Clearly this is worthy front page BBC news
But surely unless there are multiple Sam Smiths *shudder* the correct pronoun would now be 'it'?
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Sam Smith changes pronouns to they/them
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The singer makes the announcement after having been "at war with my gender" for a lifetime.
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 20:46,
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I was sure this was going to be a Mr Penis link.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 21:00,
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Probably unrelated
But Sam Smith's are a rather excellent chain of pubs.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 21:02,
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They're fucking amazing.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/01/samuel-smith-pub-boss-anti-swearing-crusade-sacked-on-spot
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 21:07,
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Do they still do Alpine Fritzl Lager for less than £2 a pint?
Thems were the days.
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Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Sat 14 Sep 2019, 7:52,
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Fritzl lager?
Sure, that's always in the cellar.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 14 Sep 2019, 8:34,
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Last time I set foot in one I got the alpine for £2.10. In the middle of London. Bloody amazing.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 14 Sep 2019, 9:39,
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They changed the name to Ayingerbrau or something
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sat 14 Sep 2019, 10:05,
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Only because “publicity seeking bellend” won’t fit in the text field.
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jonbob loves you, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 21:34,
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They is a total cunt
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The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 22:16,
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And an utter cock
At the same time
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 22:34,
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Sam Smith is a very placeholder name.
So having no gender seems appropriate.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 13 Sep 2019, 22:40,
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Never heard of him.
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Prestidigitus will set this 'ere black puddin on you, Sat 14 Sep 2019, 1:39,
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I dunno, seems fine to me
If they want to be called by a pronoun that doesn't imply they have a gender they don't feel like they belong to, then fine. They seem to be being quite reasonable about it, rather than uppity and demanding.
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Sat 14 Sep 2019, 16:44,
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Lots of the theory seems sound.
Distilling it down to the pronouns thing leads to some terribly hack "I identify as" comedy from comedians stuck in 2003 with a Netflix special, though.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 15 Sep 2019, 9:49,
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I think the main objection to this sort of this
is not really to do with the pronouns at all; it's certainly not a problem to use a different set of pronouns for someone if required. When you consider what a pronoun is (a word to make it slightly easier to understand who or what the fuck someone is talking about). why would that ever really matter?
The objection is about to having to give even half a shit about someone else's genitals and/or genitally-related psychology. I don't care what shape your junk is, neither do I care about the shape of person you slide your junk into/over. I especially don't care what kind of junk you'd like to pretend to have, or have had / would like to have surgically constructed.
And a lot of the time that seems to be the purpose of these pronouncements... to make the whole world as conscious of their junk as it's possible to do without waving it around on camera.
People like this Sam Smith should be allowed to do what they like, and should not be persecuted or harassed for it, but more importantly they should shut the fuck up about it until someone asks.
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I don't know.
Seeing gender as non-binary seems primarily a rejection of the idea of a "real man" or "manning up" and all that shit - which seems healthy enough. Not sure how much genitals have to do with it.
I'm just hoping it stops people assuming I'm a man so must like football.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 15 Sep 2019, 16:30,
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Right, as in "them will be talking about their new album with us shortly. Spoiler alert, it's fucking shit"
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Tue 24 Mar 2020, 0:27,
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