Conservative comment incoming: "HoW cOmE whEn I MaKe fUN of stOoPid pronOUns I GeT d0wNvOted!? It's (D)ifFeRenT!"
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
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How much time do you spend in /r/conservative...?
They occasionally appear on r/popular/rising, I usually can't look away.
I got banned from there. Didn't take much. All I did was point out a fact. Mod just said "orange man bad".
I don’t care who you are that’s an S-tier dad joke
S-tier joke from an S-tier dad. Understands the nuances of gender fluidity enough to say “non-binary” and bravely navigates the potential mine field of making a pronouns joke without looking like a jerk. Flawless dad.
It’s a lot like steak humor: a rare medium, well done.
If you’re being honest with yourself what would you rate that one?
It’s definitely a solid 5/7
You’re deflecting with references again
This is /c/196
Could someone explain? I'm not native :/
Edit: Thank you to everyone that explained it!
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gold_in_them_thar_hills
"There's gold in them thar hills" is an old phrase, probably a misquote, but has been long been associated with gold prospecting in the US old west.
So a non-binary gendered gold prosector found lots of gold in "them/their" hills is a reference to how people of non-binary gender tend to use "they/them" as pronouns.
"Them/their" isn't exact, but their is the possessive form of the third-person plural pronoun "they." So it's still referencing to correct pronouns for non-binary gender, just shifted slightly for the sake of a joke.
Thanks :) I love this community
It’s a play on how prospectors / old timey / uneducated people would talk. Imagine a hillbilly accent with poor grammar.
I second this.
While the layman would say, "They dug up a fortune in those hills.", a gold prospector, likely familiar with hick speak, would say "They dug up a fortune in them there hills." The non-binary part comes into play by turning there into their, alluding to the assertion of pronouns common with the non-binary community.
I’m changing my pronouns to Them/ Thar.
I'm an idiot someone pls explain
Alright, alright, that's pretty good.
Damn, dropped 2 years ago?
Down at the foot of Mt. Nonbinary