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Can't set pronouns in display name
  • Xi doesn't like Hexbear's record on trans issues. Xi thinks the average hexbear user is the kind of person who brags about supporting binary transes while oppressing anyone who's a little bit more different than they're used to. Xi thinks they would call drag a delusional troll. Also xi is an anarchist and Hexbear doesn't like that very much.

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  • Xi messed up counting the characters. Looks like Lemmy's character limit is 20, not 22. Display names are good for special characters. Lemmy doesn't allow special characters in usernames because it messes up the URLs. Xi wanted to be Dragon "Rider", but Lemmy doesn't allow quotes in usernames. Luckily, quotes are allowed in displaynames, so xi took dragonfucker for a username and Dragon "Rider" for a display name.

  • Can't set pronouns in display name
  • It's thank drag, since xi is the object of your sentence. You're doing something to drag, which is thanking. If you'd say he or she, xi's pronoun is xi. If you'd say him or her, it's drag. Thank you for being curious.

  • Can't set pronouns in display name
  • Xi's pronouns are person-independent. That means they apply the same way in first, second, or third person. Most people have subject, object, and posessive pronouns for all three grammatical persons. That's 9 pronouns. Xi only has 2 pronouns, so xi's pronouns are very simple and very easy to remember.

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  • Neither. Xi referred to dragself in the first person. Xi has first person neopronouns, xi/drag. Xi's pronouns are person-independent, so they apply the same way in first, second, and third person.

    Most people have first person, second person, and third person object, subject, and possessive pronouns. That's 9 pronouns! Xi only has 2 pronouns, so xi's pronouns are much simpler and easier to remember.

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    Xi wants to experiment with using xi/drag person-independent pronouns on this account. So far xi likes using the pronouns, but xi's only written 4 comments and already someone accused drag of talking about Chinese politics when xi mentioned dragself. Xi knows xi's pronouns are confusing, so xi would like to put xi's pronouns in xi's displayname to clear things up.

    But the character limit for display names on lemmy.nz is only 22 characters, and xi's handle already takes up 16 characters. Xi would need 24 characters to put xi's pronouns in xi's display name. Xi knows some instances also have a separate field for pronouns, and the pronouns get displayed next to the name without taking up displayname characters. Xi would like a place, or at least enough room, for xi's pronouns, please.

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    Trump is killing free speech.
  • Xi wonders if Harris's campaign will demand the debate be conducted on a platform with decency and standards, or push further into the "troll" tactics Harris has been using to get Trump to self-incriminate. Xi likes when politicians do a little trolling.

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