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Some of yall on the fediverse owe him one of these (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by LeninWeave@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7301812

Sorry, but it's true.

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[-] stenAanden@feddit.dk 1 points 2 days ago

What has he done to deserve an apology?

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

Now let's do this exact same meme but with Hexbear and being right about all of the nazi bar instances

[-] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago

Cowbee is the goat

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago

For some reason I'm glad I don't know who cowbee is. Sometimes outside looking in is the best position to find yourself in.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Cowbee is just a stupid commie

[-] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

i love stupid commies 💖

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago

♥️

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

He's everyone's favorite stupid commie, thank you very much.

You're also not stupid at all. I often wonder if you're actually four people. If you're not, props for being that good.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

Thanks for the kind words, but no, I've got a long road ahead in my studies before I consider myself educated in the field of Marxism-Leninism. I'm just one person, I just like to yap!

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Your contributions are greatly appreciated, so keep yapping!

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

Thanks!

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago

Can confirm

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

Lol

[-] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago

Assuming maybe wrongfully that they are a man, (i'm uncomfortable with the use of they/them to designate a singular person, english isn't my first language), yeah, I'm seriously impressed by his patience and kindness.

I felt so ashamed to give small answers to him that one time he corrected me with a very understandable and precise paragraph, that I actually became motivated to read a bit of theory.

That's what i call a good influencer.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 12 points 6 days ago

The correct pronoun is the preferred pronoun.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

Some apps don't display modified usernames, so it would just show "cowbee" instead of "cowbee [he/they]"

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[-] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 8 points 6 days ago

Using "they" for a singular person has been used since at least the 14th century, so there's no need to feel uncomfortable with it. I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia page on Singular they, which touches on its history.

A similar example is "you." "You" used to be only a plural, with "thou" being the singular, but over time it fell out of fashion and now "you" can be used as singular or plural, like how "they" can be singular or plural.

Singular "they" was criticised by some people hundreds of years after it started being used. But language cannot be prescribed; it is determined by how people use it.

[-] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Oh, thank you for the info, but when i said that I am uncomfortable with that pronoun, i said it in the sense "I'm not used to this pronoun and don't know how to use it properly".

If I understood well, it can be used like he-his, she-her, they-theirs? I gotta use gender neutral pronouns more often. Sounds better than "it-its"

[-] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 days ago

Oh that makes sense, sorry I misunderstood!

Yep, they/them/theirs is used in the same place as he/him/his or she/her/hers. It/it/its should not be used for people unless someone explicitly says those are their preferred pronouns. "It" is typically used for objects and non-human animals, so it could be seen as rude to refer to a human as "it." If unsure, use they/them.