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		adastra22 on Feb 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coding in Vision Pro Because "he" is grammatically correct when the gender is unknown.

growt on Feb 17, 2024 | [–]

Is it really? Also when the username contains „girl“ it may give a hint.

adastra22 on Feb 17, 2024 | | [–]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_languag....

jb1991 on Feb 17, 2024 | | [–]

But I was noticing that the username was “filmgirl”.

adastra22 on Feb 17, 2024 | | [–]

Fair enough!

theyinwhy on Feb 17, 2024 | [–]

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