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1. バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Sunday, 28-Nov-2021 04:58:44 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;
   something always confused me about the "generic pronouns debate" (he, she, he or she) is that using those pronouns at all is completely unnecessary, like always a way to phrase things that just bypasses them
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Sunday, 28-Nov-2021 04:59:19 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     and they were always kind of awkward to begin with, so
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Sunday, 28-Nov-2021 05:03:32 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     • Infected Moomin
     @Moon don't mean that; i mean like in academic writing, like currently reading book:"I will in due course defend an information theoretic account of knowledge that makes no appeal a all to the things a knower needs to possess or be able to do in order to defend her claims."like why not just "in order to defend a claim" or "defend claims". every time it's some trivial rephrasing that bypasses the problem entirely of this 60-something humanities professor guy being all "hmmm, should i put 'she' in this time? will people think that's good or bad or"
   • Infected Moomin (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 28-Nov-2021 05:03:34 JST Infected Moomin

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     @shmibs I use they/them for most people but one time I ready an obituary that honored their they/them pronouns and it was nearly unreadable because you couldn't tell subjects apart so I get why people don't like it.
   • Infected Moomin (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 28-Nov-2021 05:07:16 JST Infected Moomin

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     @shmibs "I will in due course defend an information theoretic account of knowledge that makes no appeal a all to the things a knower needs to possess or be able to do in order to defend one's claims."
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Sunday, 28-Nov-2021 05:07:16 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     • Infected Moomin
     @Moon leaving it out flows better here, but mmm, that's a possibility. or can pluralise with people / their etc.