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Re:I built ChatGPT with Minecraft redstone [video] by OkayPhysicist on Thursday October 02, 2025 @11:36AM (#45451122)
This really shouldn't be some surprise. You probably do it on a regular basis without noticing. Shakespeare uses it in Hamlet:

There's not a man I meet but doth salute me As if I were their well-acquainted friend

English has always used the singular they, especially (but not always) when the gender of the target of the pronoun is unknown.

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Re:I built ChatGPT with Minecraft redstone [video] by tempaccountabcd on Thursday October 02, 2025 @01:53PM (#45453041)
ƿrong. "they" is norþmannisċ. It sċuld be he, forðat hē and hēo ƿuld'fe melded into he, and forðat Englisċ is an Indo-Europisċ tung, ƿere ƿerelie is ðe first kin.
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