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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Groomsman = Groomsfighter

Chairman = Chairfighter

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 11 points 11 hours ago

Fooman = Foo Fughter

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago

Excel level autocomplete

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 32 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

They can't all be the same class tho.

Firefighter

Policeranger

Mailmage

Fisherbard

And let's assign their race, too.

Human Firefighter

Elf Policeranger

Gnome Mailmage

Half-Orc Fisherbard

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Horcfard, the half orc Fisher bard.

[–] boomlandjenkins@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Why do you have to bring race into it?!

/s

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 6 points 10 hours ago

So the policeranger has an excuse to shoot the rest of them

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 12 hours ago

So the DM knows what bonuses they have. 😌

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

eh, fishers are more rangers than police.

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 3 points 11 hours ago

Some lotta police is more orc (organized, following orders, and if you see a group of them, just turn back)

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Streetman = streetfighter

Idk what's streetman though.

[–] Chick0nPlayz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Roadman = Roadfighter

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Policeman = Police officer

Fireman = Fire officer

Repairman = Repair officer

Mailman = Mail officer

Fisherman = Fisher officer

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I'm just saying nobody ever wrote a song called "Fuck the Fisher Officer..."

[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago

Same with Fishfighter, sounds much closer to the truth, and I can't stop imagining a person wrestling with a large tuna or catfish in a shallow water

[–] i_love_pancakas@thelemmy.club 4 points 10 hours ago

woman = wofighter?

[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 4 points 11 hours ago

Streetman = Streetfighter

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Firefighter, pig, courier, fisher

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 52 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

This is the most boring d&d party. How about:

  • firefighter
  • policerogue
  • mailcleric
  • fisherranger
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 22 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"I cast Detect Dead... Letter."

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

“This letter is simply addressed to “Johnny” in red crayon.”

casts deduce address

“10225 Arcadia Drive.”

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Quick! Mailcleric cast spare the...package! This one's taken a beating!

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 4 points 18 hours ago

fisherranger

Favored enemy: bass.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

I know this is a joke but I will be pendantic and say there is already a gender neutral word for fisherman, which is fishmonger.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It's sad, the few things one can monger.

War, fish, rumors, cheese, fear, and whores, not much else to be a mongerer-of :(

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Fisherman - Fishmonger

Mailman - Mailmonger

Policeman - Policemonger

Fireman - Firemonger

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I thought a fishmonger was someone who sells fish at market, not the person who catches them.

[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago

Is it pedantry if it isn't true though? Or am I being woooooshed?

[–] lemmygarden@lemmy.today 5 points 15 hours ago

A mailman is a letter carrier.

[–] decolo@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago

Gun shooty man = warfighter

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 16 points 19 hours ago

Hackerfighter

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 20 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Stewardess = Airline Passenger Fighter

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

There are no such thing as fellow passengers, only foe passengers.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Nah.

Airline Passenger Paladin.

They cast 'banish' and you're out of the plane.

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

Fishfighter, not fisherfighter. No idea why, just sounds better.

Otherwise no notes

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 23 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

If somebody told me this was how German worked I would believe it so I wonder if the reverse is true

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

This does not work in German because fighter (Kämpfer) is gendered as male. There's is female version of it though (Kämpferin). We have Feuerwehrmann and Feuerwehrfrau. Correct gendering in German is (I say that as an older a male) a bit complicated and makes the sentences usually mich longer or sound weird.

There was a joke solution to this that I really liked: add a "y" to the end or all gendered words: Feuerwehry, Frisöry, Mitarbeity, Erziehery, Arzty etc.

Monster or Ungeheuer would work too. Feuerwehrmonster.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Degendering ala Phettberg may have started as a humours way toward gender neutral language, but it evolved IMHO into a serious way next to *, :, Innen.

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[–] dan@upvote.au 12 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

In frontend development, it's pretty common to use German to stress test UIs, as it's a commonly used language with a lot of long words. It reveals all sorts of UI issues - text that doesn't wrap properly, buttons that are pushed off the screen, etc.

I don't know German, but I do like the idea of using compound nouns rather than inventing new words.

It's also common to test UIs with Arabic, to test handling of right-to-left languages. At work we have a "fake RTL" language that's English but rendered RTL. It's interesting because everything is flipped - for example, a left-hand sidebar is instead on the right side in RTL languages. Company logo is at top right instead of top left.

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[–] NewDark@lemmy.today 15 points 21 hours ago

Excel be like

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Garbageman = Garbagefighter

Lineman = Linefighter

Airman = Airfighter

Seaman = Seafighter

Axeman = Axefighter

[–] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Repairman = Repair fighter

Handyman = handyfighter

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 35 points 22 hours ago

Woman -> Wofighter

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 7 points 19 hours ago
[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 19 hours ago

Its a concept called generic masculine.

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