• xkbx@startrek.website
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    8 days ago

    Damn wokeness is ruining English. They/them just sounds unnatural for referring to a singular person. It’s for plural use only. A person can’t use their own preference whenever they want! A leftist will just act like they can just make up grammar and syntax at their leisure!

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      8 days ago

      Your satire isn’t exaggerated enough. This is exactly what some people believe. The only giveaway is your proper use of spelling and punctuation. And using fifth grade vocab words (too high).

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      8 days ago

      Fuck off

      lmao, satire wooshed right past me, didn’t even realize they used they as singular in their comment.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      A leftist will just act like they can just make up grammar and syntax at their leisure!

      Were you under the impression that Grammer and Syntax came from the linguism mines?

      All words are made up.

    • bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      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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          7 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