communication

Thank you SO much for your answers here! And for writing that awesome Wikipedia page, which I somehow hadn't seen before. A few follow up questions, if you don't mind:

1. I found a dropdown somewhere with [iel/iel/iel]. This is a mistake, right? "Je iel connais" feels wrong. It should be something like "Je lae connais"?
2. You may have answered this already, but what's a good way to present my pronouns that says "I prefer non-binary, but I don't want to torture you so feel free to use il or elle? Something like [iel ou il, lui, le]? Useful point about accusative being unneccessary, but I'm in a situation where other people are adding it so I think I probably need to include it...

Thanks! It's really hard to get a feel for what people actually use and recognize. There are resources saying "here are 20 NB pronouns that exist", which is great, but they're not helpful to someone without a fairly sophisticated level of fluency. Perhaps [iel/ellui/lea] is an option, despite my dislike of the gender-combo construction.

I've listened to half of the first episode and can report that it is healing the late-night sized hole in my soul.

The concept of pornographic memory is hilarious without bounds. Like, you experience moments normally, but the second you try to recall them everything is sexy.

You go for an appointment and are upset that everyone isn't naked like you remember from last time.

You try to remember the steps for baking bread, and you can't figure out how you ever managed to do it without getting flour EVERYWHERE.

You're constantly perplexed by movie age ratings. Kids are allowed to see THAT?!

I didn't expect this podcast to be relevant to me, but episode 90 was really interesting! The discussion about what drives consumer demand from the perspective of grocery stores gave me a lot to think about.

The tech that made this possible is really cool. They force DNA through a teeny-tiny hole in a protein, and measure changes in voltage to ID each individual letter.

Totally different from traditional shotgun sequencing!

I'm able to have 8ish exchanges before it asks me to pay. And using private browsing I can return as many times as I like. Though sometimes it wants money right away, so I leave and come back.

Mine wouldn't let me act unreasonably :(

I believe Misskey/Calckey are meant to be exactly this, but I haven't tried them yet.

I love it! Perfect blend of simple, sleek, cute, and friendly.

Thanks for these! The GoC has something similar, and it actually acknowledges the existence of iel, which surprised me. I hadn't seen the ones you linked, so it'll be good to compare. It's so confusing!

This is something that's been driving me nuts. I've found lots of material on the concepts of "iel" and la rédaction épicène, but I can't find many long-form examples for understanding how to actually use them. Any thoughts on where I could find articles or essays written without gender?