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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by torstenvl on Thursday September 23, 2021 @08:40AM (#28628292)
It alienates everyone who cares about accuracy and everyone who is sick of politics infiltrating every last corner of our lives.

You may not fall into either of those two camps, but let me assure you, it's a lot of people.

For reference, the gender-neutral singular in English is "they/them/their"

they /T͟Hā/ pronoun

2. used to refer to a person of unspecified gender.

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by saalweachter on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:17PM (#28631271)
> You may not fall into either of those two camps, but let me assure you, it's a lot of people.

I think thou'st meant "Thou may not fall into either of those two camps, but let me assure thee, it's a lot of people."

The commenter thou art replying to is a singular person, not a group, and as we know, while other words may come and go, the use of pronouns in a language does not change over time.

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by torstenvl on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:10PM (#28635456)
Singular "they" dates back to the 14th century. "Thou" fell out of use in the 17th century.

https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200700

https://www.etymonline.com/word/thee#etymonline_v_10720

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by UncleMeat on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:18AM (#28629502)
I think you'll find that the set of people who complain about using "she/her" in abstract contexts also complain about using "they".
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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by xboxnolifes on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:57PM (#28634448)
> For reference, the gender-neutral singular in English is "they/them/their"

Let me also assure you that "they" hasn't always been (and still isn't to many) accepted as a singular pronoun. Crazy how things change.

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