You know how you go to your favorite bar, your local bartender isn’t there.

You ask, “Where’s Stamets?”

“Stamet’s no longer works here. I’m ummthatguy.”

And you’re thinking “Hey who’s this idiot? I like Stamets.”

But you still want your drink. And even though ummthatguy doesn’t mix your drink the same way you’re used to, like Stamets, you still like the bar. You don’t have to go to a different bar. And even ummthatguy might feel kinda bad because Stamets trained him. Stamets showed him how to work the cash register, where the tonic was on the soda gun, who tips, who doesn’t.

Stamets is the SNL Weekend Update Norm Macdonald to my Colin Quinn.

Meme from Short Trek: The Trouble with Edward

  • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Wait… is it “they” or “he”? I thought Stamets self identified as a gay man? Have I been doing it wrong by saying “he”? It’s fine if you are just aiming for generic, I’m just focused here on if my usage was wrong, but if both are acceptable then that’s cool too, I just wanted to confirm.:-)

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      I was being generic. My policy is to abide by Bill & Ted’s Law: Be excellent to each other.

      This extends to include minding chosen pronouns. That aside, I find it acceptable to use they/them/dude/guys as terms that cover whoever, per context.