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Scared-Software135 t1_je2guaj wrote

Your child is gender non-conforming, that's all, but fully 100 % either male or female. If this is your biological child, and if you're a woman, you were there when she or he was born. But they are either male or female,.. if you forget about gender and just let them flourish, they can be the entirely beautiful, healthy, happy young woman or young man I assume you want them to be without having to try to carve out an identity as non-binary when the only binary is sexual dimorphism, or male and female. I guarantee you, your child is one or the other.

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viaco12 t1_je2fh7m wrote

Reply to comment by G_D_Ironside in [ Removed by Reddit ] by noOne000Br

Actually yes, the joke did say something about all the other pronouns. It said "the singular third person pronoun other than he and she," which implies that there's only one.

I can imagine the kids listing off a ton of other pronouns that aren't "it" and the teacher has to keep adding them to the list of words they aren't looking for.

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MinisculeInformant t1_je2ey9i wrote

I wasn't one of the people who downvoted you, if that's what you're asking. I guessed (and it seems to be confirmed) that you just aren't used to thinking of "they" as singular.

I'll admit I am a bit opinionated on the subject of neopronouns; I have strong prescriptivist tendencies when it comes to changing language and I dislike meaningless gibberish. I won't hate or mock someone if they prefer neopronouns, but I feel like it's either reinventing the wheel (since we already have NB pronouns) or trying to force more grammatical genders into the language.

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jk87jk t1_je2doh5 wrote

Furious, the teacher sends little Johnny to the principal. When he enters the reception area he notices the lady at the front desk is not around. With no one to report to, he takes a seat on the bench outside Mr. Morris' office. Suddenly, the door opens and out walks the receptionist. She pauses, after closing the door, to smooth a wrinkle in her skirt and notices Little Johnny grinning at her.

Surprised, she snaps ‟What are you looking at you little brat?” Little Johnny's grin widens as he points to the corner of his mouth

‟You have got some ice cream on your face.”

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Worried_Click_4559 t1_je2dkrb wrote

Thanks for the advanced English grammar lesson. If I ever get that "refund" I'll send it to you.

Your last line, however, seems a bit opinionated. Such negativity doesn't bother me at all. Did my original comment (admittedly wrong) bother you? It shouldn't have.

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