I mean, we /do/ need a proper gender-neutral third-person pronoun in English. “Neigh” (spell it ‘nei’ perhaps?) has some homophones but the contexts shouldn’t overlap enough for it to be a problem.
This week I came across a picture of Bruce Jenner, in a book published in the 1970s. Had someone close to him referred him to psychological counseling, he could have escaped the sad fate that he has succumbed to—getting physically butchered and chemically altered (to the filthy profits of those who “helped” him), neither of which has or can change who and what he truly is. The suicide rate among people who are so afflicted, even after they have “remedied” their situation, is distressingly high; I will be saddened, but not surprised, to hear on the news one day that he blew his brains out or took poison. I will not celebrate or tacitly support sickness, no matter how lighthearted may be the manner in which it is presented; it is something to be mourned if not treated (which adults—although not children—have the right to refuse if they so wish).
In humans they have been called “androgynous”. Regardless of what they sex really is. I have been mistaken for female since the 1990’s. It was around the time that many women started dressing as I usually am. T-shirt, jeans and bill cap. But I have no discernible feminine traits so I still find it confusing.
Averagemoe almost 6 years ago
It’s even more horrible in Spanish, where most nouns have gender. How do they even decide on the gender of a lamppost?
Templo S.U.D. almost 6 years ago
somehow reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ehrFk-gLk
Dirty Dragon almost 6 years ago
“All in favor, say neigh.”
ratton8 almost 6 years ago
I mean, we /do/ need a proper gender-neutral third-person pronoun in English. “Neigh” (spell it ‘nei’ perhaps?) has some homophones but the contexts shouldn’t overlap enough for it to be a problem.
finkd almost 6 years ago
Well, Marigold has been a good influence on Phoebe, Ferny.
blackshire almost 6 years ago
This week I came across a picture of Bruce Jenner, in a book published in the 1970s. Had someone close to him referred him to psychological counseling, he could have escaped the sad fate that he has succumbed to—getting physically butchered and chemically altered (to the filthy profits of those who “helped” him), neither of which has or can change who and what he truly is. The suicide rate among people who are so afflicted, even after they have “remedied” their situation, is distressingly high; I will be saddened, but not surprised, to hear on the news one day that he blew his brains out or took poison. I will not celebrate or tacitly support sickness, no matter how lighthearted may be the manner in which it is presented; it is something to be mourned if not treated (which adults—although not children—have the right to refuse if they so wish).
Enter.Name.Here almost 6 years ago
Having magical power means you have to be sexless? HARSH initiation requirements! Difficult choice.
Troglodyte almost 6 years ago
Okay, so it’s not an engendered species…
codycab almost 6 years ago
Another neigh sayer.
asrialfeeple almost 6 years ago
Welcome to the neigh-bourhood, Ferny.
Neo Stryder almost 6 years ago
No, what she’s trying to say is: “My name is Legion: for we are many”
scyphi26 almost 6 years ago
I see Dana had already thought about this same issue some of us were discussing yesterday and prepared ahead.
BiggerNate91 almost 6 years ago
Well, Princess Luna is always addressing herself as “we,” or “us.”
Borg42 almost 6 years ago
If only humans could be as woke as unicorns. It’s shocking in this day and age that many people don’t think they’re a “they.”
Holilubillkori Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I love the phase..” I’m of 2 minds” folks say when trying to make a decision …lol
sjsczurek almost 6 years ago
Try German, applying “der” “das” and “die.”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 6 years ago
In humans they have been called “androgynous”. Regardless of what they sex really is. I have been mistaken for female since the 1990’s. It was around the time that many women started dressing as I usually am. T-shirt, jeans and bill cap. But I have no discernible feminine traits so I still find it confusing.
craigwestlake almost 6 years ago
So the neighs have it…or does the it have the neighs?…
Daeder almost 6 years ago
In the unicorn world, those who go around calling other unicorns by name are known as “neigh-sayers”.
SanjLeone over 5 years ago
Speaking as a nonbinary (agender) person, thank you for this. I haven’t been so delighted with a comic in a long time.
BloodMoonDragon13 over 3 years ago
Ha
Decepticomic almost 3 years ago
Based AND poggers.