faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agoIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up55arrow-down7·edit-216 days agoWhy isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”? Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·16 days agoThe fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down4·16 days agoYea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down13·edit-216 days agoI am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin! Rawr!
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·16 days agoYou were not appreciated in your time.
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·16 days agoNot only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
minus-squarefaultypidgeon@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·16 days agoLove how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.
Why isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”?
Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
The fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
Yea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
I am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin!
Rawr!
You were not appreciated in your time.
Not only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
Love how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.