The Wasted Onion

Cisgender Man Confused Why Non-Binary Friend Not Speaking In Binary

Cisgender Man Confused Why Non-Binary Friend Not Speaking In Binary
14 JUNE 2026

WILMINGTON, DE—Attempting to be a supportive ally to his gender non-conforming friend, local cisgender man Jack Moss admitted Sunday that he was confused why his non-binary friend, Taylor Foster, did not speak in binary. "I just feel really confused honestly. I recently met Taylor and they're pretty cool. I wanted to be a good ally and took quite a bit of time to learn how to speak in ones and zeroes. Like, check it out: 01110011 01101001 01111000 00100000 01110011 01100101 01110110 01100101 01101110. I spent a long time on that, but looks like it was all a waste," said Mr. Moss as he met his friend at the local cafe for a catch-up, feeling embarrassment as Mx. Foster asked the barista for a latte in English. "Jack's heart is in the right place. But he is a bumbling moron. Why would I speak in binary?" said Mx. Foster, sighing while Mr. Moss deleted a text-to-binary app from his phone. "The only thing harder to understand than binary is maybe Welsh. Like, what next? Is he going to think genderfluid people actually have a fluid in them called gender?" Following Mx. Fosters' interview, Mr. Moss fell silent, realising his understanding that genderfluid people secreted a fluid called gender was actually incorrect. At press time, Mx. Foster was reportedly explaining to Mr. Moss that demisexual people were not, in fact, just huge fans of actress Demi Moore.