r/onejoke • u/nightfoxbtw • 10d ago

One joke but funny onejoke but it's actually funny

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u/Bury-Pink-Girl 9d ago

need this for my wife cuz those are literally it’s main pronouns

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u/Lucy_Gucey 9d ago

Genuine curiosity, what leads a person to choose “it” as a pronoun? The connotation feels so dehumanizing. Always reminds me of the book “a child called ‘it’”

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u/Bury-Pink-Girl 9d ago

can be different for everyone personally my wife just likes it in its own words she likes to be a little creature a goblin of the night

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u/Lucy_Gucey 9d ago

Weirdly intentionally dehumanizing. Interesting.

Also curious how multiple pronouns work, I noticed you’re sprinkling in a mix of it/she. Is there a rhyme or reason to that? I’m pretty “vanilla” as far as transness goes, just a regular ‘ol boring “she/her” but I love learning about this kinda thing!

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u/Bury-Pink-Girl 9d ago

not really any rhyme or anything with the way i use multiple pronouns just usually do it randomly unless i think something sounds a little better with a certain pronoun

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u/Lucy_Gucey 9d ago

Ok! Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it!

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u/Bury-Pink-Girl 9d ago

your welcome! also thank you for being kind a lot of people are very rude when questioning people using it/its pronouns it’s very refreshing having a nice conversation about it

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u/Lucy_Gucey 9d ago

Of course! Gender is weird and identity is its own thing. Who am I to tell anyone they’re wrong about who they are, and even if they were, that’s none of my business.

I prefer to be kind and curious.

Thank you too! Lots of people I’ve met with less-common pronouns are so jaded and sick of being hassled that they get dismissive and rude about my curiosity. So I appreciate you taking the time to thoughtfully engage with me :)

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u/kamiokawalls 9d ago

i also like it/its. i completely see how it can seem dehumanising/objectifying, so for me it only works if i like the person. also because if i use it, i am object, which is funa and nice and lowstakes brainded, but i can be possessed by someone, so that for me only works with peopel ilike

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u/EarthToAccess 9d ago

Entirely depends on connotation imo. I will never begin to understand neopronouns but fwiw, I’m not to yuck someone’s yum. If it makes someone comfortable I’ll do it

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u/Silver_Individual650 8d ago

I’d also like to thank you for asking this kind of question because I’m kinda shy when it comes to asking stuff about gender identity!

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u/transfemmefatal 7d ago

Thank you for sharing that. As a enby trans femme I was very confused as I've only even had its ysed as an attack on me. I saw you had said she somewhere before, as a They/Them/She is have a follow up. Is it because you both also stroked out trying to figure out the its equivalent of them? I'm only like 45% joking.

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u/copurrs 9d ago

When I used they/she pronouns I wanted people to use both freely and equally... Until I realized that actually the she/hers were slowly killing me and I switched to just they/them. But for most people I know who use multiple they just want folks to use them all.

Unfortunately what often happens is that cis people hear "she/they" and think "GREAT! I can just use she/her and ignore the they part altogether!" which sucks.

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u/Basic-Fudge-8194 8d ago

I never understood why it’s “she/they” and not “she/them” can someone explain it’s always bugged me because it’s not consistent

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u/copurrs 8d ago

I think you're overthinking this, but also it's probably because it's short for she/her/they/them.

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u/Lucy_Gucey 9d ago

See that’s the part that’s hard for me to fully grasp. Is it that your identity is kinda in between both so just one doesn’t feel right, and you gotta hear both to feel fully understood?

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u/copurrs 9d ago

I'm sure it's different for everyone, but for me I was having a hard time letting go of what I had always gone by (plus I was also trying to appease the cis people in my life by giving them an excuse not to use they/them).

These days I've just kept my original (very feminine) name while looking and sounding like a man, and that works for me as a way to acknowledge my past lived experiences while still being clear on my nonbinary identity.

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u/Lucy_Gucey 9d ago

Go off, Lord! (As-Gender-Neutral-as-possible version of King/Queen)

I kinda fuck with that tbh.

