faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up55arrow-down7·edit-22 months 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-down2·2 months agoThe fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down4·2 months agoYea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down13·edit-22 months agoI am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin! Rawr!
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoYou were not appreciated in your time.
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months 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-down2·2 months 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.