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girl dick energy: Sep 30, 2009; You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

Typical Pubbie posted:

That's not an honorific like miss or ma'am. It's not a big deal, it's just odd that I have to remind myself this character is gender neutral when they're slinging dusty gendered nouns like they're in a Dickens novel.

The one I've seen now and again is Mx, instead of Mr. or Ms. Pronounced "mix", I think?

The lack of a gender neutral term of respect is a weird blind spot in the English language, though. Can we steal usted or something?

# ? Jan 3, 2018 07:57

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# ? May 27, 2024 07:40

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

i like and use mx

# ? Jan 3, 2018 08:03

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

PMush Perfect posted:

The lack of a gender neutral term of respect is a weird blind spot in the English language, though. Can we steal usted or something?

In Star Trek for a while everyone was Mister.

# ? Jan 3, 2018 12:24

darthbob88: Oct 13, 2011; YOSPOS

PMush Perfect posted:

The one I've seen now and again is Mx, instead of Mr. or Ms. Pronounced "mix", I think?

The lack of a gender neutral term of respect is a weird blind spot in the English language, though. Can we steal usted or something?

Comrade already exists. :ussr:

# ? Jan 3, 2018 17:46

Yvonmukluk: Oct 10, 2012; Everything is Sinister

I bet Tommy Binks had something to do with this.

Edit: In other Tackleford related news (Giant Days #34 spoilers) :rip:

Ed Gemmel. He never scored (with Esther).

OK, he's probably not dead, but I wouldn't put it past Allison.

Yvonmukluk fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Jan 3, 2018

# ? Jan 3, 2018 18:04

girl dick energy: Sep 30, 2009; You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

darthbob88 posted:

Comrade already exists.

There's too much solidarity in comrade for the detached and often false/hollow/compulsory respect of Mr./Ms.

Imagine Agent Smith calling Neo 'Comrade Anderson'. It just doesn't work.

# ? Jan 3, 2018 21:09

Mors Rattus: Oct 25, 2007; FATAL & Friends
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I know some fantasy stuff has done a push to use 'Ser' rather than the gendered 'Sir' or 'Lady' but that always strikes me as weird because if you say it it's just 'sir'.

# ? Jan 3, 2018 22:57

Samuringa: Mar 27, 2017; Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

There's also "Sor"

But then again, it's a written medium, pronunciation doesn't really matter

(Cue the Nedroid "Sword" strip)

# ? Jan 3, 2018 23:04

Cat Mattress: Jul 14, 2012; by Cyrano4747

There's always "citizen".

You know, like "Citizen Kane" instead of "Mister Kane".

# ? Jan 3, 2018 23:10

Niton: Oct 21, 2010; Your Lord and Savior has finally arrived!

..got any kibble?

Mors Rattus posted:

I know some fantasy stuff has done a push to use 'Ser' rather than the gendered 'Sir' or 'Lady' but that always strikes me as weird because if you say it it's just 'sir'.

I've always pronounced it the same as the "Ser" in "Serrated" or "Serra".

# ? Jan 3, 2018 23:11

fritz: Jul 26, 2003

"hoss" is gender neutral

# ? Jan 3, 2018 23:14

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

PMush Perfect posted:

There's too much solidarity in comrade for the detached and often false/hollow/compulsory respect of Mr./Ms.

Imagine Agent Smith calling Neo 'Comrade Anderson'. It just doesn't work.

im imagining this and it owns actually

# ? Jan 3, 2018 23:43

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

PMush Perfect posted:

There's too much solidarity in comrade for the detached and often false/hollow/compulsory respect of Mr./Ms.

Imagine Agent Smith calling Neo 'Comrade Anderson'. It just doesn't work.

I can't see Hugo Weaving saying it, but I can see basically anyone else as Smith saying it. ...Actually no, it just came to me. I can totally see Hugo Weaving saying it now.

# ? Jan 3, 2018 23:46

Pavlov: Oct 21, 2012; I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

Tollymain posted:

i like and use mx

Well that's one I haven't heard before.

In general words like that won't catch on though, because honorifics like sir/ma'am more or less function like pronouns, which are a closed class of words in English. Closed classes don't tend to accept newly coined words, but only slowly mutate if at all.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:05

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Pavlov posted:

Well that's one I haven't heard before.

In general words like that won't catch on though, because honorifics like sir/ma'am more or less function like pronouns, which are a closed class of words in English. Closed classes don't tend to accept newly coined words, but only slowly mutate if at all.

pronouns change plenty. see thee/thou getting phased out

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:08

A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

Cat Mattress posted:

There's always "citizen".

You know, like "Citizen Kane" instead of "Mister Kane".

Pick up that can.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:13

Pavlov: Oct 21, 2012; I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

Tollymain posted:

pronouns change plenty. see thee/thou getting phased out

Yeah, that's what I mean. Pronouns tend to change through a drawn out process of gradual usage, but not with abrupt changes. So 'Mx' isn't likely to catch on, unless you can get people to use 'Ms." gender neutrally first, and it slowly shifts over like decades.

