Yeah, I do understand your issue with it and that it’s frustrating to have to use the noun again rather than pronoun for clarity, but I’m curious how would you resolve that?
Like if we could just change the language on demand, would you add more pronouns? Remove pronouns all together?
That’s not the context I was referring to though. What I’m talking about and what I think the OP was talking about is when the pronouns used are the same and therefore the statement is ambiguous.
For example, say in your statement, we are talking about you both in the third person and you both use she pronouns.
The other day Grail and Alice had dinner at her Alice’s house [the collective nouns used prevent us from being able to use her clearly in this case]. While Grail was there, she played with her Alice’s [can’t use her because Grail was the last person mentioned by name] dogs.
This isn’t really advice, it is the way the English language works and we all already do it without thinking about it for the most part.
You clearly haven’t met me if you think you can’t be ace/aro and charismatic af. Try me.
Gender in sports historically has only been because men don’t like being beat by women. Weight/skill classes make way more sense.
The whole bathroom thing is insane, just fucking make private stalls/rooms for everyone. Nobody should be seeing/smelling any of it.
The pronouns thing is already resolved. If you use a pronoun, you’re referring to the most recently mentioned person. If you need to switch people, just mention the other person’s name again. If people don’t get that, they should go back to fucking grade school.
So yes I agree with you on all points but also I’m just fucking tired.
nah, the monster from monstropolis who saved Boo
Though they spell it wrong in the movie if you ask me
Sullivan: Sully, Sullz, Silly Billy, little billy, little baby girl, little girl, my angel
Elliot: sir, buddy, bad boy, monster cat, monster, little monster, not-my-cat
We have a menace in this home.
This world doesn’t appreciate good voices enough.
Humans can be so strange and lovely
If you want a very quick and extremely easy to read overview that covers the basic concepts, I highly recommend “it’s not you, it’s capitalism” by Malaika Jabali.
It discusses theory in a more modern way and is set up as beginner reading but gives a lot of jumping off points for further reading. It is very US-centric.
I know plenty of local groups that appreciate volunteer support that doesn’t require leaving your house. The hard part is finding them.
You could search on social media or community/city sites, reach out to organizations that you align with and see if they need any administrative support or anything you can do from home. A lot of people need help managing emails for their orgs for example, or proof reading documents. If you believe in any local politicians or fundraising causes, you can see if they’re doing phone banks, etc.
Once you find and start working with groups where you feel like you’re making a positive impact in the world, the optimism follows.
I have been trapped here for weeks and I don’t want out. I’m not sure what my world was before this show.
Hot take and this will tell you a lot about the media I intake.
Straight relationships are often portrayed as super toxic, because toxic is the “norm” (think “old ball and chain” jokes).
Queer media (at least the type I consume) tends to have more healthy representation of romantic relationships.
When I see straight couples on TV/movies/whatever being healthy and sweet, I genuinely do think “that’s pretty gay” but in the best way, you know?
Gay is compliment and nobody can change my mind.
Not sure thats the same though, I think they’re talking about the material, which is generally not warm (windproof) enough to have as outside pants.
The way I immediately knew what this was and then come into the comments to see it’s not common knowledge 🥲
(But seriously y’all if you have the equipment, do yourself a favour and get one of these)
Tik tok makes it nearly impossible to use their website on mobile browser. When friends send me memes on there I usually have to switch to desktop mode and even then it’s really difficult to navigate. Annoying enough that half the time I don’t even bother to look if I get a tiktok link.
Organize to educate and unite people on a class front. It’s not about left or right, it’s up or down.
Mamdani won support from Trump voters by listening and running on a class campaign. People just want to eat.
(I’m not implying that mamdani or other politicians are the solution here but just making a point that you can win people over by appealing to what we all actually want)
I think a workers revolution could do the trick. Get yourselves organized down there and get some heads rolling.
Well, okay, again assuming you both use the same pronouns:
The other day Grail and Alice had dinner at
TheirAlice’s house [again, using the name because its unclear based on grail & alice being collective in this sentence). While Grail was there They played withTheirAlice’s (Grail was the last person mentioned by name so need to repeat Alice’s name) dog.My point is that my example only makes sense when both subjects use the same pronouns. The rule doesn’t apply otherwise.