r/whenthe • u/ObscureRedditor77 • 19h ago

I know what you are

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 19h ago

What if I exclusively say Male and Female? Am i still weird?

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u/Ditto13248 19h ago

Yes. Using "male and female" instead of "men and women" is like using "humans" instead of "people", or using "sodium chloride" instead of "salt". It's still weird, but in a different way

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u/Atlas_of_history Official Ralsei 19h ago

Reminds me of that one Jimmy Neutron post were a person gets so pissed at him saying sodium chloride that he writes a paragraph about why he's wrong

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u/Ditto13248 19h ago

I was referencing that

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u/Atlas_of_history Official Ralsei 19h ago

Lol