My favorite part of the blocked and reported podcast is when katie makes a joke about pronouns and jesse gets extremely nervous and immediately changes the subject
My favorite part of the blocked and reported podcast is when katie makes a joke about pronouns and jesse gets extremely nervous and immediately changes the subject
The author never again refers to Justin with a pronoun. Why?
Pronouns obviously make no sense in this context. Imagine trying to read an article that refers to a single person as he, she, and they. No chance you could follow along.
'They' is almost impossible to follow along with when you talk about a single, known person in relation to other people. 'Themselves' sounds like parody. Just revoke their pronouns already.
> 'They' is almost impossible to follow along with when you talk about a single, known person in relation to other people. 'Themselves' sounds like parody. Just revoke their pronouns already.
Right! And the activists who screech "But 'they' has been used as a singular pronoun for centuries!" aren't being truthful.
It has been used for an unknown person. "I'd like to find the owner of this lost glove so I can return it to them" but *never* for a known person "If you see Mary ask them to shut up" and is confusing.
I'd happily refer to a person a consistent set of pronouns -- either he/him or she/her-- based on his or her preference. But I won't use made-up words or grammatical nonsense. Hurts my brain too much.
Agree that they should never be used in a news article to refer to a single person, itтАЩs entirely too confusing. But in spoken conversation itтАЩs easier to follow along and doesnтАЩt really bother me.
Man that times article hurt my brain. Two honest questions: If someone uses all pronouns does that mean you can never misgender them? Or do you have to know which one theyтАЩre currently feeling? And isnтАЩt trans nonbinary oxymoronic? I thought I was keeping up with this stuff but then another curveball comes my way
This is why after 20 years I don't subscribe ($ goes to BRpod) or read the NYT anymore. How can you possibly believe ANYTHING from a "news" source that writes this headline: "She killed two women. At 83, she is charged with killing a third" about a MALE serial killer?
My favorite part of the blocked and reported podcast is when katie makes a joke about pronouns and jesse gets extremely nervous and immediately changes the subject
Jesse and Katie should stop using pronouns for these people and just use proper nouns.
See the recent Paulson article in NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/theater/tonys-justin-david-sullivan-and-juliet.html). 2nd paragraph: "The performer, Justin David Sullivan, is trans nonbinary and uses the pronouns he, she and they."
The author never again refers to Justin with a pronoun. Why?
Pronouns obviously make no sense in this context. Imagine trying to read an article that refers to a single person as he, she, and they. No chance you could follow along.
'They' is almost impossible to follow along with when you talk about a single, known person in relation to other people. 'Themselves' sounds like parody. Just revoke their pronouns already.
> 'They' is almost impossible to follow along with when you talk about a single, known person in relation to other people. 'Themselves' sounds like parody. Just revoke their pronouns already.
Right! And the activists who screech "But 'they' has been used as a singular pronoun for centuries!" aren't being truthful.
It has been used for an unknown person. "I'd like to find the owner of this lost glove so I can return it to them" but *never* for a known person "If you see Mary ask them to shut up" and is confusing.
I'd happily refer to a person a consistent set of pronouns -- either he/him or she/her-- based on his or her preference. But I won't use made-up words or grammatical nonsense. Hurts my brain too much.
Agree that they should never be used in a news article to refer to a single person, itтАЩs entirely too confusing. But in spoken conversation itтАЩs easier to follow along and doesnтАЩt really bother me.
Man that times article hurt my brain. Two honest questions: If someone uses all pronouns does that mean you can never misgender them? Or do you have to know which one theyтАЩre currently feeling? And isnтАЩt trans nonbinary oxymoronic? I thought I was keeping up with this stuff but then another curveball comes my way
This is why after 20 years I don't subscribe ($ goes to BRpod) or read the NYT anymore. How can you possibly believe ANYTHING from a "news" source that writes this headline: "She killed two women. At 83, she is charged with killing a third" about a MALE serial killer?
Same.