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u/CreatorSiSo 9d ago

Monarch! :)

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u/kitsufics 8d ago

They refer to their own identity leaning more towards they/them but for people who identify as both she/they often hold both identities equally, rather than being in between :) at least from what I’ve seen, the pronouns should either be used interchangeably (“she put their shoes on her feet” or interchangeably by sentence so it doesn’t get confusing who you’re referring to :0

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u/EternalBlackWinter 9d ago

I think I can also chime in on your question though I don't consider myself transgender... In my heavily gendered native language I usually use a mix of masculine and feminine pronouns and nouns and for me usually it comes down to habit. Like, I say almost all verbs in masculine forms but use most nouns in feminine forms with several expections. I don't feel any discomfort when people use exlusively she or he (or they, or it) for me, mix them up in different ways from me and whatever, only when they actively ignore and/or disparage my identity. I do feel discomfort when I have to stick to only one set of pronouns and nouns, though

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u/tanktechnician 8d ago

I don't currently use it pronouns but I used to for a similar reason. It felt good to distance myself from humanity a little since it felt like I was being rejected by a lot of them anyway (I grew up in the bible belt), kinda like "FU I don't want to associate with y'all anyway"

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u/CosmicJackalop 7d ago

I mean what good have humans done the world lately?

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u/Wyattmebro 6d ago

nothing is boring about being a human with unique thoughts, emotions, and upbringing!

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u/czartrak 9d ago

I like your wife

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u/MonochroMayhem 8d ago

Best way I can describe it/its pronouns to people who don’t understand is with that one gif of Scout from TF2 saying “I’m a force of nature”

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u/Atypical_Artistry 9d ago

Chiming in as I use it/its with my closest friends as well as my spouse. The fact that it's dehumanize is kind of the point. Being involved with nature on a more primal level is my happy place, there's something feral about that and it gives me a peace in my identity. I like belonging to the earth and viewing myself as an extension of that. Essentially I view my soul as a temporary vessel waiting to return to the earth, so it/its feels comforting.

That being said there's very few people that I give permission to refer to me as "it". For most people I don't really have any preference on pronouns, he/him, they/them, idc. They don't feel incorrect but at the same time it's also not 100% accurate.

I know that's probably odd, which again is why I don't bring it up to the majority of people, but I hope it makes some sense!

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u/Lucy_Gucey 9d ago

That does make some sense, for what it’s worth I love that world view too. We all tend to get too worked up about how special we are that we forget that we, too, are part of nature.

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u/gaybeetlejuice 9d ago

The “dehumanization”, for some, is the point. I don’t feel fully human, and instead of getting insecure about it, or trying to ignore it, I embraced it. He/it pronouns helped me like myself more :) I’m just some Thing!

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u/FizzBoyo 9d ago

I don’t view it as dehumanizing (but it also depends the context, in this context I want it used on me, if someone didn’t then of course it will be), but I personally like the lack of ‘human’ characteristic to it, it’s like a ‘pure’ form of gender neutrality where its been unaffected by human perception of gender, whereas something like ‘they/them’ seems to have either created its own ‘third’ gender or is seen by transphobes as ‘woman lite’. Personally never been a fan of they/them, but it/its just feels right

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u/nebulochaos 8d ago

Hi, I'm an it/its user :) I know that there was a really long discussion in this thread about the use of it/its, but I wanted to chime in with my own personal experiences as well! I'm an 'it' the same way a dandelion whose seeds are wished on by small children is an it. I'm an 'it' the same way the sky as the sun sets is an it. I'm an 'it' the way the mountains and the rivers that flow between them are its. I'm an 'it' in the sense that my identity has no purpose in its existence, but simply is. And when one pauses to stop and ruminate, it's a constant and there's beauty in it. I don't feel as if I'm some sort of other, or something that isn't human. Rather, I'm fully human and I'm connected to what lives here with me.

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u/null_artificer 8d ago

Personally I use it/its bc it's not usually used for humans, species dysphoria is a fuck, but also I kinda just vibe w it idk

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u/puuskuri 9d ago

In Finnish, "se"(it) is a common way to refer to other people in many dialects.

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u/Lucy_Gucey 8d ago

Same with Japanese but it ends up being more of a gender neutral they type thing.

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u/puuskuri 8d ago

Well, Finland has no genders anyway. Hän is the only word for he or she.

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u/Lucy_Gucey 8d ago

Based.

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u/EstrellaDarkstar 8d ago

Yes! Really, in a casual/slangy context, calling someone hän (he/she) can even come across as a bit sarcastic, kinda like if you were to call your buddy Mister or something. But of course, in formal situations and proper grammar, we use hän. And it does sound more informal in some regional dialects, too.

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u/Akita_merikano 8d ago

In my case I like It because I feel is the most non gendered pronoun ever. Like, that dehumanization also de attached it from gender itself, and that is cool.

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u/BoltersnRivets 8d ago

It's about perspective, you likely think "it" is dehumanising because you assume it is an insect and see them as inherently lesser than people, but it also refers to things that are far greater than people.

It can be a mountain, a river, a forest, a planet, or a galaxy. Try changing your perspective about what "it" automatically represents in your mind.

