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ccorb from A very hot place Since: May, 2020 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
#1: Dec 23rd 2020 at 8:29:36 AM

The current image has been pointed out to be too biased against neopronouns. I don't know if we need permission to use this image, but a chart listing gender-neutral pronouns seems the best, least ROCEJ-violating image to use.

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LaundryPizza03 Maintenance? from Texas Since: Aug, 2020
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#3: Dec 28th 2020 at 10:46:01 AM

The information contained in the table isn't copyrightable, so it should be possible to assemble our own table. See also Wikipedia's list of pronouns.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#4: Dec 28th 2020 at 11:01:11 AM

I don't see how a table makes a good image. Use it as a page quote, instead.

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anza_sb from nowhere Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#5: Dec 28th 2020 at 11:13:04 AM

maybe make it so that only the first two panels of the current image is used?

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Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#6: Dec 28th 2020 at 11:52:09 AM

Or just the first panel?

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#7: Dec 28th 2020 at 2:48:31 PM

Maybe something from this? It's a bit Talking Heads-y, but that can't be helped with something like this.

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Kappaclystica 『  』 from The 'hood (of a pasty upper-middle class suburb) Since: Jan, 2019
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#8: Dec 28th 2020 at 4:13:00 PM

[up] Nevermind, there are multiple images. [tup] to the first image of that.

Edited by Kappaclystica on Dec 28th 2020 at 8:42:24 AM

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#9: Dec 28th 2020 at 7:00:37 PM

FYI, there are multiple pages in [up][up]. Click the arrows on the sides of the image to flip the pages.

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#10: Dec 28th 2020 at 8:21:57 PM

What about either of these pages from Wanted? They'd need to be cropped though.

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#11: Dec 28th 2020 at 8:37:34 PM

[up] The first one isn't clear that it's using the singular form of 'they'.

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#12: Dec 28th 2020 at 11:05:25 PM

10.2 might work.

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Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#13: Dec 29th 2020 at 6:19:06 AM

10.2 works, it's pretty clear it's singular "they" in that context, and that they're really trying to avoid gendering Wren.

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Kappaclystica 『  』 from The 'hood (of a pasty upper-middle class suburb) Since: Jan, 2019
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#16: Dec 30th 2020 at 6:18:07 AM

10.2 works with a crop.

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#17: Dec 30th 2020 at 6:18:19 AM

10.2 is a misaligned photograph. Otherwise, it's okay.

Edited by LaundryPizza03 on Dec 30th 2020 at 8:18:49 AM

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mightymewtron Angry babby from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#18: Jan 5th 2021 at 7:01:46 PM

10.2 works in theory. This is the best way I could crop it to not look like a tilted photograph.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wrencrop.png

A version that's tilted but shows more detail:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wrencrop2.png

Alternatively I came across this collage from Undertale which has a few images of neutral pronouns in the game.

[down]Which one?

Edited by mightymewtron on Jan 5th 2021 at 12:06:28 PM

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anza_sb from nowhere Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#19: Jan 5th 2021 at 7:57:37 PM

that works, i guess

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Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#20: Jan 5th 2021 at 11:00:36 PM

[up][up]Second one. It looks better with the guy's face, as he's presumably the one saying the line. Without that, the picture seems unrelated to the text (and it looks bad that he's cut in half).

EDIT: I like the Undertale suggestion too.

Edited by Snicka on Jan 5th 2021 at 8:03:14 PM

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#22: Jan 6th 2021 at 12:11:42 AM

I like the Undertale suggestion more. Text's bigger and easier to read.

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#23: Jan 6th 2021 at 7:20:05 AM

Yes to the Undertale suggestion.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Jan 6th 2021 at 10:20:21 AM

audasious Since: Sep, 2018
#24: Jan 6th 2021 at 7:37:09 AM

[tup] to the UNDERTALE suggestion.

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#25: Jan 6th 2021 at 8:15:19 AM

I’d need to see it at wiki size before truly giving my [tup]

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26th Jan '21 9:56:31 AM

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