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I don’t know who needs to here this but they/them and it/its pronouns are not interchangeable

There’s of course the transphobic use where transphobes will call someone they can’t identify “it” in a derogatory manner instead of using they/them to refer to them or to just ask but that isn’t actually what I’m talking about

I’m talking about other trans people or allies who won’t use it/its pronouns for people who use them and justify using the wrong pronouns by saying it/its makes them uncomfortable

If you aren’t comfortable using it/its pronouns for a person you still can’t just use they/them instead. The only time you can substitute someone’s it/its pronouns for they/them is if that person also uses they/them pronouns

If a person exclusively uses it/its pronouns and you aren’t going to call it that, then just refer to that person by name. Just don’t use any set of pronouns for that person, and then don’t interact with that person

And I can’t believe I have to say this part, but if the person uses more pronouns than just it/its then just use the other pronouns instead

I use he/it pronouns and 9/10 when I encounter someone who is uncomfortable using my it/its pronouns instead of using exclusively he/him (my main set of pronouns) they will automatically act as if my pronouns are he/they. Like I even gave you a set of pronouns you are comfortable with and you still chose to replace my it/its pronouns with they/them

Sure they/them is gender neutral but that doesn’t mean everyone wants to be referred to that way and you shouldn’t refer to someone in that manner after learning their pronouns unless they are actually they/them

Edit: I have grown as a person since writing this and would like to make this correction, if you cannot move past your discomfort with it/it’s pronouns or other neopronouns you can either fuck off or suck it up, the name only option is weak as shit unless that’s how a person would prefer to be referred to

anyway in case you don’t know it yet

A non-binary robot with if/then pronouns. Is this anything

when the human 2.0 patch rolls out i think people with uvulas should lay eggs rather than keeping them up in there

i can not stress the confidence when i paused and thought "I'm pretty sure uvula is the right part" and got it in one

i feel like im being pranked is it a uterus or an ovary or what what is happening in there

im tired y'all got conveyor belts and stuff in ya coochie ig

current note count: 82

don't you put that curse on me

@kaelynn_vp Tiktok Caption: The key to good communication with autistic people is to be direct. You'll always get a better response from us when we actually know what you want.

Ok but this video is less than a minute long & yet it perfectly explains how to communicate with "mysterious, confusing, unknowable" autistic people lol. We ofc have different body language as well, & body language is super important in communication, but this video explains verbal communication so well 💖

I seriously blame the environmental movement of the 70s-90s and it’s framing of the issue around nature as this delicate thing we need to protect because it’s precious and pretty, and not around “hey, you want mass famines and water-wars!? Because this is how you inflict mass famines and water-wars on humanity.”

i think especially with relatively near future sci-fi and alternate present/just off reality sci-fi and fantasy, it’s a lot more effective to play off of “this word is the same, but the thing it refers to is in fact different than what you’ll initially picture or assume” than to invent a bunch of cutesy fake slang (again, ESPECIALLY for things we already have good words for)

like, for a real life example of what im talking about– we had “phones” in 1977, and we still have “phones” in 2017, but MAN would a time traveler from the 70s be confused by the things we call “phones” now, and the ways we use and relate to them– “im typing this text post on my phone, and autocorrect keeps cramping my style” is a straightforward and easily understandable sentence to me in 2017. it would sound like word salad to someone from 1977. (how can you TYPE something on a PHONE?? what does “post” mean in this context, or “text”? the fuck is “autocorrect”??)

but we still call them “phones”, you know, and not, idk, “cyberrectangles”

interplanetary shuttle system makes use of automated, pre-scheduled wormholes to get you to your day job on mars every morning – still called taking the bus.

super high-tech window protectors that keep out the deadly light of the ultra-bright sun? “close the curtains, tom, it’s almost dawn.”

your zero-g space station’s air filtration system is malfunctioning, threatening to cause a fiery explosion as all the waste co2 builds up in the engine room rather than the greenhouse? time to call the plumber.

Every other day you have to go out and squeegee the space dust accumulating on your solar panels… it’s still called “dusting.”

Light cargo shuttles used for transporting a few passengers at a time, or maybe small packages, they still call them cars.

Every six months, you have to replace the layer of ablative panels on your car, designed to absorb micrometeor impacts, they still call it an undercoating, and garages still overcharge you for it, but it’s definitely worth the reduced maintenance costs in the long run.

Consider how the terms we use now could change depending on context, tho:

“Stellar” as short for “interstellar,” meaning “vast nothingness, really boring.” so: “How was the concert?” “Meh… pretty stellar, I guess.” “Oh, sorry.” “So, how was your weekend?” “Family gathering, it was toootally stellar.”

Suns radiate tremendous quantities of lethal radiation, so when you say your day was “sunny,” it means you nearly died five times just getting out of bed… which, depending on the space station, isn’t much of a stretch (picture: reaching over to hit the snooze alarm, and hitting the airlock instead). Having a “sunny” disposition means “your expression conveys murderous rage.”

“Chill” in reference to the cold hard vacuum of space, so when someone says “chill out,” it’s equivalent to saying “go jump out the airlock and die.”

Even just a small adjustment to how we use contemporary words can signal to the audience that we’re using them differently – in the first example, compare “close the curtains” with “drop the curtain.”

So we definitely need more positive representation of DID, but you know what would be funny? Mildly inconvenient representation of DID.

Oh the world is ending and you need to know about this one specific thing? Yeah I have a guy for that but he doesn't feel like fronting right now

Sorry what's happening rn is this the bad guy? Yeah I just switched in idk what's going on

I know you're dating one alter but we're currently co-con with another alter who hates you so idk how I'm feeling rn

And just who do i think I am? It's funny you should ask that I actually don't know right now

Wait I just remembered this. here u go :3

honourable mention

Good addition in the tags

Tumblr is nominated for a 2023 Webby

Have you voted yet?

Not me learning that Trump has been arrested and that the Barbie trailer came out at the same time by randomly glancing at Twitter trending and doing a double take when seeing the first two spots

This is like hatsune miku WWIII all over again

THE WHAT

LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Image ID: Tweet from rogert (@/ imRogert) on 2023-02-17 reading: i released a cheese-curdling scream /End ID]

Transmascs need to normalize saying "my dick exploded" when we have a period

"It's that time of the month again."

"Penis explosion?"

"Penis explosion."

i love you, media without romance

i especially love you, character-centric media that explores the bonds between characters but still has no romance

If you have bodily autonomy, then there is always a chance that you will do something to your body that you will regret. This is not an argument for taking that autonomy away.

There is a much, much higher chance that someone who is not you will do something to your body that you regret.

Happy plagueiversary

i love how every day of march has its own thing. womans day, miku day, mario day, and now plague day. what’s march 12 gonna be?

National girl scout day, apparently

omg good for them. love that we’re celebrating so many women. all women.. miku… the coronavirus… mario..

i got one for march 13! William Herschel discovered Uranus on march 13th in 1781.

im sorry for reblogging this again but this tag has obliterated me

For anyone who’s wondering, that is a yellow spotted box fish. And they love human attention and have the personalities of small puppies. Also, if you stress them out they release a toxin that kills everything around them.

thought y’all should know that since tumblr is collectively pregaming the ides of March, when you make an original post with the ides of March tag, tumblr gives you a little celebratory shower of knives :))

now in gif form: