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lain gnu/bsd and you don't seem to understand :marseypomni2: :marseylain:  1yr ago (text post) 104 thread views #207528

I still use singular they on a daily basis after being woke for years :marseytransrentfree:

They did this to me :marseyitsover:

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'they' predates woke stuff and afaik started to be used around the early 90s. I think it's a suboptimal word choice (as 'they' already has a specific meaning) but a word to refer to a non-specific s*x is fine imo

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Him/her doesn't roll off the tongue for sure

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I like Stallman's idea.

Use the elegant gender-neutral pronouns "person", "per" and "pers". They fit into English smoothly. They are easy to remember, since they come from "person", and the last two resemble "her" and "hers". They are natural to use, since they work just like "she", "her" and "hers". "Pers" ends in a voiced consonant, just like "hers".

Plus it'll make trains angry

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And it will enrage rightoids because they will think "per" and "pers" is some kind of neurodivergent furry shit :marseyscoot:

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Lmao that's very Stallman.

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This is my pet peeve, "singular" they/them is fricking ancient, everyone has always used it and anyone who doesn't realize it is a literal NPC

Today I went shopping and the cashier punched me in the face

Wow why would THEY do that?

My next-door neighbor brought me a casserole

That was nice of THEM to do

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