Side point: the whole end to this schtick is to put people in impossible situations so they can cry victim when people make the inevitable miscalculation. If someone walks in wearing a muscle shirt long hair, five-o-clock shadow and a mini skirt, what the hell am I supposed to call you?
If a person defy’s all social norms then the onus is on them to make things clear. Saying partner, is a deliberate attempt to obfuscate things.
Fortunately I’m not in a position where I have these conversations much anymore.
Maybe I’ll just call them on it, oh hell, I’ll do it too, because eff civil discourse, that’s why.
Side point: the whole end to this schtick is to put people in impossible situations so they can cry victim when people make the inevitable miscalculation. If someone walks in wearing a muscle shirt long hair, five-o-clock shadow and a mini skirt, what the hell am I supposed to call you?
If a person defy’s all social norms then the onus is on them to make things clear. Saying partner, is a deliberate attempt to obfuscate things.
Fortunately I’m not in a position where I have these conversations much anymore.
Maybe I’ll just call them on it, oh hell, I’ll do it too, because eff civil discourse, that’s why.
I’m sure it’s like that for some people, but those people will use anything to put you in that situation, like the famous “It’s m’am!” douche.
All I’m saying is normal people use “partner” too, for non malevolent reasons.
If someone’s trying hard to be a screecher, then by all means call them out, they don’t get called out enough.