Post ATcJSvrvlR8fTOrNXk by anniethebruce@3dp.chat
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(DIR) Post #ATcHcbapnttjZoLdpo by BathysphereHat@mastodon.online
2023-03-14T19:22:54Z
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Do you think there are people who are really mad that the player character in Animal Crossing New Horizons is referred to with they/them pronouns?
(DIR) Post #ATcHcc5fxEZH7SmGuG by BathysphereHat@mastodon.online
2023-03-14T19:23:18Z
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This is how I found out Reddit is down rn, btw.
(DIR) Post #ATcHccczxLDsmoMsqW by BathysphereHat@mastodon.online
2023-03-14T19:23:41Z
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I was like "I bet I can find this guy I just made up on our old friend Reddit Dot Com".
(DIR) Post #ATcHcdD9mu98axHlCq by BathysphereHat@mastodon.online
2023-03-14T19:27:11Z
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One time I saw a review of Verdant Skies, another game where the main character uses they/them pronouns, that said the game "robs you of gender", which is pretty fucking funny.
(DIR) Post #ATcHcdqVQbccYzhBXU by anniethebruce@3dp.chat
2023-03-14T19:28:54Z
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@BathysphereHat That's absurd.I take they/them in games, barring explicitly nonbinary characters, as letting me fill in the blanks as I see fit. It's not robbing me of gender, it's giving me gender that I can mold to my wishes.
(DIR) Post #ATcHceQJHUGIM2RmLY by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2023-03-14T19:50:05Z
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@anniethebruce @BathysphereHatOuter Wild has a whole specie of genderless people, specie the protagonist belongs to
(DIR) Post #ATcHrIYsqQdatZRRlw by anniethebruce@3dp.chat
2023-03-14T19:52:48Z
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@Archivist @BathysphereHat Technically the Asari in Mass Effect, too. I'm hoping to see some in the next Mass Effect that, while not being gendered any differently than other Asari, get really mad at other species for assuming they are women, when that concept is entirely foreign to their own culture.
(DIR) Post #ATcJSvrvlR8fTOrNXk by anniethebruce@3dp.chat
2023-03-14T19:53:15Z
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@Archivist @BathysphereHat If they ran with the Asari gender situation to its logical conclusion, there would be some that are mad about that.
(DIR) Post #ATcJSwKe2g6iuSIJIe by anniethebruce@3dp.chat
2023-03-14T19:53:42Z
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@Archivist @BathysphereHat A coincidental resemblance to a specific gender among other species does not mean you are that gender, of course.
(DIR) Post #ATcJSwmINsE2IDEOOm by BathysphereHat@mastodon.online
2023-03-14T19:57:22Z
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@anniethebruce @Archivist Oh yeah, for sure. We can even see on Earth that there are many male animals who look more "feminine" than their female counterparts. Of course, that gets complicated, because I doubt they really have an idea of gender at all?
(DIR) Post #ATcJSxEIhkcvh4Kl3A by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2023-03-14T20:10:48Z
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@BathysphereHat @anniethebruceWell, female hyenas have a bigger proto-penis than the males xD
(DIR) Post #ATcJYa5rdYFRfy4Rqy by BathysphereHat@mastodon.online
2023-03-14T20:11:50Z
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@Archivist @anniethebruce I mean, I was thinking about birds and stuff, but sure, that too.
(DIR) Post #ATcJiVqwG6KFQ3pE6y by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2023-03-14T20:13:40Z
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@BathysphereHat @anniethebruceI am not very knowledgeable about birds, but some people give gender to some insects for which questions of male/female are kinda not relevant, same for flowers and plants
(DIR) Post #ATcJmNWLBCS8jg2AKG by anniethebruce@3dp.chat
2023-03-14T20:14:20Z
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@Archivist @BathysphereHat In birds, at least most species, the males are far more colorful and decorated than the females. Most species, it's the other way around.