Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day

He doesn't know how government works, he doesn't know what tariffs do, he's just the loudmouth sock puppet doing what some other evil assholes are telling him to do

I'd say this is the distraction for the real damage.

Probably Elon's henchmen taking over OPM, or something else that hasn't bubbled up yet.

Also pretty much any noun can be used as a form of neo pronoun, so to be safe all Federal employees should only use verbs.

It's a gish gallop of petty insecurity, coming out so fast and furious that it takes people off guard.

Two years from now, when Trump doesn't have any more low-hanging fruit to pick at, this will seem quaint. But by then, we're going to see the real damage these opening days inflicted on civil society. It won't be "lolz, haha, guess we'll be using a lot of proper nouns going forward" and a lot more "fuck, another airline accident that you can only learn about on Rednote and the forums of Pornhub, because every major journalist has been doing wall-to-wall coverage of the Trial of the Transgender Eleven caught providing underground abortion drugs to serially raped immigrant middle schoolers held in the prison camps of the hurricane blasted ruins of Miami."

Fuck no. Project 2025 was about making the shitshow far more efficient this time around.

They had PLANS. They published them. Now that donvict is in there, they plan on getting as much rammed through as possible. It's doubtful stuff like this matters very much other than as ragebait for their stupid base. The REAL agenda is the kind of looting and pillaging Felon plans on carrying out with his purchase of donvict....

But it's not stupidity. I mean, I agree, it's all stupid (as in: there are more important issues), but they're not stupid. They planned all this. It's exactly what they wanted and it's definitely not 'stupid' - It's insidious and malicious and cruel, but not stupid. This sounds like a dumb, tiny thing to do, I mean, it's just about words in an e-mail signature, right? It's not that big a deal? But a lot of things they're doing are -in a vacuum- not that big a deal. However, if you add it all up, it's all part of the wider persecution entire groups of people are falling victim to. In this case it's just another way to silence a minority and their allies.

Plus, don't forget: they'll use anyone who doesn't comply with the 'stupid' little stuff as an excuse for punishments and retaliation and even worse legislation.

Not stupid. Not ignorant. Not dumb. Incredibly fucking evil. And we should treat it like that. Don't minimize any of it, however insignificant it may seem. Put in context this is another drop in what will become a fucking ocean of suffering.

Edit: grammar.

Federal employee here. We have to make our own email signatures. I have not been told to remove pronouns by an official channel, but I have already removed pronouns and switched to having Ms. infront of my name, cause it has the same effect and the administration is too stupid to know that.

Oh, no. No, no no. It's much worse than that.

Hell if they were still on NT we'd be safer.

Pronouns should be used at the discretion of the individual. They should be able to choose who receives them, how it’s relayed, and what the pronouns will be. They should be able to change them whenever they want.

Putting this into a database such as active directory isn’t simple when it has requirements that I’ve stated.

It’s sometimes easier to just let the individual maintain their own signature.

I wouldn't be surprised if there are still a few Novell Netware boxes out there.

Lol, we on Citrix cant even set a signature anymore cuz outlook is screwed up

Is this so he can attack the dwarves?

BlameThePeacock cannot use such language! BlameThePeacock used the word "I", which is a pronoun. BlameThePeacock has until the end of the day to remove the offensive word "I" from all emails.

Other words that must be removed include "You", "Me", "It".

Please refer to this article for a complete list of all offensive words...

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns-personal-i-me-you-him-it-they-etc

Any day now and those egg prices will come crashing down.

I too just recently watched Braveheart

This should be what people do.

The federal agency I work with does put them next to your name if you have them registered. Curious how long that lasts.

他 is “he.” Iirc it was the only pronoun until the 20th century, but now there is 她 for “she” and 它 for “it.” They are all pronounced the same though, so your joke works when pronounced out loud.

We have gender neutral terms too. "They/them". English or no English, Trump would force you to pick one.

For the first time ever, I've added my pronouns in rainbow color.

And when you don’t know their name?

Way to completely miss the point.
Should mandating what people put in their email signatures be one of the duties of the president, in a free democracy?
What message does this send to trans and non-binary people, and what message does this send to the bigots hating them? What happens if it isn't done "by end of day", which is a completely ridiculous time limit?

My place of work has a pretty high rate of pronoun signaling and I've found it immensely useful. Not just for the usual androgynous names line Pat or Elliott, but also I work with people all around the world, how would you refer to Jung Bae? Judging by the number of foreign people who have never seen my name, I imagine it goes both ways. And, yes, I also work with a number of nonbinary and trans people so of course it helps there too.

Some people refer to everybody, even those they know, as they/them and I honestly kinda like it. Been considering taking that habit on myself.

Yeah that's all great, but someone named Pat got upset with me for referring to her as "they". Sorry Pat, I never met you in person and so don't know you're preferred pronouns unless you tell me.

All controversy about pronouns is stupid no matter who it is that's making a fuss about it. Tell me your pronouns or don't, and be an adult about it either way.