Maybe I should start learning Japanese, honestly. I interact with a lot of Japanese media lately and being dependent on localizations (which are rarely ‘great’) isn’t good enough for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRm1UYC5fP0

“Bwaa” is the way I named Link!

Doom 2 is a great base for mods but yeah levels that come with it are ahhh a mixed bag.

But when we’re talking about a disappointing sequel, it’s hard not to mention Doom 3. Turning a fun and silly game into a slog with jumpscares is quite a decision!

I wish!

The advantage [of Lemmy] is that you do not end up in an echo chamber.

I wouldn’t be so sure about that haha

When my friend came out as trans to me years ago, I reacted poorly at first. A few days after that, I had a dream about accepting her as she is. I guess it was just the result of me feeling guilty but it made me really think it through. Then I apologized and our relationship was great ever since.

Words ‘gender’ and ‘pronouns’ tend to make some people really upset lol.

Yep, something that’s easy to remember and that immediately catches your eyes.

Ah thanks for the clarification! I completely misread the comment somehow lol.

implying that there has to be some sort of gender-based polymorphism among pronouns.

Pronouns are a shortcut for a noun. They do not need to be linked to genders. Singular third-person pronouns benefit from some variance based what is talked about. As other comments pointed out, these third-person pronouns could be based on social status, age, physical proximity, familiarity, etc.

That’s all there is about my question.

There’s !worldbuilding@lemmy.world although I don’t know how many people care about languages there. It seems like a small community.

That would require monarchy to develop before pronouns are established!

That’s a cool fact! My GF is learning Japanese but I didn’t think of asking her on the topic, now I know I should!

Why do we need to base it on something?

Humans like naming things after other things. Like how we name people after concepts we like (love, hope, faith, etc).

He vs. she is already not that useful of a distinction anyway.

I agree.

We don’t gender any other pronouns, hasn’t ever been an issue.

Well, first-person pronouns don’t really need any distinguishing since it can only mean one person/group. Second-person pronouns are generally favored by context so they can be non-specific. But third-person pronouns can mean literally any person (including the speaker and the listener) so some way to limit who that ‘them’ might be is useful. At least, that’s my experience from writing notes about a society with no gender - I got really tired of endless ‘thems’ so I started using two sets of neopronouns.

That sounds inconvenient :p

Probably active/passive actor

That’s what I’ve been using to write notes on my worldbuilding. Using only they/them got annoying real quick.

more short forms of names

I’m curious how practical would it be for a language to avoid pronouns whatsoever. Sounds hard.

What languages base their pronouns on status? I’d like to read about them.

I mean, yeah, that’s why I’m asking. Since it’s beneficial to have several pronouns based on a person’s intrinsic characteristics, a genderless society would also end up with several - but the question is, what would they base these pronouns on? Their age? Their role in society? Their personality?

That would require a lot of pronouns! But sounds interesting ngl