LOL my tits were never remotely roused, I assure you!
I was just being a coldly, cynically ironic
(although I guess I did risk dragging circular argument BS into this poor, innocent thread from elsewhere and for that I apologise!)

See, this also proves that more people need to read classic Western European literature too!

I'm not offended if someone uses male pronouns to refer to me as online, and sometimes I don't bother to make the correction. I may be a lady, but I understand that unless you ask or just know someone you can't know. I think most people are reasonable enough not to overreact.

I remember being taught that we use personal pronouns to avoid sentences like these: "Wurzelkraft makes a good point about not using personal pronouns. However, what Wurzelkraft doesn't realise is that when Wurzelkraft asserts that Wurzelkraft can use this method in every scenario, Wurzelkraft will find Wurzelkraft is sorely mistaken"

And turn them into these: "Wurzelkraft makes a good point about not using personal pronouns. However, what she doesn't realise is that when she asserts that she can use this method in every scenario, she will find she is sorely mistaken"

I'd rather see "they" in that case as someone suggested earlier in this thread. :D

Yep, this is exactly what I was thinking. My avatar is a fishman, my username is used by both genders, depending on the country. I am not upset if I am addressed with the wrong pronoun. How could you know?

A lot of usernames don't make it clear if someone is male or female, and that's fine by me. I just avoid using pronouns when I don't know. The ambiguity is understandable too, since most reasonable people would like to be known for their thoughts and actions alone, not judged by any gender bias.

This.

I usually keep it to the username unless I am sure I know. Though, I don't see how someone can be pissed off if I used the wrong pronoun. I used to also judge by the avatar people used, but it seems a lot of men like to use female Japanese anime characters as their avatar.
So, just keep it to the username to be safe.

Good day all it's:)

Lol, don't forget this is the internet :P

Have things really changed that much? :P

I have played games over the premise that someone might be offended too.

Should we just start with "Dear Androgenite?"

At least then, you piss everyone off equally.

Edit to add.

Well, I pretend to be a woman less and less. :P

I can't hear your whining very well, but I'll assume you want to be called "underling". Personally though, I think that is too good for you, "maggot" seems closer.

I'd like to add that the word in Hungarian he's talking about does not really mean 'it', it's just the closest he could come to an English word.

Hungarian has two 'it' words, one for people and one for everything else.

And yes, it's not animate vs. inanimate ^^