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Lisp gendered
((((((((((gender))))))))))
Top rated comment? Lisp? Are we all nerds around here?
Hmmm...seems too ambiguous - gotta use standard syntax, hold up...
^(s|t)?hey?(?!m)$
^t?h(e|i)(m|r)$
^t?h(e|i){1,2}r?s$
Much better.
Passes:
- hey
- thim
- hees
shem
slaanesh will be pleased
Michael Jackson intensifies
Yeah I gave up on narrowing the scope, I ain't that dedicated to the bit
You’re not necessarily wrong for it. The source material is nonsense to begin with, so who’s to say what the right test cases are?
I don't see the problem.
^(they|he|she)$
Regex vibes
Fork bomb as a gender when?
Both himer and therm are valid pronouns with how that is written lol.
But them is not valid.
The operation order here is extremely easy, because the only operator here is multiplication.
(S)T(HE)Y = THEYS
I fuck with theys ngl
future where singular they becomes more common than plural they in English, so people append -s to they to distinguish it (like what's happening in many dialects, such as mine, with yous/youse)
As a former Texan, I can confidently say that y'all are alright and I'd love to see that future.
As a They, I can confidently ask "How you doin'?" =3
Lets just use regex at this point.
Pronouns will go full circle back into geek code
man that's some sbeve shit
if your username can also share your gender and pronoun prefs it save a ton of time.
My gender is Space
My gender is also Noodle
So then in relation to you, the really tall building in Seattle is....?
No, that's me. People just keep spelling it wrong.
Aren't the optional parts supposed to be in the parentheses? Like the portions you know are going into the pronoun should not be seperated from the text. So it'd be (s)(t)he(y) I think.
Stheyyy queeeen!
ty tm?
I don't get it.
Jailgebra
Are my pronouns supposed to be sty/sthey?
The one thing i will agree with some "they" haters on is that it can be quite confusing that it's the same as the plural pronoun, we really need one of them to be different.
Xe/Xem exists
https://pronoun.fandom.com/wiki/Xe/Xem
great, unfortunately looks like the name of an alien so no one is going to seriously use that.
i think probably the most realistic thing is to make the plural be something like "theyse/themse", it's a little awkward but i wouldn't feel dumb saying it in normal conversation since it just sounds slang-y
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