Intolerance. It's funny. For certain values of funny.
So there I was on Teh Internets, more specifically IRC.
Channel isn't important.

I log in and cheerfully slap out a greeting:
"Hello there ladies and gentlemen! Are you ready to rock?"

Cliched perhaps but suitable for the circumstances. Or so I thought until amongst the replies came the line

"How fucking DARE you! That is SO rude!"

I blinked, I thought for a moment, I checked which channel I was in just in case I'd accidentally logged into "Recovering Guitar Hero Addicts anonymous" or similar.

The ensuing conversation boggles me to this day.

"How dare I what ? Say hello ?"

"You just mis-gendered me in front of the whole channel you prick!"

"erm ? Oookay, You don't count as either "Lady" or "Gentleman" ?"

"No. I fucking don't and I'm fed up of having my identity trampled by people like you and your gender intolerance!"

"Right. So, what word should we be using if 'Lady' and 'Gentleman' don't cover it ?"

"There isn't a word. I don't fit into any of your straightjacket stereotypes. I'm free. Get used to it!"

"(sigh) Ok then. Hello there Ladies and Gentlemen. Are you ready to rock ?"

"You intolerant prick! You did it again!"

"I wasn't talking to you..."
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:30, 9 replies)

Ladies, Gentlemen and everything in between
Maybe that would work
(Cloudane, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:09, closed)

or even
"Hello People."
(shrug)

Though given the individual concerned I suspect even that would count as unfairly branding him (and He is most definitely a Him) with my species prejudice.
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:17, closed)

I'd go with "undecided", its relatively non labelling and ambiguously insulting all at the same time... bargain.
(Finster Ate a cat biscuit for a bet, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 21:29, closed)

how dare you insult that poor talking donkey?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:18, closed)

Like earned...
Made me laugh quite alot actually!
(Captain Sensible "I'll be your animal in a yellow plastic bin", Fri 22 Feb 2013, 16:14, closed)

+1
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 22:16, closed)

I have a teeny tiny suspicion that you were trolled a couple of decades ago and still haven't realised.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 19:21, closed)

How _dare_ you insult me in this horrible bullying manner.
You're only doing it because I'm suffering from Horrible Person syndrome.

I am now quite upset.
and I want the entire internet to know.
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 19:52, closed)

You need to use more UPPER CASE and punctuation!!!!

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 23 Feb 2013, 9:12, closed)