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Ms is for anyone, not just widows.
But Mx is better than any gendered title anyway
Razer MX middle aged wo/man
I find *x so stupid
what about *nix?
What are you talking about? Everyone is already using *nix every day, they just don't realize it!
then what about NixOS? :D
Why do we even need titles? It's such an outdated hierarchical notion.
I have found it's getting easier and easier to not enter a title. Probably 80% of online forms I fill in these days have title as an optional field.
I've just filled one that has a non-optional. I've filled Mx just cause I hate it, regardless of my preferred pronouns.
Sir, this is a Wendy's!
Then we couldn't make that shitty joke.
In this case I believe the "sir" part of actually just a polite interjection to get attention. While I an unsure of another polite one, options include:
I substituted the asshole with strawberries, but somehow it's much too sweet. 1/5 stars
You forgot cunt.
Yeah, Ms. (pronounced miz) is supposed to be used when you don’t know if someone is single or married.
But I agree, the whole thing is outdated and icky and shouldn’t be a thing anymore