people keep trying to make “ladies and gentlemen” more inclusive.
I think we should go the other way around.
make more and more weird false dichotomies in greetings. “gamers and pianists”. “oil painters and swordsmen”. “vexillologists and entomologists”. “chess masters and diamond artificers”. “accountants and gendered individuals”.
we need to be dropping shit into formal meetings to make people say “wait what? which one am I?”
I have started referring to my students as “critters and creatures.” I then offer them the option to decide where on the critter–creature spectrum they think they belong. They enjoy this immensely. I teach some critters, some creatures, some 50/50s, some critters with creature tendencies, some creatures with critter inclinations.
all i have to say is ‘hello cowards’ and it shuts gendering up
“Listen up, fives, a ten is speaking,” has always been gender-inclusive.
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