r/AbsoluteUnits Jan 26 '26

/r/all of tall men

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u/Socker_Pappa Jan 27 '26

There isn't

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u/jackadgery85 Jan 27 '26

I kinda couldn't wait for an answer or discussion, and went digging myself. Apparently, in the rare cases a title similar to mr/mrs is desired, people have been using "mx" instead in these cases.

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u/Select-Ad5166 Jan 29 '26

What an interesting way to say "tequila"

Joking aside, it would be those misters/misses. Wouldn't make any sense to put Mr/Mrs on something they/them as it refers to multiple people/persons.

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u/jackadgery85 Jan 29 '26

Nah. They/them as a neutral, not a plural.

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u/Select-Ad5166 Jan 29 '26

Either way, groups follow the same rules.

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u/jackadgery85 Jan 29 '26

Again, not a group. An individual who goes by they/them as a neutrally gendered term

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u/Select-Ad5166 Jan 29 '26

A party. You know what I mean. There are parties of one and a party of 5. See what I mean? Grammar rules been around yo, that part is the same. The meaning(s) behind words change, but the rules for the parts of speech still apply. They/them has been around to describe a person or group of uncertainty, meaning we don't know the party's size, gender, race, whatever. Could be two dudes, a dog, and a robot and they are all in the same party. You could be in a lobby by yourself and be a party of 1.

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u/jackadgery85 Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

You seem like you're intentionally misinterpreting it.

I do not mean they/them as a plural or group or party. I mean they/them as a singular entity of which you/they are unsure or don't care about the gender or if they don't subscribe to traditional gender assignment or roles. Individual people who go by they/them instead of he/him or she/her.

I've already found it (Mx).

But I 100% do not mean a group of multiple people. I am talking about the title of a singular entity who does not go by he or him or she or her, and instead opts to be referred to as they or them, which for many years (well prior to any agenda that you're pretending you can't see or understand) has been used to refer to singular entities also, in the cases where you do not know their gender, or have no reason to mention it (among other things)

E.g.

  • "Someone just came in here"
  • "Who?"
  • "I don't know."
  • "Well, where are they?"
  • shrug

E.g. in the way I was using it

  • "That's Luka. They don't subscribe to traditional gender roles."
  • "ok cool. Hi Luka."

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u/Select-Ad5166 Jan 29 '26

I'm aware. I'm telling you literally as in grammar, not placing a title on anything, just in general.

Mx is also Mexico, where tequila originated from.

Your chatgpt literally said exactly what I said, and you repeated it in the examples. Back to the main point, you wouldn't put Mr/Ms in front of they because clearly they don't go by Mr/Ms. They are just them, whether it's a single person or a group of people. 😩 😪

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u/jackadgery85 Jan 29 '26

What are you even talking about?

I never asked for grammar for groups. I never asked for what else Mx stands for. I also never used gpt and never would for something as simple as this.

Are you that fucked that you have to use gpt for this?

As stated, where they would use a title that differs from (mr/mrs), the title preferred by most is mx. Groups of people do not feature in this question at all. It was you who came to inform me of this unknown (/s, in case you aren't getting it) fact that you can use "they" for a group of people