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someone: 'they' is plural, not singular
me: what's the root of 'themselves'
someone: 'themself'
me: you know that's a word right? specifying singular of a 'they'? directly implying that 'they' can be singular?
someone: ...
me: when addressing someone, what word is used?
someone: you?
me: wrong, go fuck thyself
someone: but we've used you as singular for centuries!
me: we've used they as singular for just as long, dickhead!
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we've used we as singular for even longer