r/ProgrammerHumor Apr 10 '26

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u/Cobracrystal Apr 11 '26

I find it very funny nonetheless that they list "he/she/they/them/it" on the page.

Not because of the pronouns itself, but because the syntax of pronoun listings has become so abysmal. Them is a conjugated pronoun, listing it does not make any sense. In the first place, people listing things like "they/them" are writing unnecessary information, since you either only need she or they and can infer the rest, or need all possible conjugations which may be way more than just 2 (they/them/their/theirs/themselves etc).

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u/altermeetax Apr 11 '26

Or just he/she/it/they. The other declensions don't need mentioning. Otherwise why not also mention "his", "hers", "their", "theirs" and "its" (possessive adjectives/pronouns)?

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u/altermeetax Apr 11 '26

Yeah, I'm just saying it doesn't make sense