• wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    FYI, “fit” was slang for “attractive” long before it was short for “outfit”, ergo the username is not an “explicit” statement of the user’s/users’ gender IRL. ☝🏼

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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      15 hours ago

      To the extent that any username isn’t explicitly a statement of the users gender, I agree. But if I used the name “just some girl” as my username, I’d expect people to assume I was a girl. Same with “just some guy” assuming I was a guy.

      The moment you put a gender into your username, people are going to roll with what appears to be a self identification.