cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3804525
Wow, things have changed since I last posted in /c/fediverse. Here are the top five most active instances based on monthly active users:
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3804525
Wow, things have changed since I last posted in /c/fediverse. Here are the top five most active instances based on monthly active users:
Are you worth more than one person? Why should I call you they?
They’re worth a whole lot more than you, anyway
LoL… You wish
I wish you had better comebacks than that, anyway, because that was pathetic. And that you weren’t a transphobic shithead, but I try to be realistic.
Hog out or log out, nazi pig
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oh fuck off
hello them
Yes. Now post a picture of your hog.
Singular they goes back at least as far as Shakespeare. Also, “you” was originally a plural pronoun.
Cant “you” still be used to mean many people? “do you all” “you guys” etc…
Also, there’s a lot of Shakespeare speech that is kind of incomprehensible today.
yeah like thou for the second person singular is pretty odd… wait a second
Yes, it can, but my point was that it used to only mean multiple people and we don’t have any trouble using it to refer to just one
I don’t think anyone is suggesting that we eliminate the plural “they”, either.
If Shakespeare’s English is too hard to comprehend today, then we can make it easier by switching one part back. It also proves that they’re ;-) not just trying to sound more important or whatever transphobic bs.