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  • fooler3

    I was corrected by a coworker today when I said "he" while talking about someone I've know for years. My coworker responded by saying... "they... they prefer to go by "they" or "them" now" and I had to bite my tongue and rephrase my sentence.

    • Tell both to fuck offdrgs
    • my wife and I have recently been working on referring to the once nephew as our niece... you WILL slip up... there is nothing you can do bug apologize & hug. :)PonyBoy
    • *butPonyBoy
    • "...ok, that's nice for him. Anyway, he..."Nairn
    • Late stage capitalism..autoflavour
    • Lol @nairnduckseason
    • There was a girl at my wife’s work who demanded she be referred to as “they,” so from then on everyone called her the “they girl” lol_niko
    • This is an american thing, we still use gender in the rest of the world, please reffer to us as "they"grafician
    • or are you the Borg?grafician
    • Just knee her in the nose next time.jagara
    • are you they Borg?emphor
    • Why would anyone go by they, does he have a multiple personality disorder?deadsperm
    • Tell them you prefer to be called 'His Lordship Master Commodore of the Giant Boner" and that you self identify as a giant boner, and they need to respect that.shapesalad
    • I dont get the "they" either ... The confusion potential is greatBennn

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