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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

No idea why but everyone on base used "male/female" instead of men/women.

Maybe to imply that there are no men or women (gender constructs) on base? As in there are soldiers with penises, and soldiers with vaginas, but they're all just soldiers. Idk, just a guess.