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[–]slushpilot 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Just curious, why do you indulge him with a "they"?

He did lie to that tribunal about his "parts", obviously, as if we didn't know that. I guess because it wasn't a real court there's no contempt or perjury.

[–]WrongToy[S] 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's a relic from Reddit and other SM. From a time, even now, when we have to deal with getting banned or sitebanned for not using pronouns. Look at Glinner, one of a country's most famous creators, and he's banned yesterday for saying "men aren't women tho." And we all know Murphy got banned for that same exact phrase and who bragged about the ban on her.

"They" is a neutral pronoun; grammatically incorrect but neutral. The singular version would be "it," which no one uses.

[–]FlickingMarvellous 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You know, there are some people for whom “it” seems appropriate. I’d never thought of it, but...