Everyone stop what you are doing and look over here, I have an important announcement

Sheeps · 14-09-2019 4:40pm #1

Sam Smith's pronouns are they/them.

Mongfinder General · 14-09-2019 4:41pm

Sheeps wrote: »

Sam Smith's pronouns are they/them.

Good for them.

BDI · 14-09-2019 4:42pm

Yeah but what’s his adjectives?

He’s keeping that quiet.

14-09-2019 4:45pm

The voices in his head want recognition.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-09-2019 4:45pm

I hope they're happy together.

hatrickpatrick · 14-09-2019 4:46pm

BDI wrote: »

Yeah but what’s his adjectives?

He’s keeping that quiet.

Well in fairness, narcissistic and attention-seeking don't really lend themselves to one's resumé

Leg End Reject · 14-09-2019 4:46pm

I wish all this gender nonsense would die.

14-09-2019 4:46pm

sam smith of either or neither gender is a vapid nothing squeaker whod never be in a job if mummy and daddy werent industry execs

Heavy Beast · 14-09-2019 4:46pm

Sheeps wrote: »

Sam Smith's pronouns are they/them.

What ? Ahhahahahhaha alright.

Yamanoto · 14-09-2019 4:47pm

He's perfectly entitled to refer to himself however he so wishes

More power to him

RWCNT · 14-09-2019 4:52pm

Totally fine for someone to want to be referred to by they/them pronouns.

EmmetSpiceland · 14-09-2019 4:52pm

Was a real shame when he got the sack from Today FM.

Signore Fancy Pants · 14-09-2019 4:55pm

Do I refer to them as "dickhead" or "dickheads"?

/confused.

normanoffside · 14-09-2019 4:57pm

Sheeps wrote: »

Sam Smith's pronouns are they/them.

Who?

Leg End Reject · 14-09-2019 4:57pm

Dickhead(s) should suffice to cover all possibilities.

normanoffside · 14-09-2019 4:57pm

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Do I refer to them as "dickhead" or "dickheads"?

/confused.

Cuntz works well for all genders

14-09-2019 5:00pm

An incredibly trivial issue.

Sheeps · 14-09-2019 5:04pm

My prounouns are one/one.

Beanntraigheach · 14-09-2019 5:07pm

My pronouns are 'His Imperial Majesty' / 'Your Imperial Majesty'.
(In informal settings I'll accept 'Sire' in lieu of the second.)

Beanntraigheach · 14-09-2019 5:10pm

Deja Boo wrote: »

They and them has a HE in the middle - could that be miscontrued as discrimination to some of the womens rights super-activist protestor types?

Clearly tHEy and tHEm has not thought tHIS through.

Solution: 'Thxy' & 'Thxm'.

Junkyard Tom · 14-09-2019 5:11pm

Is he related to Sam Spudz?

An oul packet of crips would be nice now with 45 pints.

Leg End Reject · 14-09-2019 5:15pm

Deja Boo wrote: »

They and them has a HE in the middle - could that be miscontrued as discrimination to some of the womens rights super-activist protestor types?

Clearly tHEy and tHEm has not thought tHIS through.

tHERe, tHERe.

73bc61lyohr0mu · 14-09-2019 5:18pm

Who gives a ****. There are far more important things to worry about in our lives then what some pleb singer wants to call himself. Leave him off, who cares.

Tom Mann Centuria · 14-09-2019 5:20pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiO4y0soaLU

beejee · 14-09-2019 5:25pm

"police are on the lookout for a human, unfortunately we're not allowed tell you that it's a man or woman..."

"we would like to give you the correct medication, but we can't acknowledge if you're a man or a woman, sorry about that... "

Hilarious stuff

you can ask to be identified as whatever you choose, but I wouldn't be holding my breath for it catching on.