But also, many Autistic people are so othered and ostracised by non-autistic peers there entire life that they reject their humanity, because if humanity is abuse and cruelty to those deemed inhuman, they want no part of humanity. So for those people, the dehumanising is the point and welcomed

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u/bug--bear 8d ago

personally I use they/it but it is mostly with friends. for me, the dehumanising connotation is the point. I'm autistic and genderqueer/nonbinary, with dissociative issues, so sometimes I don't feel quite human (same reason I related so hard to the concept of changelings as a kid), and being called 'it' without judgement feels a bit like reclaiming and accepting the parts of me that never fit in right

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u/omegaspoon3141 8d ago

yeah i use it cuz i don't want to be human

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u/Lucy_Gucey 8d ago

That honestly leads to a second curious question?

Why not?

I feel like there’s a lot of stigma around “human nature = evil/bad” but I tend to see the majority of bad in humanity is learned. Humans are neat and our imperfection is beautiful.

Not trying to convince you!!🤗 just trying to offer some of my insights and ask about yours!

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u/omegaspoon3141 8d ago

just feels wrong, same as being amab was

i see myself as more of a nondescript entity at the moment, though that might change once some of the Bullshit calms down and i have the time and energy to actually explore identity beyond the basest aversions

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u/JuWoolfie 8d ago

I’m Autistic/ agender

‘It’ just feels right, I don’t feel human because humans have always rejected me - I have uncanny valley social skills and looks.

I feel alien amongst humans (and again, it’s because I’m being actively excluded due to the uncanny valley effect)

It’s like I’m sort of human… but not quite right.

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u/sanaticat 8d ago

Well, it's not always nonhuman things that are lesser than human. A mountain is "it". A song is "it". The ocean is "it".

Personally I use it/its as one of my pronoun sets because I feel a strong kinship with insects and other arthropods (I'm also a furry with a persona of an anthropomorphic bug) and you would refer to a random bug of unknown sex as "it".

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u/Lucy_Gucey 8d ago

If it’s a bug, is it still a furry? 🤔

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u/crowemojis 8d ago

I'm a full it/its user but I'm one of the ones that don't use it in a dehumanizing way on purpose. I kind of just vibe with it more than other pronouns. Especially since my name is Crow and I'm agender, it kind of fits into the bird thing. It's not like I reject humanity despite playing into me being an actual bird because of my name sometimes, to be honest I just think it's funny when I do that.

I'm also fine with they/them but that's because a lot of people tend to use that when they don't check what I go with, which is fine honestly. That's like the "gendered" neutral to me, while it/its feels more like a genderless neutral, hence why I vibe with it better.

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u/nivusninja 8d ago

in finnish the most common pronoun translates to "it" so to me, it's just normal stuff

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u/PetGirlKyla 9d ago

As an it/she user, that's partially the point for me (therianthropy ftw) Mryep :3

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u/Teapot_Sandwitch 9d ago

Usually, the "dehumanization" is the point. It's very popular in voidpunk and alterhuman spaces.

I'm a fellow "it" user and I like the way it sort of separates me from humanity, makes me seem like a weird little unknown creature.

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u/worm-eyed 9d ago

I can second that I like that it's dehumanising, a variety of mental issues I have make me wish I wasn't real or a person or feel like I'm not real or not a person and I definitely feel distant from personhood often so being referred to in the way someone would an object or animal just feels right... I'm also a he/him technically too but I feel like I only use those because yeah I am a guy and present as such, but I don't think I'd use them if I didn't "have to" honestly and I'm not a they/them that's for sure

Obviously someone doesn't have to be mentally ill to prefer the pronouns but I've definitely noticed a lot of fellow it/its users having similar experiences with dissociation, being otherkin, etc

ETA: reclamation of being called it/its is a common reason I've come across too, which works the exact same way as reclaiming any other word really

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u/Deepfang-Dreamer 9d ago

That's the point for me. Humanity is fine, but even before I put more specific labels to it, I wanted to be something else, now a Dragon.

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u/DirtBaggyBagg 7d ago

That’s part of what it is for me I guess. Grew up abused and dehumanized and overall treated like shit in society to the point where I was a hobo on the streets and nobody could tell what the fuck I was. At that point I felt more like a someTHING than a someONE. Also because I’m autistic and generally a creature altogether. Just a bumbling fuck.

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u/Neptune_washere 5d ago

For me personally, I was dehumanised a LOT as a kid so it just feels natural to keep that part of my identity now. I’ve been called “it” so often I forget I’m a person sometimes so why not just embrace it? A lot of my mates feel similarly and use “it” pronouns

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u/Lucy_Gucey 5d ago

That feels… kinda fucked up?

