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minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoOh, to be there when you say “they” haha Or to watch you struggle to force yourself to say he/she so I “lose”. It’s ok, we’ve only been doing it for hundreds of years; it’s just a passing fad, right?
minus-squareanachrohack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoI feel like you’re obtusely ignoring the difference in context between how the non-binary “they” is used (which is a new phenomenon) and how the 3rd person of indefinite gender “they” is used
Oh, to be there when you say “they” haha
Or to watch you struggle to force yourself to say he/she so I “lose”.
It’s ok, we’ve only been doing it for hundreds of years; it’s just a passing fad, right?
I feel like you’re obtusely ignoring the difference in context between how the non-binary “they” is used (which is a new phenomenon) and how the 3rd person of indefinite gender “they” is used