14-09-2019 5:27pm

this stuff needs to die.

also my pronouns are "your highness" or "sailor"

14-09-2019 5:35pm

You forgot to attach the "Action Drama" audio file download to your opening post.
The one heard on the likes of "Prime Time investigates"

Sardonicat · 14-09-2019 5:36pm

'We' are not amused

beejee · 14-09-2019 5:37pm

bluewolf wrote: »

this stuff needs to die.

also my pronouns are "your highness" or "sailor"

I want to be a tomato! I want to be a tree! Even the music is spot on :P

Sardonicat · 14-09-2019 5:39pm

I refuse to refer to one person singular as they/them. They are plural pronouns. I'm a grammar nazi, so I'll be referring to 'it'.

suicide_circus · 14-09-2019 5:50pm

that level of attention seeking navel-gazing is unattractive

padd b1975 · 14-09-2019 6:06pm

RWCNT wrote: »

Totally fine for someone to want to be referred to by they/them pronouns.

Lol.

padd b1975 · 14-09-2019 6:08pm

normanoffside wrote: »

Who?

Lead singer with The Cure.

Sardonicat · 14-09-2019 6:10pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Lead singer with The Cure.

Eh....

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-09-2019 6:12pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

I refuse to refer to one person singular as they/them. They are plural pronouns. I'm a grammar nazi, so I'll be referring to 'it'.

Then, as a grammar Nazi, you'll also know they and them are also epicene personal pronouns.

Yester · 14-09-2019 6:14pm

The verb of him.

Gregor Samsa · 14-09-2019 6:19pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Eh....

Sam Smith. They are the lead singer of The Cure.

Sheeps · 14-09-2019 6:20pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Sam Smith. They are the lead singer of The Cure.

That's Jo Brand.

Gregor Samsa · 14-09-2019 6:28pm

Sheeps wrote: »

That's Jo Brand.

No, this is Jo Brand. They do all look very alike, so I can understand your confusion.

nullzero · 14-09-2019 6:33pm

I'll just continue to refer to Sam Smith as a wally.

Immortal Starlight · 14-09-2019 6:45pm

What a crock.

The Satanist · 14-09-2019 6:52pm

Having studied this guy's lyrics for the last 15 seconds, I shall continue to refer to him as a moron.

Irish Guitarist · 14-09-2019 6:53pm

Capt'n Midnight · 14-09-2019 7:03pm

Needs clarification :

What is the preferred usage ?

They are attention seeking or They is attention seeking ?

BuboBubo · 14-09-2019 7:10pm

You are either male or female.

Transgender - fair enough, you are still one or the other. Caitlyn Jenner is a woman.

But to decide to be neither one? Load of bollexe.

Sam Smith sounds like he squeezed his nads in a vicegrip. Awful dirge...

bodhrandude · 14-09-2019 7:29pm

Wouldn't mind an elbow-waving cheese myself

:cool:

Too Tough To Die · 14-09-2019 7:59pm

Does this mean they're a band now?

Signore Fancy Pants · 14-09-2019 8:31pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

No, this is Jo Brand. They do all look very alike, so I can understand your confusion

I like you.

Gregor Samsa · 14-09-2019 9:14pm

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

I like you.

Oooh! I felt a little tingle there!

TheValeyard · 14-09-2019 9:18pm

But it makes no sense.....?

You can't just take a random word and decide its your pronoun.

Or I'll just have people start referring to me as Dark Lord Valeyard.

Gregor Samsa · 14-09-2019 9:38pm

TheValeyard wrote: »

But it makes no sense.....?

You can't just take a random word and decide its your pronoun.

Or I'll just have people start referring to me as Dark Lord Valeyard.

Dark Lord Valeyard isn’t a pronoun, though. It’s a proper noun. You could legally change your name to Dark Lord Valeyard, and insist people call you it. You‘d have it on your passport and everything.

The ”they” thing isn’t a random pronoun. It’s a neutral pronoun that’s already in very regular use in English.

You see a man walk into a room: He walked into the room.

You see a woman walk into a room: She walked into the room.

You see someone walk into a room (but you’re not sure if they’re male or female): They walled into the room.

The issue here isn’t so much the pronoun itself, rather the debate about whether one can be positively identified as other than “he” or “she”.

Personally, I can see a distinction between what “sex” and “gender” mean, but I haven’t fully made up my mind on the whole thing yet.

Everyone stop what you are doing and look over here, I have an important announcement

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