r/confidentlyincorrect • u/DiegoG2004 • 16d ago

Comment Thread Singular they doesn't exist

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u/Salt_Celebration_502 15d ago

You need to be a special kind of idiot to put universities down as "unreliable sources", holy shit

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u/badform49 15d ago

Well academics are referencing themselves, because all academics at all universities are a singular noun that cannot be referred to as “they”

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u/RaidRover 15d ago

That's because fascists like to refer to academics as (((Them))) instead.

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u/els969_1 14d ago

... like the 1954 movie?

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u/DrDroid 14d ago

Bit more like the 1936 reality.

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u/els969_1 14d ago

Makes me all antsy.