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Re:Paige Thompson, Capital One Hacking Suspect, Left a Trail... by Nicksil on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @02:31PM (#20567724)
> So this guy is a crazy braggart.

Clearly not a guy

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Re:Paige Thompson, Capital One Hacking Suspect, Left a Trail... by kgwgk on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @02:53PM (#20567968)
Not so clearly.
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Re:Paige Thompson, Capital One Hacking Suspect, Left a Trail... by mieseratte on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @02:51PM (#20567946)
Say what you will about using the desired pronouns, Paige is extremely androgynous. Saying she is "Clearly not a guy" is inaccurate.
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Re:Paige Thompson, Capital One Hacking Suspect, Left a Trail... by bin0 on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @02:38PM (#20567797)
Guy can be used in a gender-neutral sense, though it's not really good grammar. Most romance languages use male for a collective group; people often replicate this in English (though not always, as not all our words for groups carry gender). Some people then extend this back to the singular, i.e. "hey (many) guys" -> "hey (one) guy".

Edit: Down-votes care to comment why?

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Re:Paige Thompson, Capital One Hacking Suspect, Left a Trail... by neonate on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @03:26PM (#20568264)
Plural 'guys' is increasingly gender neutral but that hasn't extended to the singular 'guy' at all.
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