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[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

When I was a kid, every letter and number seemed to have a gender to me.

  • Male: a, c, d, e, g, h, j, l, m, n, o, p, x, z, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
  • Female: b, f, i, k, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, y, 3, 7, 8
  • NB: 0
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

T is male. M is female and dating Mr. N.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

T is a strong, amazonian woman. t is a tomboy skater who likes competitive street boxing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

back in the olden times, straight lines were masculine and curved lines were feminine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Same for me except my number genders are different. 1,3,5,6,9 are male and 2,4,7,8 are female. 0 is still nb. I'd have to really think about the letters since they are more nuanced. Numbers definitely have hard gender though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It's one of those things I didn't really think hard about. It's more like, just the "feeling" I got from them XD.

Not even sure what causes it tbh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That sounds like a very unusual form of synesthesia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

One of the few, if only, mental "disorders" I wouldn't mind having.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

o uses he/they