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Dad joke rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Clbull@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] DasherPack@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Could someone explain? I'm not native :/

Edit: Thank you to everyone that explained it!

[-] hoshiyari@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

While the layman would say, "They dug up a fortune in those hills.", a gold prospector, likely familiar with hick speak, would say "They dug up a fortune in them there hills." The non-binary part comes into play by turning there into their, alluding to the assertion of pronouns common with the non-binary community.