Question/Scream of Anguish : But I WANNA divide by zero, I WANNAAAAAAAA. Anna *** Well, all right. If we’re dealing with ordinary arithmetic (the kind 99% of the population uses) the answer would be a resounding “Good god man, are you insane?!” And before we do anything weird, we should have a look at why […]
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Shown Their Work
I’m tired of the he/she gender debate. Why hasn’t anyone come up with a pronoun that means “she OR he”? Wouldn’t that be easier? –GenderEqualist *** Dear GE, Well, people have. But they don’t tend to stick. We’ve had dozens of contenders for “he or she” pronoun in English, from “ne” to ”thon” to “po” […]