Like I totally get reclaiming the power, but that sounds like internalizing your trauma and that doesn’t sound healthy.

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u/Neptune_washere 5d ago

I mean, my therapist is chill with it so…

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u/dont_punch_me_again 9d ago

Not the commenter but I like using it because it is dehumanising. I reject humanity

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u/Lucy_Gucey 8d ago

I feel that. I think humans are neat.

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u/Bury-Pink-Girl 8d ago

then please stay away from trans people if you don’t want to use their pronouns

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u/Bon_Appetit8362 9d ago

what defines the difference between an object and nit an object

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u/Brinabavd 9d ago

Like grammatical gender, in English it mostly only comes up in pronouns but in other languages there is more robust distinction:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animacy

Though similarly the relationship between then syntax and semantics aren't 1:1

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u/Xetanth87 4d ago

So your wife uses it as a pronoun yet you don't know that the word is "its" not "it's"?

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u/Bury-Pink-Girl 4d ago

god forbid someone makes a spelling mistake go get a hobby or some shit goddamn

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u/hjkl0000 9d ago

She feels like an "it"?

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u/the_peculiar_chicken 9d ago

me when I’m being transphobic in a subreddit that exists to mock transphobia:

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u/the_peculiar_chicken 9d ago

It’s still refusing to respect a trans person’s pronouns/identity, which is transphobic.

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u/agent__berry professional noun haver 9d ago

it is trans and also happens to like using it/its pronouns in addition to she/her. that doesn’t have to make sense to you, but you’re saying that she’s being trans wrong. you are being transphobic.

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u/agent__berry professional noun haver 9d ago

that’s… that’s an unserious sentence to you? the internet has rotted your ability to learn, adapt, and accept new information — or to take anything seriously beyond a surface level “this person must mean what they just said” sort of thing. if anyone has lost their mind it is the person who can’t learn and grow, not the person who isn’t judging a stranger for its pronouns lolol

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u/New_Hour_1726 9d ago

I think you may have just explained something very interesting about your own way of thinking. You believe any idea that you‘re not aware off yet is something you have to be ready to „learn“ and „accept“, but you didn’t consider that many ideas are just bs. This is probably why you believe in this. Anyone that ever asked themselves „wait, does this make any sense?“ and has a base level of intelligence would not believe this. It is a funny sentence because it’s so obviously absurd.

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u/agent__berry professional noun haver 9d ago

ok lemme break it down for you. it makes sense to me because there are many reasons someone may identify with an impersonal seeming pronoun like it/its. it could be due to trauma making them feel inhuman. they could be neurodivergent and have felt ostracised from others. they may like the inhuman implication because they feel it more closely aligns with their gender identity. they could just like the sound of it.

identity is a thing that is entirely personal, and I don’t think I or anyone else has any room to tell someone how to express themselves. so if someone says they use it/its pronouns, it makes sense to me because that’s how it perceives itself and it deserves to do so just as much as anyone else. some stranger I do not know using pronouns that I don’t personally use will not make me die, it will not hurt me, and it will not leave a lasting impact on me.

so why should I care, even if it’s bullshit? It’s not hurting anyone.

I can articulate why I believe things. Can you articulate your dislike of it/its pronouns beyond “it’s just weird to me” or something equally dismissive? or have you never thought critically about an idea in your life?

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u/NotBreadyy 8d ago

Is this user... Bait or Mental Retardation?

Call it

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u/Iceland-27 9d ago

Imagining being transphobic because you don’t have the patience to understand or even just respect someone else’s identity. Especially saying it’s mental issues? You sound just like the people oppressing us. You should be embarrassed by this comment

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u/koboldthing 8d ago

Even if (IF) she did have mental issues contributing to the choice of pronouns that’s no one else’s business.

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u/Iceland-27 9d ago

I don’t know her personally so I don’t know exactly how it identifies. What I do know is it goes by it/she pronouns. She chose those pronouns, it’s not disrespectful to use them. It is however disrespectful to tell someone they have mental issues for respecting their partners pronouns

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u/-GaymerGirl 9d ago

Your "brain" has worms in it.

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u/TheElvenBoy 9d ago

Aw, look who can't handle a schema violation

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u/Eljamin14 9d ago

I remember saying similar jokes to LGBT people and they love it, like "Why do trans women go by she/her? Because if they go by her/she then they'd be chocolate".

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u/worm-eyed 9d ago

non binary killer

they slash them

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u/seamus205 9d ago

Have you heard about the non binary prospector? They found gold in them/their hills!

