cowards

I am a straight male

Being straight doesn’t impact what your pronouns are! Your gender, whether you are cis, non-binary, trans, or any other gender identity is what determines these pronouns.

are my pronouns he/him?

Probably but thats up to you. Usually pronouns are given in that order as a matter of standardisation for understanding where they go in a sentence. Ie “He is going to the store” or “it all comes down his choice.” Obviously this leaves out some other gendered standard pronouns like formal Sirs and Ma’ams but for most conversation knowing she/her or they/them gets you most of the way there. For standard ones it might be intuitive but for people with neo-pronouns it helps a lot.

do you tell people when you meet them?

Sometimes. I try to do it more these days as a matter of course but usually I will give them when I’m in an environment where some people do and don’t where no one does. They are in my email signatures and real social media bios though.

Online rules

At least on your profile somewhere. I like Hexbear’s “no exceptions they will be in your name” policy, its better for uptake and helps people feel included.

figuring out others

If it isn’t clear you could always ask. If you aren’t a dick about it then it’s usually fine. If you get corrected though the most respectful thing you could do is just say sorry and use the right ones from that point on.

non conventional pronouns

Yes people do use them, if you are in places that queer people go to or feel comfortable you are more likely to meet someone with them. I would argue its more polite to refer to them as neo pronouns but I also have boring ones so its not really my place to say. If you look around hexbear there are a couple of frequent posters with neo pronouns and I’ve known a few people irl to use neo pronouns as well.

Half of a meter of rain, christ. There are going to be some fucking harrowing rescue efforts and I wish those workers good luck. I am not looking forward to when this happens in my city.

652 words is short for a leftist meme

By what metric was the USA better than Cuba?

Its gotten longer since the last time I’ve seen it

I was initially mad that a mod removed that comment but the fact that the mirror comment is still there has me

Honestly striving for gender neutral language is great but we found that people would use gender neutral pronouns to avoid people’s preferred pronouns which is - at minimum - sus as fuck if not outright bigoted behaviour which we don’t tolerate. We see ourselves as a community, and as such are made of people who have various preferences. Since we see each other as people we all want to respect each other properly when addressing each other, thats why we all have our pronouns in our names.

Dudes rock honestly, if I could only work part time and get by I would 100%

Off the top of my head 🇨🇺 🇰🇵 🇮🇶 🇦🇫 (I’ve been listening to Blowback). Either you are ignorant or the people of these countries that have all seen no less than a million dead each at 's sword have more patience than you can imagine from any American. After writing it out maybe you’re right.

Snarky Puppy! Bill Lawrence’s solo work is also good

He looks like he fakes an Italian accent

Holy shit you jump in the truck?! That kinda rules omg

So does it fly or is it for throwing out the back of a plane?

Ah the abortion playbook

Everyone should get super into brass band music because it is cool and good. Brass band isn’t one style but is actually a standardised instrumentation designed to make covering absences easier because the people playing in these bands weren’t (and largely still aren’t) professional musicians. I’m gonna do a megathread on it at some point I s2g.

This is one of my favourite pieces of original music for the format: Demelza - Hugh Nash recorded by the Cory Band. I’ve played this solo before, I’ve got a lot of good memories with it and I think its a good representation of the slow style of original brass band music.

A rare good take by Freeland