Stupid "my pronouns are" jokes in your bio?

Instablock.

If you don't take this stuff seriously, or understand why other people do, that's fine. Making fun of the people for whom putting pronouns in bios is important or helpful, is just being a dickhead for the hell of it.

@anathema_device don't block! Educate! Some of these folks will be in the process of adjusting to this new world. Don't reinforce their echo chamber, instead burst their bubble :) I admit some folks will do it out of malice, but some from ignorance.

I know I'm probably going to get a bundle of kicks for saying this, but I want a kinder world and I suspect we stand a better chance of getting there by trying to onboard folks that just don't quite "get it", than by booting them out no questions asked.

*With the caveat that if they do turn out to be an arsehole, for sure: boot em.

@geth I understand your point. But I have two reasons for this:

1. The really stupid jokes are coming from the side of politics with which there is no reasoning, and the offence/cruelty is their point.

2. For the rest, it might be the shock they need to realise they are being hurtful, and that they *will* be called out on this.

So far I've only blocked one person over this, so...I think most Mastodon users are already aware of the issue.