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Orlando_Jordan
01/13/22 11:40:05 AM
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What would compel, for example, a deep voiced man to say "please call me they"? Anyone know?
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OudeGeuze
01/13/22 11:40:59 AM
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AablMind
01/13/22 11:41:57 AM
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Many such cases

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CyricZ
01/13/22 11:42:46 AM
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Who hurt you

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bsp77
01/13/22 11:43:21 AM
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uwnim
01/13/22 11:43:35 AM
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Is the tc okay? Why did they make this topic?

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DarkFists
01/13/22 11:45:14 AM
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Just wait til TC finds out about fae/faer, it's gonna blow their mind

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Shablagoo
01/13/22 11:45:33 AM
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Who cares? Call people what they want to be called.

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SSJKirby
01/13/22 11:45:34 AM
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uwnim posted...
Is the tc okay? Why did they make this topic?
Someone should breakdown the concept for them

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Tappor
01/13/22 11:46:01 AM
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ROBANN_88
01/13/22 11:46:14 AM
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to be honest, i had trouble with it too at one point.
not for any problems with gender-issues, but cause as english is my second language, it felt weird to use a plural term for a singular person.

i got over that though

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Lokison
01/13/22 11:46:22 AM
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I dont either honestly. They're plurals. Why not use the original Gender Nuetral term: "Thon"? Its short for "That One" and it's over 100 years old.

Though if I'm being honest, I just dont give a shit. You call people the names they tell you to call them, it all ropes into the same thing, so just use preferred pronouns and move along.

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Orlando_Jordan
01/13/22 11:46:24 AM
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I'm trying to keep up with a rapidly changing world. Am I going to get fired if I sent an e-mail and use biological pronouns by accident instead of they/them?
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uwnim
01/13/22 11:46:50 AM
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Fae? As in the fair folk?

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IShall_Run_Amok
01/13/22 11:48:53 AM
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uwnim posted...
Fae? As in the fair folk?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/2/AAJBROAACzWe.jpg

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What_
01/13/22 11:49:07 AM
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Orlando_Jordan posted...
I'm trying to keep up with a rapidly changing world. Am I going to get fired if I sent an e-mail and use biological pronouns by accident instead of they/them?

One can only hope
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bsp77
01/13/22 11:51:31 AM
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Orlando_Jordan posted...
I'm trying to keep up with a rapidly changing world. Am I going to get fired if I sent an e-mail and use biological pronouns by accident instead of they/them?
I have accidentally called my friend's boyfriend "he" instead of "them". They present very masculine, so it was a natural slipup. I simply apologized, they said "no worries", and I tried not to do it again.

It's called being a good person.

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02fran
01/13/22 11:53:11 AM
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I don't understand you being you
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Fam_Fam
01/13/22 11:54:04 AM
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Orlando_Jordan posted...
I'm trying to keep up with a rapidly changing world. Am I going to get fired if I sent an e-mail and use biological pronouns by accident instead of they/them?

No, you don't get fired for accidentally doing so. You would get fired after repeatedly and deliberately disrespecting your coworkers, though.
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ScarfForLife
01/13/22 11:55:18 AM
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the4got10-1
01/13/22 11:55:25 AM
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Yeah, I don't understand using "they" when a non-binary singular term already exists. It's "it".

Using "language is evolving" to break grammar rules is dumb af. Might as well grade all middle-school English students an A since grammar / tenses / sentence structure can be broken on an "evolving language" whim.

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Funkydog
01/13/22 11:55:27 AM
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I love such honest, open and definitely not biased or mocking questions.

Thank you TC!

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DarkFists
01/13/22 11:56:15 AM
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uwnim posted...
Fae? As in the fair folk?
I'm gonna assume that's where the neo pronoun originates, yeah...I'm admittedly not an expert on the subject, but found it interesting...and a lot more "out there" than gender neutral pronouns that also happen to be plural

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Flockaveli
01/13/22 11:57:17 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/9/AAdMiTAACzWl.jpg

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Lokison
01/13/22 11:57:34 AM
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the4got10-1 posted...
Yeah, I don't understand using "they" when a non-binary singular term already exists. It's "it".

Using "language is evolving" to break grammar rules is dumb af. Might as well grade all middle-school English students an A since grammar / tenses / sentence structure can be broken on an "evolving language" whim.
"It" implies an object, not a person though. Thon, that's the term that should be brought back.

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Accolon
01/13/22 11:57:42 AM
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CyricZ posted...
Who hurt you

THEY did, obviously

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What_
01/13/22 11:58:12 AM
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Flockaveli posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/9/AAdMiTAACzWl.jpg

so true. Such snowflakes
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Antifar
01/13/22 11:59:02 AM
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It'd be easier to list the things TC does understand.

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CyricZ
01/13/22 11:59:36 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8IugtnCck

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uwnim
01/13/22 11:59:43 AM
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the4got10-1 posted...
Yeah, I don't understand using "they" when a non-binary singular term already exists. It's "it".

Using "language is evolving" to break grammar rules is dumb af. Might as well grade all middle-school English students an A since grammar / tenses / sentence structure can be broken on an "evolving language" whim.
Singular they is older than any of us though.

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Xavier_On_High
01/13/22 12:00:17 PM
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the4got10-1 posted...
Yeah, I don't understand using "they" when a non-binary singular term already exists. It's "it".

Using "language is evolving" to break grammar rules is dumb af. Might as well grade all middle-school English students an A since grammar / tenses / sentence structure can be broken on an "evolving language" whim.

Singular "They" has been in use for hundreds of years, since the beginning of Modern English.

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