• they/them

plural system in Seattle, WA (b. 1974)
lots of fictives from lots of media, some horses, some dragons, I dunno. the Pnictogen Wing is poorly mapped.

host: Mx. Kris Dreemurr (they/them)

chief messenger and usual front: Mx. Chara or Χαρά (they/them)

other members:
Mx. Frisk, historian (they/them)
Monophylos Fortikos, unicorn (he/him)
Kel the Purple, smol derg (xe/xem)
Pim the Dragon, Kel's sister (she/her)


NireBryce
@NireBryce

and no one bothered to tell them to stop doing that, so now we're stuck with every single professional conversation being overly familiar because no one thinks about the meaning of the words they were told to use.

Very Truly Yours,
-- Nire Bryce


mintexists
@mintexists

Am I supposed to use hi? Hello? those sound too casual sometimes! they didn’t prepare me for anything they just gave me a word and my elementary school diploma. The American education system smh


WobblyPython
@WobblyPython

I have recently become aware that a vernacular change is being observed as generations wear on. I would like to encourage everyone to keep an open mind and stay connected to society lest we repeat the mistakes of past generations. We all swore we wouldn't be our parents and this is a great time/place to avoid doing so.

Hope you liked that shit.

Pogfully, Big Snake.


Noxulous
@Noxulous

No one ever told me different, no one bothered to explain anything of substance. So now every professional email is a love letter, a love that can never be, forbidden love. I just hope one day the government agency person i emailed last week will notice me uwu.

Yours, always -- Nox


pnictogen-wing
@pnictogen-wing

I learned what little about business correspondence that I did from old typing manuals going back many decades. surely this wasn't just a millennial thing. anyway that's where I picked up the "Very Truly Yours" habit.

just what IS the modern standard in business communication? ~Chara


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in reply to @mintexists's post:

I mostly just use their name where "Dear" would be, then end with: "thanks!
--First Lastname"

and I've not gotten shit for it, if someone complains I'll move to ending with "Sincerely"

But most people don't even pay attention to the protocol layer because it's automatic for them, so I haven't found people who notice much

in reply to @WobblyPython's post:

Hey,

Whenever I travel to more conservative parts of the US for work, everyone is initially really thrown off when I drop a "sup" as my morning greeting. My farewells are either "peace," "good luck (with life)," or "see you around." Even people in our generation who grew up in these areas are not able to parse words for a bit. Most generally figure out greetings and farewells can be whatever though. We can make up whatever societal rules we want.

K bye, Kindest