Topic: Is this normal behavior?

Anonymous A started this discussion 13 years ago #29,608

So I know a person who is lactose intolerant. He or she gets diarrhea whenever he or she eats anything with dairy in it. However, he or she basically eats dairy every day, so as a result, he or she has diarrhea pretty much every single day of his or her life.

Do you consider this normal behavior?

Poll option	Votes	Percentage
Yes, normal.	4	33%
No, not normal.	7	58%
What.	1	8%

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 54 seconds later[^] [v] #431,966

Not normal.

lol

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,970

Maybe if you said 'they' instead of 'he or she', they wouldn't be lactose intolerant, you bumbling fuckwit.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,971

@previous (C)
What?

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 45 seconds later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,972

totally normal

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,974

Abnormal

Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,978

@431,971 (A)

Fuck you. You're friends normal and you're a retard.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,979

Luckily, I got the germanic mutation that makes me not lactose intolerant. Us and one african tribe are milk drinking ubermensch.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 30 seconds later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,980

@431,978 (C)
*your're

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,983

@431,978 (C)
What? I was trying to preserve his or her anonymity in case anybody here happens to know him or her. I'm not sure what I did to deserve your insults. :(

Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,985

@previous (A)
"They" is gender neutral, whereas "he or she" is not. Maybe Anonymous C doesn't conform to your gender binary you shitlord. Check your fucking privilege.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,986

@previous (B)
"They" is FUCKING PLURAL, whereas "he or she" is not. I'm not going to fucking refer to ONE PERSON WITH A PLURAL. Jesus.

(Edited 24 seconds later.)

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,991

@previous (A)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

Anonymous F replied with this 13 years ago, 21 seconds later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,993

@431,985 (B)

Why cater to abnormals who won't be happy anyway?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #431,995

@431,991 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
Oh look, I can be Syntax too.

Though singular they is widespread in everyday English and has a long history of usage, debate continues about its acceptability.

Some college handbooks, such as The Little, Brown Handbook, continue to view singular they as grammatically inconsistent, and recommend either recasting in the plural or avoiding the pronoun altogether.

Some manuals of style remain neutral on the subject while other style manuals explicitly reject the use of singular they in grammar. According to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Society, a pronoun must agree in both gender and number with the noun it replaces. The APA manual offers the following example as "incorrect" reflexive usage:

Neither the highest scorer nor the lowest scorer in the group had any doubt about their competence.[51]

while also specifically taking a stand that generic he is unacceptable (p. 66). The APA recommends using he or she, recasting the sentence with a plural subject to allow correct use of they, or simply rewriting the sentence to avoid issues with gender or number.

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,000

@previous (A)
> Though singular they is widespread in everyday English
Problem?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 37 seconds later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,001

@previous (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
You know what else is widespread in everyday English?

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 49 seconds later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,003

@previous (A)
No. What else is widespread in everyday English?

Anonymous F replied with this 13 years ago, 22 seconds later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,004

@432,001 (A)

Ain't ain't?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 4 seconds later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,005

@432,003 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
Poots.

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 31 seconds later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,006

@432,004 (F)

What?

Anonymous F replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,010

@previous (A)

It's a question. Fully in context, ain't ain't widespread in everyday English?
Guess you could put quotes around the second instance. Ain't "ain't"? That might be more clear.

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #432,012

@432,005 (A)
u wot m8

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 37 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #432,015

@previous (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
Lol!

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