I'm wondering why this question is closed. The underlying issue is common enough and the chap is asking for assistance but just seems to be getting shot down.
My coworker keeps having sick days
This was closed as a duplicate, which I think it's not. Because Germany differs a lot from the default (US) here. We don't have a sick day allowance. Cheating on sick days is a firing offense. And while that might mean nothing in a country where you have at-wil...
I recently read this answer. It was pretty good, except there were a couple of cases of gender bias being used. "He" was used instead of "They", the question didn't indicate any specific gender.
So I put in a very small edit to change this. This edit was rejected as
This edit does not make ...
@Kaz, regardless, we're not the thought police here. What makes it a bad question IMO, is that it presupposes malice on behalf of the person who answered the question.
Please god keep that gender nonsense off this site.
I've had edit suggested on my posts about it as well and it's incredibly annoying, especially when it's obvious what genders are actually involved. I'm all for gender-neutral writing when it's possibly but this singular they nonsense is too much.
Oh god @RichardU, I love that answer.
Probably not entirely appropriate for this site (which is another reason I'm fuming in chat and not on meta there). ^^
@Lilienthal you should have seen what I originally wrote. The thing is, being part of several "protected groups" myself, only one of which I ever mention here, I could be "fake offended" at so much, and raise a level if Cain that few have seen before that I could have heads spinning.
As a guy, can I be charged for sexual harassment if I walk up to a woman in the workplace and say, "You are beautiful. I would like to have sex with you."
Such a great place to be, I learn something new here everyday. I learned what "poon" means yesterday, and today, it is even better: a manager telling a subordinate that he looks unhappy is harassment and needs to be reported to HR.
@Draken re: "Not sure if troll", assume good intentions :)
@enderland I think the underlying system is a bit confusing, are moderators notified of every single flag, or only once a post passes the threshold you mention?
@Lilienthal re: "Please god keep that gender nonsense off this site."
I mean, if it comes up enough in the workplace why wouldn't we discuss it here?
Sorry for the barrage of messages, just catching up!
@DoritoStyle The problem is that it wasn't a question about gender addressing, it was modifying a question to conform to that person's standard of gender neutrality.
My standards require that a paragraph contains no more than 3 sentences, and each sentence contains no more than 10 words. Anything more than that makes it impossible for me to comprehend what is being written. So I will now go ahead and edit all the posts to suit my standards. Anyone reverting my edits would be reported for harassment as it is a clear case of discrimination based on disability.
Never ever say, "this is definitely what the law says everywhere", even for "obvious" things like sexual assault. For every law, there is always a loophole out there somewhere.
@MaskedMan I made a similar point. I could use my Asperger's Syndrome as an excuse to be an outright a-hole, rather than work as hard as I have to not be one. When I was growing up we were told that we had to overcome and not expect anyone to bend to suit you. I still hold to that view.
@MaskedMan eh, I think preference for gender neutral phrasing is more common & reasonable than your hypothetical crazy example above implies. It seems like one of those topics nobody is ready to agree on though.
Oh man, I just read that coffee article. Talk about extra creamer...
@DoritoStyle I think the preference is great. It's the principle of changing other peoples' answers to suit your own worldview that I think is a really bad idea.
Yeah, that's where the conflict seems to be. My view would be that it's an issue that can't just be ignored or flat-out refused, after all, as someone pointed out, questions and answers are a collaborative effort and not really "owned" by the poster.
@enderland I think I'm still approaching this from the wrong way.
What is this "autogenerated" flag for? "this post got a lot of flags"? or "this user has submitted a lot of flags"? Or "this user has been getting a lot of flags (over numerous posts)"?
@DoritoStyle The site isn't meant for discussions and in my experience we rarely get actual discussions on this topic.
I'm wondering why this question is closed. The underlying issue is common enough and the chap is asking for assistance but just seems to be getting shot down.
I recently read this answer. It was pretty good, except there were a couple of cases of gender bias being used. "He" was used instead of "They", the question didn't indicate any specific gender.
So I put in a very small edit to change this. This edit was rejected as
This edit does not make ...
As a guy, can I be charged for sexual harassment if I walk up to a woman in the workplace and say, "You are beautiful. I would like to have sex with you."
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