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Bought a new pack of a hair product which now uses 6% less natural ingredients and is no longer vegan (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 months ago by Blizzard@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 20 points 6 months ago

Blonde = female; blond = male

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 10 points 6 months ago

But that's the french's fault.

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago

I thought it was blond = hair colour and blonde = person with blond hair.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 6 months ago

Excuse me wtf

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 points 6 months ago

I shit you not, that is the etymological distinction between the two.

How strictly that distinction is observed is an open question.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

What if they're non-binary?

[-] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Blondə

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Blondx

[-] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Blond because French defaults to the masculine form if the gender of the noun is indeterminate.

[+] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If they're non-binary, you're going to be so anxious about using the right pronouns that you won't even notice their hair color.

Edit: it's a joke answer,, people, in response to a joke question. It's not made at the expense of any marginalized individual or group. The only people who would be anxious about the situation are allies; the 'phobes don't give a shit. Untwist yer knickers.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 points 6 months ago

Nah, most enbys are chill and recognize that pronouns can be easy to forget. You're just upset that people get annoyed when you repeatedly misgender them.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I had firsthand experience when an enby stayed at our place for a while. My old Gen X self had trouble remembering to use the correct pronouns sometimes, but it got easier with practice. Decades of using only binary pronouns for individuals takes time to unlearn.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 4 points 6 months ago

I'll be honest, it took me a while to start remembering "they/them", even for myself. However, now I have the opposite problem, which is that I tend to substitute "they/them" for gendered pronouns. Normally that's not a problem because most people accept neutral pronouns, but some people can be very picky about their pronouns and then I have to remember that "they/them" can't be universally applied to everyone.