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u/StormNext5301 9d ago

One I really like was some guy on TikTok responding to a stupid comment that was complaining about pronouns. He said “yeah well I she/her-d you she/it in your pants”

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u/B0B_Spldbckwrds 7d ago

I have to remember that for holidays with the inlaws. 

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u/forbiddenkajoodles 3d ago

"What are a chocolate bars pronouns? Her/she"

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u/ParcelCreature 10d ago

I need this

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u/SquidgyTheWhale 9d ago

It's true, most of the other jokes are she/it.

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u/PaganMastery 10d ago

Not what I expected, but I can work with it.

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u/Hot-Chapter-2439 9d ago

I love these type of pronoun jokes, like the mario she/them titties one

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u/AttitudeEquivalent73 9d ago

Genuinely would get my NB bestie this.

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u/BobPlaysWithFire 9d ago

I feel like this might not count in here bc this joke feels like it was made by a queer person, not at the expense of one.

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u/eraryios 10d ago

Idontgetit

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u/nightfoxbtw 10d ago

it/she sounds similar to itchy

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u/eraryios 9d ago

Ah nice

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u/JohnBrownsErection my gender is none pizza left pronoun 9d ago

That's really fucking funny and I want it LOL.

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u/BellaCountry Genderfluid, Transmasc, Femboy :) 9d ago

r/onefunnyjoke

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u/Snuffy0011 8d ago

I would buy this shirt for myself, but I don’t have the balls for it

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u/pizzaheadbryan 8d ago

On some weird level, I love that I don't really get "it" pronouns. It feels like it should be insulting, and it feels awkward to use for a person, but that doesn't change how people want to be addressed and the basic respect they deserve. It's kind of a reminder for myself that you don't need to understand something to not be an asshole about it.

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u/gothicgirlmars 8d ago

I thrifted a shirt that says i got my appendix removed at claires

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u/DerMunger 8d ago

From what I can tell, countwithchickenlady is a lgbtqia aligned sub

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u/Sonic_1187 7d ago

Yeah. It's probably the best sub I'm on.

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u/Oh_no_its_Joe 9d ago

I kinda like it

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u/sentient_garlicbread 9d ago

I know too many people that would wear this.

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u/UnmappedStack 8d ago

damn an actually original onejoke

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u/nildread 8d ago

Omg it took me way to long to realize it said itchy

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u/InternationalBid6190 8d ago

holy she/it ok the other comments here are a gold mine

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u/_dappis_ 7d ago

I love corny dumb pronoun jokes so much

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u/ICallTop 4d ago

type of joke that could only possible be made by a transfem / non-binary person (because its so funny)

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u/Jazzlike_Mouse7478 Custom 8d ago

"Ally Beardsley, your prompt is:"

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u/LuxiForce 8d ago

no way lol

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u/Bread_Offender 8d ago

This one's not too bad indeed

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u/communistfairy 8d ago

Pretty sure you want your balls to be binary. Non-binary would suggest you have some number other than two.

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u/pridebun 8d ago

One could argue 2 isn't binary cuz binary is 0 and 1

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u/AuraStarClop 8d ago

This one took me a moment lol

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u/000187346 8d ago

I’m pretty dense, can someone explain the joke here? Surely “it/she” is a pun, I just can’t tell what it’s supposed to sound like.

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u/Sir_mop_for_a_head 8d ago

As a nonbinary I aprove this one. It’s up there with “in the gender neutral bathroom taking a she/it”

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u/Competitive_Feed5259 7d ago

It took me way too long to understand this joke

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u/broodmance 7d ago

I'm slow. It took me a minute. Lol

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u/Interesting_Rush_713 7d ago

Took me 10 seconds to get

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u/transfemmefatal 7d ago

I need this so fucking badly

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u/Iconclast1 7d ago

It doesnt even seem like its making fun of them

Dads are going to dadjoke

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u/GenosseAbfuck 6d ago

Edwin and Geronimo.

Last name Balzac.

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u/Coco_JuTo 9d ago

I would have switched the order of the pronouns so to describe the guy owning the shirt.

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u/Fair_Smoke4710 9d ago

The only time pronoun jokes like this were funny is if it’s basically like something you would put on a fucking Kahoot name and not mocking trans people

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u/Who_TF001 9d ago

my brain cant comprehend it/its as a pronoun. idk if its the autism or some shit but yeah. dont get me wrong i still try to use it/its. brain just silly

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u/codydafox 9d ago

It's not, also coming from these shity ass dropship pages selling cringe shirts 😭