@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 hours agoIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?message-square50fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down12
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 hours agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-square@Zahille7link24•edit-25 hours agoWhy isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”? Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•23 minutes agoNot only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•5 hours agoThe fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•4 hours agoYea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish-3•edit-24 hours agoI am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin! Rawr!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•25 minutes agoSingular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
minus-square@Fondotslink4•36 minutes agoMy friend forgot their umbrella at the office. They nervously answered the phone. They’re a lazy motherfucker. I gave my friend a hug and wished them a speedy recovery. Any of those sound unusual, or like they’re referring to more than one person?
minus-squareAlinorlink20•4 hours agoIt doesn’t though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
Why isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”?
Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
Not only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
The fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
Yea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
I am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin!
Rawr!
Because “they” refers to multiple people?
Singular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
My friend forgot their umbrella at the office.
They nervously answered the phone.
They’re a lazy motherfucker.
I gave my friend a hug and wished them a speedy recovery.
Any of those sound unusual, or like they’re referring to more than one person?
It doesn’t though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
Like at least since English has been a language.