• bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Look, you are just flat out wrong about singular they. Singular they is used all the time in conversations. Even Shakespeare used singular they to refer to a person. Hamlet act 3 scene 3 line 34.

    Personal pronouns aren’t new either. The bible gives God personal pronouns, He/Him, since His pronouns are always capitalized when He is referred to.

    Grammar isn’t being made up, the tools that already exist are being used in ways that make you uncomfortable for some weird reason.

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        6 days ago

        Yeah, that was a response to another comment I made.

        I think this is an appropriate response to that type of satire where the satire is just saying the same thing the person they are satirizing would say, since it’s not really possible to tell, especially online