It’s surprising how well the Steam Deck plays new games and how much support has been added to older games for something with a form factor similar to the Switch and a price point that is lower than most computers or consoles with similar capabilities. It’s a big change to the cost/benefit calculation.
I disagree with calling individualized pronouns pronouns, mostly because the whole idea of pronouns, like you said, is to replace a noun with a generic reference. As you also said, words shape our thoughts, but they also have meaning. All that said, I can’t think of a better way to reject the idea of pronouns without implicitly rejecting the person doing so, which I also don’t believe is acceptable. I’d be happier if a better way was found, but making me happy isn’t the goal of communication in general.
I’ve been watching this drama for a while and keeping my opinions to myself since I’m largely unaffected by this discussion, but your comments helped crystallize my opinions on this and come to a reasonable state. I still don’t like the idea of individualized pronouns, but I can’t see an option that both ignores them and still respects their users right to how they identify themselves (and I can’t see a way to write that sentence without at least ignoring the whole subject). So thank you for that insight.
It was about 1800 years between the first steam engine and a practical steam engine. I’m sorry that one or two generations is too long for you.
And im perfectly fine with this use case. I’m not impressed with the idea of changing prices from day to day, and certainly not throughout the day.
Also to stop game resales, which seems to have completely died off.