If you really think about it, asking a person what their pronouns are, he/she/they etc., is basically sending a REST OPTIONS request. What a technically pure and proven thing to do.

You assume OPTIONS response of an API, you get "400 Fuck You". Or, if that API is nice, you can get "426 Get Out Of Your Cave", but that's the best you're gonna get.

418 I'm a teapot don't brew coffee with me!

But i like your way of thinking

given the fluidity these days, the POST, PUT and DELETE requests would be very apt.

Preferred pronouns are more like the naming convention of your own variables, struct and end points describing data from a third party api. The provider of the api then getting in your face bitching at you for not using the correct naming convention while you aren't even talking to their api wrong.

Why would anyone tie theire self-esteem to the naming convention they made up when they're not being talked to?

399 Special offer: fuck yourself

I'm identifying as a ghost. My pronouns are "where" and "when"

@ojt-rant it made me laugh way more than it should