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minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·27 days agoMan with a hammer rule definitely applies to SAs. If your skills are in Micro$oft then every problem is best solved with MS, even when it isn’t. I tried to come up with a gender-neutral way of saying ‘man with a hammer’ and failed. Please make some suggestions for me.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·27 days agoA person with a hammer? Why does it need to be difficult :P Or just go with direct address “If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoYup, that’s the form I’m familiar with. Most idioms avoid gender entirely.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days ago“When you’re MC Hammer, every problem is a nail”
Man with a hammer rule definitely applies to SAs. If your skills are in Micro$oft then every problem is best solved with MS, even when it isn’t.
I tried to come up with a gender-neutral way of saying ‘man with a hammer’ and failed. Please make some suggestions for me.
A person with a hammer? Why does it need to be difficult :P
Or just go with direct address
“If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”
Yup, that’s the form I’m familiar with. Most idioms avoid gender entirely.
“When you’re MC Hammer, every problem is a nail”
Everytime is hammer time