of their neopronouns (edit: and the use of those pronouns was the primary way they were getting sexual satisfaction from the engagement. It was valid to criticise that aspect of them, within that context).