24th August 2021, 3:14 PM
(22nd August 2021, 1:51 PM)Weltall Wrote: I'm fine going four letters in, it's nice, easy to vocalize, everyone knows what you mean, and I frankly do not believe there are many people out there who will have a life crisis over someone not explicitly including a letter unique to their experience. Feel free to assume I'd be tolerant of or embrace your alignment, certain obvious exceptions apply.
That'll work. If I'm talking to or about someone specific who I know falls into one of those letters, I'll just say that part of it out loud. That said, I'm usually fine just saying "the gay and trans community" and people generally know what I'm talking about. I admit I don't fully understand what the "Q" means that isn't covered by the other categories, but then again when I slot into the "A" pretty firmly, that's to be expected.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)