Media Sensationalism@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMiddle-schoolers after pronouns are successfully banned once and for all (A conservative utopia)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1809arrow-down125
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minus-squareistanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down4·2 months agoMy native language (Türkish) does not have grammatical gender. Gender in grammar is just silly and useless.
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI need to know which inanimate objects I can fuck without it being gay, constantinoplelu.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoThat’s part of why I just use They in English for everyone. Less having to learn people’s whatever; I don’t care. You’re cis male he? Don’t care, you’re a they now. More room left in brain. We can fix this shit right now.
minus-squareistanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWe do have a distinction between singular ‘they’ and plural ‘they’. It’s helpful.
minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months ago You’re cis male he? Don’t care, you’re a they now. Now you’re back to not respecting peoples pronouns
minus-squareArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoI don’t have enough bandwidth to remember everyone’s names, let alone their pronouns. This is the compromise.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoNo. Language needs as many possible structures and rules as well as millions of exceptions and oddities so it is really hard to learn.
minus-squareshiftymccool@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoI can’t agree more
My native language (Türkish) does not have grammatical gender. Gender in grammar is just silly and useless.
I need to know which inanimate objects I can fuck without it being gay, constantinoplelu.
pretty sure it’s all gay.
That’s part of why I just use They in English for everyone. Less having to learn people’s whatever; I don’t care. You’re cis male he? Don’t care, you’re a they now. More room left in brain. We can fix this shit right now.
We do have a distinction between singular ‘they’ and plural ‘they’. It’s helpful.
Now you’re back to not respecting peoples pronouns
I don’t have enough bandwidth to remember everyone’s names, let alone their pronouns. This is the compromise.
Based and ottoman-pilled
No. Language needs as many possible structures and rules as well as millions of exceptions and oddities so it is really hard to learn.
average O enjoyer
I can’t agree more