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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1215951: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:17:06 PM

Tetsuo: Why are we referred to as male?

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215952: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:20:32 PM

Kohaku: Me personally, or why many of the beings you have met see you as such?

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HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#1215954: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:26:03 PM

Mindy: Uh... You know, I reckon I've never thought about that before, to be honest. I guess we like assigning human traits to people so we can identify with em more. Something like that.

FokiasTheJester Since: Jul, 2012
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215956: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:29:21 PM

Kohaku: Well, I could speculate on a lot of factors, like your voice being pitched lower being seen as a more masculine trait with humans, or how in some cultures creatures or objects that are without obvious gender dimorphism are referred to with a default masculine or feminine term instead of a more neutral one. Or even just basing it on.

Personally, when I let you try out a name tag for a few days, you chose the one saying "mister" instead of "miss". So I thought you had expressed a preference for being treated as male. smile

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1215957: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:32:50 PM

Tetsuo: We are not male or female. We are geth.

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#1215958: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:37:00 PM

Mindy: Hm... would ya prefer if we used somethin' besides "he" then?

NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1215959: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:38:19 PM

Tetsuo: That would have increased accuracy.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215960: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:40:50 PM

Kohaku: Very well. What kind of identifier would you prefer then?

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1215961: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:42:13 PM

Tetsuo: ....We cannot come to consensus.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215962: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:54:59 PM

Kohaku: Hmmmm. One of the downsides to the English language is a lack of an obvious neutral pronoun. Would your name and a signifier of "geth" do?

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1215963: Mar 29th 2017 at 6:58:37 PM

Tetsuo: -Is quiet for a long time-

Yes.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215964: Mar 29th 2017 at 7:12:51 PM

Kohaku: Okay, Tetsuo. If your collective prefers that, then that's what I'll go with. smile

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215966: Mar 29th 2017 at 7:30:06 PM

Kohaku: Do you mind if I ask you how you came to this question?

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1215967: Mar 29th 2017 at 7:31:07 PM

Tetsuo: Your species attributes human traits to others, even when they do not apply.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215968: Mar 29th 2017 at 7:35:20 PM

Kohaku: Ah, yes. Anthropomorphism. It is a rather fascinating study. I can see why the geth people would find it a confusing practice.

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Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215970: Mar 29th 2017 at 7:48:21 PM

Kohaku: Isn't it true that other species in the milky way galaxy practice some form of it themselves?

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1215971: Mar 29th 2017 at 7:51:58 PM

Tetsuo: Yes, but we find that speciesist.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215972: Mar 29th 2017 at 8:09:23 PM

Kohaku: Hmmm. I suppose it is from an objective standpoint. I think that it is partly due to the individualist nature of many sapient species.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1215974: Mar 29th 2017 at 8:14:24 PM

Kohaku: From chaos can come a great form of order.

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