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[–] OrangeXarot@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

and then they masturbated forever, you can use they to stay neutral

[–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i don't know why people forget the word exists when they use it all the time in normal conversation

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a great neutral pronoun, but it can sound like you are referring to multiple people depending on how you use it.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah we need a dedicated genderless singular third-person pronoun.

The only thing that comes to mind is "it" but that tends to dehumanize people.

[–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I wish we could just manually change english. Forget all gendered pronouns because they shouldn't even need to specify. Just animate/inanimate singular/plural.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It sounds like they both masturbated forever though (Not to be a hater, dont down vote!!)