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4th person pronoun? (startrek.website)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Is it really that different than saying "Audience"? Or radio shows referring to "listeners"? Etc.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Or "y'all"

Saying "chat" to address a group or room full of people isn't different at all from addressing them as "y'all"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All y'all more specifically

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Regional differences :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Except y'all is a second person plural, and I think 'chat' here is still functioning as a noun.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Seems like the same thing to me. I think the person saying it's the first of its kind is wrong, but it would still be equally bizarre if people were addressing their "listeners" in normal conversation.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lemmings, do you agree? ;)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Be sure to smash that blue arrow, and follow on Kbin.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

F in chat

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it would be weird to say 'listeners' when talking to a group. But social conventions and language shifts. "chat" has established itself for pretty obvious reasons, so I'm not surprised to see it catch on in the physical world. It's a bit like people saying 'lol' in person was super weird at first, but isn't that weird any more.

Also, I don't think it is anywhere near as weird as how politicians address what they are saying to "Mr. Speaker" when they are clearly actually not talking to that person at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you and Stamets related? I keep mixing you two up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Haha, no - we're two different people who are both Star Trek fans and post on Lemmy a lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So you're related (by Star Trek)

[–] sukhmel 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Like brothers-in-trek

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

my-brother-in-trek you need to stop

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

Or on a serial killer podcast, run by 35yo ladies, "murder muffins"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

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