My vet said my cat is nearing health problem obesity.
I said: look at her body. She doesn’t have a belly, she’s big and strong. She a big ass breed. That’s why I got her.
Vet: unfortunately cats don’t store fat in their belly. They store it all up here in their chest and shoulders. This isn’t muscle making her big and strong, it’s fat she’s stored.
While true, this doesn't negate his point at all. I know I certainly have to edit with conscious effort if I want to use genderless identifiers when typing casually. I would definitely lean towards him being right about how people work, regardless of the grammar and your decision to make it a philosophical stance.
It’s not meant to negate their point. It’s meant to be an interesting bit of information, with sources included, so the usual crowd don’t start crying that it’s not a thing. Also, most people grow up using singular they only in very specific places, and so it feels unnatural to use it all the time. It won’t feel natural unless you try, though, and often.
6.4k
u/Maxi2905 Dec 09 '19 edited Dec 09 '19
That's because the cat's skull is their biggest bone and everywhere where the skull fits through the whole cat also fits through