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[iorek21]

Pronouns need to be ridiculed and made fun of, meltdowns like the Baby Face one are exactly what the left wants.

 

[skit_data]

Lol, the end got me xD
"We lost."

 

[small_law]

I don't care what your politics are, how does anyone sub to a guy that screams at them for 20 minutes? How do people even listen to that? People yelling at me is something I avoid.

 

[March Climber]

Mental gymnastics.
That isn't even the purpose of those words. If you introduce yourself to a japanese person and you tell them what your name is followed by kun/chan they'll just laugh at you.

I believe that normally they’d assign the identifier to you, not the other way around. However even if the person introducing decided to do it first, it wouldn’t matter. At least they had the freedom to do it in the first place.

However aside from all of this, I was wondering if we could bring this back to gaming and not trail off course. What would be your answers to my questions in my previous post?

 

[TheDreadBaron]

You're taking it too literally, it's obvious what people mean when they complain about pronouns nowadays.

'Pronouns' in the context people complain about is a modern cultural issue where we're expected to call someone who is, for example, obviously a man, 'she' because they tell you to. Most people of course think that's ridiculous.

Yeah, I understand what they mean, do you understand why it sounds humorous?

 

[DareDaniel]

I believe that normally they’d assign the identifier to you, not the other way around. However even if the person introducing decided to do it first, it wouldn’t matter. At least they had the freedom to do it in the first place.

However aside from all of this, I was wondering if we could bring this back to gaming and not trail off course. What would be your answers to my questions in my previous post?

At least do some research before talking about things you're not sure about just because you saw them on anime. None of those words are used to affirm someone's gender. They are used as a matter of respect and politeness. Even the the examples that you gave ("Kun" and "San") are actually gender neutral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics#Usage

 

[March Climber]

At least do some research before talking about things you're not sure about just because you saw them on anime. None of those words are used to affirm someone's gender. They are used as a matter of respect and politeness. Even the the examples that you gave ("Kun" and "San") are actually gender neutral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics#Usage

Thank you for the clarification.

Now, back to the topic at hand. What are your thoughts?