Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 10 days agoApril is sexual assault awareness month... never forget what these people have donereddthat.comimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1800arrow-down11
arrow-up1799arrow-down1imageApril is sexual assault awareness month... never forget what these people have donereddthat.comLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoI have pages of posts in my history, all regarding pronouns. Me- “I wasn’t referring to you, the subject was ___________ and the pronoun always refers to the subject!” Them- “But you said “you” so that means me!” Me- YOURE NOT THE SUBJECT forever
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoI find putting (general) in front of you stops all that. It’s annoying because people should exercise a bit of critical thinking instead of going ‘this comment is about me personally?’ but that’s a lot to expect right now.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoI prefer switching it to third person with “one”.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoThere’s a thing called impersonal 2nd person or something. I also use it a lot and some people get confused.
I have pages of posts in my history, all regarding pronouns.
Me- “I wasn’t referring to you, the subject was ___________ and the pronoun always refers to the subject!”
Them- “But you said “you” so that means me!”
Me- YOURE NOT THE SUBJECT
forever
I find putting (general) in front of you stops all that. It’s annoying because people should exercise a bit of critical thinking instead of going ‘this comment is about me personally?’ but that’s a lot to expect right now.
I prefer switching it to third person with “one”.
There’s a thing called impersonal 2nd person or something. I also use it a lot and some people get confused.