this is a dangerous meme when your entire roster is Terrible People

you're a lizard person, right?

Green.

definitely Probably Reptilian

...Like, I know that sounds like a joke answer, but I legitimately mentally associate 'Chara's shirt green' and 'Snap's username green' in my mind.

my favourite colour is green so i'll allow it

thubms up

is precious and good to my soul

also a horrible goblin

these are not mutually exclusive

definitely definitely MAXIMUM GOBLIN

I N C R E A S E G O B L I N

Chara is NB and you are NB? It seems like the most blatantly obvious thing BUT NOBODY SAID IT YET.

Also: Lizardz.

both very true

undertale was my Gateway Representation to "hey that's a thing you can be you know" so it's extra tru

Man I have gotten into Academic Conversations about Singular-They in classes before

you do me a Proud, friend

My discussion to my own classes is usually

"I am fine with you using singular-they, but you can't be sure everyone will be"

"So, in academic writing for me, it's cool. Go for it."

whomst the fuck isn't going to let you use singular they

YOU'D BE SURPRISED

disappointed but not surprised: the they/them experience

I had to defend it in a 400-level grammar class. There were a surprising number of English-major types who were like "use he/she or she or he"

And my response was "No, you'd never say that. It sounds bad. You sound bad. If you don't know the gender, just use they."

"IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR JANE AUSTEN IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME."

why are we still in this Hellhole

ENGLISH IS AN EVOLVING LANGUAGE AND THE SINGULAR THEY FILLS A MUCH-NEEDED FUNCTION DAMMIT.

JUST MAKE IT OFFICIAL AND BE DONE WITH IT.

singular they isn't even a New Evolution THIS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE LIKE THE 1700S

it's literally in the dictionary as a singular thing now

It's Official Already

All I can tell you is

My dissertation contains no uses of Singular They because

being like family

It wasn't okay for my panel.

why are people like this

except. a much, much better family than what i'm used to lmao

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When it happens in my dissertation it's always things like "when readers of the novel encounter the it-narrative, they..."

also probably throwing ketchup thru someone's window

Pluralize it, nobody cares.

ketchup is my legacy now

the singular they has been in use since fuckin chaucer they have no argument

You have 18th century prescriptive grammarians to thank for it.

People who went around forcing English to fit into a Latin-based grammar. The problem being, English has Germanic Roots. It's not a romance language.

english has so many layers it's like a multi-background mashup

Hi, welcome to things I have to know because of what my field of study is.

every so often changes were straight up effected by great kings or lords or some such were like "no, i want something done like this and changes were made for no other reason"

do not apply logic to the english language, it has always defied logic

Old High German meets Old Norse meets Middle French meets 700 years.