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		timemct 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can we talk about the rude installers not asking f... 'They' is also used when gender is unknown and has been for a long, long time. Person_1: I found this great blogger whose writing I think you'd love. Person_2: Oh, really?! What do they write about?

munchlax 74 days ago [–]

Only in English.

IAmBroom 74 days ago | [–]

It's an English fucking word.

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