BoastfulDaedratoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish·9 months agoCan't we just start calling it "Formerly Twitter" instead?message-squarearrow-up1232arrow-down123message-square92file-textfedilink
arrow-up1209arrow-down1message-squareCan't we just start calling it "Formerly Twitter" instead?BoastfulDaedratoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish·9 months agomessage-square92file-textfedilink
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍arrow-up99arrow-down14·9 months agolinkfedilinkAs a trans person, I like to remind everyone you are not just allowed but encouraged to deadname Twitter
minus-squaremorphballganonarrow-up58arrow-down3·9 months agolinkfedilinkCalling it deadnaming implies Twitter chose the name X. Twitter did not make that decision, thus calling Twitter Twitter is in no danger of offending Twitter.
minus-squareSkaveRatarrow-up34arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkGoing to deadname Twitter as long as musk is deadnaming his daughter
minus-squareBoastfulDaedraOPEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilink…what the heck is “deadnaming”?
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍arrow-up24arrow-down0·9 months agoedit-29 months agolinkfedilinkUsing a trans persons’s birth name rather than their preferred name. If done purposefully, it’s extremely insulting.
minus-squareBoastfulDaedraOPEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkThanks, I hadn’t heard the term.
minus-squareflickerarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agolinkfedilinkOoh. Excellent point. I will be disrespectfully deadnaming Twitter from now on.
minus-squareTired and boredarrow-up12arrow-down15·9 months agolinkfedilinkAs a cisgender person I’m so sorry for the shit other cisgender write on Twitter
minus-squarecapitalarrow-up4arrow-down3·9 months agolinkfedilinkThe fuck? You don’t have to be sorry for what other people do. That’s other people. What’s with all this carrying blame for shit other people have done just because you share an uncontrollable trait with them?
minus-squareTired and boredarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agolinkfedilinkI understand your point but I’m not carrying blame. I see what people write and I’m so sorry it happens
minus-squareArcane_Trixsterarrow-up15arrow-down21·9 months agolinkfedilinkYour virtue signal is a little bright. You should adjust the wattage.
minus-squareTired and boredarrow-up8arrow-down6·9 months agolinkfedilinkI’m sorry I did not understand? Sarcasm perhaps?
minus-squarecorsicanguppyarrow-up1arrow-down5·9 months agolinkfedilinkAre you asking whether you’re sorry?
minus-squareTired and boredarrow-up1arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkI’m asking what the other person wrote
minus-squareabbotsburyarrow-up25arrow-down2·9 months agolinkfedilinkOnly if you think corporate branding is equal to personal identification.
minus-squareReally_long_toesarrow-up12arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkBut… but corporations are more important than individuals
minus-squareLemminaryarrow-up2arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkAnd corpos are people! Right?.. Right?
As a trans person, I like to remind everyone you are not just allowed but encouraged to deadname Twitter
Calling it deadnaming implies Twitter chose the name X. Twitter did not make that decision, thus calling Twitter Twitter is in no danger of offending Twitter.
Going to deadname Twitter as long as musk is deadnaming his daughter
Oohhh that’s a good one.
…what the heck is “deadnaming”?
Using a trans persons’s birth name rather than their preferred name. If done purposefully, it’s extremely insulting.
Thanks, I hadn’t heard the term.
Doesn’t have to be a trans person
Ooh. Excellent point. I will be disrespectfully deadnaming Twitter from now on.
As a cisgender person I’m so sorry for the shit other cisgender write on Twitter
The fuck? You don’t have to be sorry for what other people do. That’s other people.
What’s with all this carrying blame for shit other people have done just because you share an uncontrollable trait with them?
I understand your point but I’m not carrying blame. I see what people write and I’m so sorry it happens
Your virtue signal is a little bright. You should adjust the wattage.
I’m sorry I did not understand? Sarcasm perhaps?
Are you asking whether you’re sorry?
I’m asking what the other person wrote
Isn’t that hypocritical?
Only if you think corporate branding is equal to personal identification.
But… but corporations are more important than individuals
And corpos are people! Right?.. Right?