It's the same reason english is moving towards singular 'they' instead of any alternative pronuns that have been suggested.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:15

A Wizard of Goatse: Dec 14, 2014

Citizen formal, dude informal, there I have Perfected English

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:19

Jackard: Oct 28, 2007; We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Are there any webcomics (besides Homestuck) that regularly use animations or take advantage of digital medium?

Even something small like this http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/utility

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:21

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

kid radd

neocosmos (i need to catch up on this one)

ava's demon

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:22

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

xkcd occasionally

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:22

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

iothera uses twine at times (it can be moderately nsfw)

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:23

Jackard: Oct 28, 2007; We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Will have to check Ava again, forgot about it a while back due to the hiatus

ps. also I like this storyline a lot http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/search/Jo/1

Jackard fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Jan 4, 2018

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:23

fritz: Jul 26, 2003

Pavlov posted:

Yeah, that's what I mean. Pronouns tend to change through a drawn out process of gradual usage, but not with abrupt changes. So 'Mx' isn't likely to catch on, unless you can get people to use 'Ms." gender neutrally first, and it slowly shifts over like decades.

There was an extreme level of pushback against "Ms" as late as the 80s.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:32

Pavlov: Oct 21, 2012; I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

Tollymain posted:

neocosmos (i need to catch up on this one)

Does this one still read like an animation storyboard? I remember it having way to many superfluous panels.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 00:51

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

Jackard posted:

Are there any webcomics (besides Homestuck) that regularly use animations or take advantage of digital medium?

Even something small like this http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/utility

While not animation, Unsounded does some pretty fantastic stuff with its page framing from time to time whenever poo poo goes off the rails, creating the sense that whatever magic is happening has gone so wrong it's literally spilling off the page and infecting the website itself at times.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 01:15

TwoPair: Mar 28, 2010; Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta; Grimey Drawer

Tollymain posted:

pronouns change plenty. see thee/thou getting phased out

Time to bring it back!

# ? Jan 4, 2018 01:22

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

Jackard posted:

Are there any webcomics (besides Homestuck) that regularly use animations or take advantage of digital medium?

Even something small like this http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/utility

All Night Laundry does some interesting animated gif stuff on top of managing to have a relatively coherent time travel plotline

# ? Jan 4, 2018 01:41

isasphere: Mar 7, 2013

Jackard posted:

Are there any webcomics (besides Homestuck) that regularly use animations or take advantage of digital medium?

Even something small like this http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/utility

Honey Crab does animations and sometimes sound, and at least once showed a cosmetic choice in how the protagonist reacts to another character, but they might do more elaborate stuff later. It has a "no frills" option to read it as a regular comic too, frame by frame.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 02:50

YggiDee: Sep 12, 2007; WASP CREW

Jackard posted:

Are there any webcomics (besides Homestuck) that regularly use animations or take advantage of digital medium?

Even something small like this http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/utility

Most of the ones I can think of have already been named, but Hobo Lobo does some cool poo poo.

On the other hand, with how many people have switched to phone browsers, fancy webcomics might be a harder sell these days.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 03:05

AriadneThread: Feb 17, 2011; The Devil sounds like smoke and honey. We cannot move. It is too beautiful.

oh god
i can't imagine reading any comic on a phone, that sounds miserable

# ? Jan 4, 2018 03:08

fritz: Jul 26, 2003

AriadneThread posted:

oh god
i can't imagine reading any comic on a phone, that sounds miserable

Isn't that some of the intent behind those Korean comics that are extremely tall and narrow?

# ? Jan 4, 2018 03:35

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

AriadneThread posted:

oh god
i can't imagine reading any comic on a phone, that sounds miserable

It's okay on a bigger phone if the site is set up with a good mobile display mode to use the screen space maximally and have decent controls. Most webcomics it's impossible, though.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 04:29

girl dick energy: Sep 30, 2009; You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

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# ? Jan 4, 2018 04:35

Cryophage: Jan 14, 2012; what the hell is that creepy cartoon thing in your avatar?

Tollymain posted:

neocosmos (i need to catch up on this one)

I have some bad news.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 05:08

Amorphous Abode: Apr 2, 2010; We may have finally found unobtainium but I will never find eywa.

Jackard posted:

Are there any webcomics (besides Homestuck) that regularly use animations or take advantage of digital medium?

Even something small like this http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/utility

Awful Hospital does occasional animation or music, and also does the whole "reader suggestions" thing that MS Paint Adventures did, but in a more meaningful and story specific way.

# ? Jan 4, 2018 05:45

Jackard: Oct 28, 2007; We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Thanks for the heads up, everyone

YggiDee posted:

Most of the ones I can think of have already been named, but Hobo Lobo does some cool poo poo.

Haha page three is great

# ? Jan 4, 2018 08:55

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