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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Sam Smith - fisherthem

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eighteenthirteen1 · 16/02/2023 17:31

I feel like we're being trolled.

metro.co.uk/2023/02/16/sam-smith-reveals-wild-dream-of-ending-their-days-as-a-fisher-them-18292486/

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TheBiologyStupid · 17/02/2023 21:49

he seems a bit menthol.

That should be "he seems a bit themthol" you bigot! 😉

TheBiologyStupid · 17/02/2023 21:52

Wonnle · 17/02/2023 20:10

Will it lead a horse to water ?

You can lead a fisherthem to water, but you can't make them think...

latetothefisting · 17/02/2023 22:07

Lozzybear · 16/02/2023 17:37

Surely it would be a fisher person if you wanted to make it gender neutral. He’s an idiot - well I would use a much stronger word than that!

Exactly! Just shows that "they" is not the sharpest tool in the shed if they don't even understand their own pronouns despite spending so much time angsting over them.

If "fisherman" was so objectionable then it should be "fisherperson" or indeed "angler" - presumably sams fishing friends don't refer to themselves as Fisher-hes and fisher-shes???

Isthereanygoldenwonder · 17/02/2023 22:07

www.facebook.com/reel/5974397415969908?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

I think this guy has summed them up pretty well 😂 hopefully the link works

TheBiologyStupid · 17/02/2023 22:15

Sam Smith has been promoted in these parts for years. Couldn't find the many annoying stories in the archives of the local rag about them's wealthy mother's efforts to big him up, but here's a piece from 2007:
www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/22016912.sam-moves-step-nearer-album-dream/

Wellies54 · 17/02/2023 22:17

TheBiologyStupid · 17/02/2023 21:52

You can lead a fisherthem to water, but you can't make them think...

😂😂😂
Many a true word spoken in jest!

NeighbourhoodWatchPotholeDivision · 17/02/2023 22:28

Pedantry time: the coinage of "fisherthem" implies the standard form is fisherhim and fisherher.

Evasmissingletter · 17/02/2023 22:39

FuzzyPuffling · 16/02/2023 19:32

Anyone remember Herman's Hermits?

Or as they are now "Themthem's Themmits"

Best one🤣🤣

SinnerBoy · 17/02/2023 23:37

I don't like the words Sam Smith chooses to use to feel more inclusive. ( why are you so bothered by the language?)

I don't like the non-word he made up yesterday, because it's a big, hairy bag of wank. I'm bothered by the language, because it's not any real language.

He wants to manipulate me, by making me feel uncomfortable in using normal, everyday words and use a stupid non-word, to refer to him.

That makes him a right twat.

mach2 · 18/02/2023 00:10

The pronoun thing is part of an effort to change society by changing the language, 1984 stylee. And it's fucking clunky and ridiculous. Try writing some sentences using she/they pronouns - you will end up with a dogs breakfast of prose.

Carlycat · 18/02/2023 00:24

Just when I thought this cretin couldn't get any more attention seeking / narcissistic / pathetic / vomit inducing. I wish he'd fuck off up his own they / them arse

ErrolTheDragon · 18/02/2023 00:31

And them / they didn’t make sense before. As chairwoman or chair person didn’t make sense 50 years ago. Times change

You think really think chairwoman or chairperson didn't make sense in 1973?

Er... apparently the first recorded use of chairwoman was in 1699.Grin
And chairperson in 1899

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chairwoman
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chairperson

They made sense then and still do because they're perfectly grammatical, sensible and useful words.

Unlike 'fisherthem' which is simply idiotic and indefensible.

Carlycat · 18/02/2023 00:57

Just when I thought this navel gazing cretin couldn't get any more self absorbed / attention seeking / narcissistic / pathetic / vomit inducing. I wish he'd fuck off up his own they / them arse

Carlycat · 18/02/2023 00:58

Choconut · 16/02/2023 18:03

Maybe he could dangle his nipple tassels over the side of the boat and see if he gets any bites?

Not likely. Fish would ' run ' a mile at the sight of that monstrosity

Carlycat · 18/02/2023 01:01

Januaryisthelongestyear · 17/02/2023 19:35

This meme made me Giggle so hard I nearly woke up DP who's having a nap on my bosom

I'm creased 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Carlycat · 18/02/2023 01:10

FuzzyPuffling · 16/02/2023 19:32

Anyone remember Herman's Hermits?

Or as they are now "Themthem's Themmits"

Stop it ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

IcakethereforeIam · 18/02/2023 01:13

I've nrtft but fisherthem, really Sam, that's a bit binary, fisthemthem. Though be careful with that first syllable!

Carlycat · 18/02/2023 01:20

workingitoutnow · 17/02/2023 19:01

Omg, how absolutely mean are you all??????

ffs, if Sam Smith chooses a pronoun and chooses to use that, so what??

I hate gendered words, they are exclusive and drive a lack of inclusion. I am not a chairman, fireman, policeman - gender neutral words are more inclusive.

i am just wondering whether you realise where such hate of gender neutral pronouns may lead?

He's a naval gazing bell end 🤣

TeamadIshbel · 18/02/2023 03:45

ourflagmeansdeath · 16/02/2023 19:00

Oh for goodness sake! I heavily dislike Sam Smith. DD keeps going on about how ridiculous his black costume was - it literally looks like a chicken! Don't know what's on with them really. Non-binary I get but there isn't a need for a "fisher-them." Can't believe he won a grammy for Unholy as well, it's an awful song.

Like a Merthem?

Grammy was bought and paid for.
Fisherthem Sam wouldn't last 5 minutes on a Hebridean trawler. Could be a new Ben Fogle show for Merthem though.... Themsy relocates to the Baring Straights....

TeamadIshbel · 18/02/2023 03:52

powershowerforanhour · 16/02/2023 21:43

I would actually quite like to watch Deadliest Catch: D list Sleb Edition with Sam Smith on it. Who else would you put in the crew?

Good idea!
Ships Captain- JKRowling
Deputy-Ricky Gervais
Cook- Jack Monroe
Deckhands- Dylan Mulveney, India Willoughby, Laurie Penny
Merthems on a rock- Munroe Bergdorf & Susie Green

MichelleScarn · 18/02/2023 04:14

Ohifyouinsist · 17/02/2023 20:54

When you talk about dehumanising through the use or denial of language, what are your thoughts on females being described as menstruators, or womb havers, or vulva havers, or cervix havers?

You see, those words are used to describe many of us, against our will, and are deeply offensive. It's being forced on us, that's the language we are expected to accept. We are - sometimes literally - policed in our use of language by a tiny number of people.

Sam flaming Smith is part of that movement. So do forgive me if I don't feel particularly inclined to think he's anything other than a self serving prat.

Absolutely! But remember what they really mean is.... 'I'm only bothered about what l feel upsets me, or doesn't centre me.. I don't actually care how what I do or say affects anyone else, I'm the only one that matters, don't agree or capitulate? Literally violence'

Cailleach1 · 18/02/2023 06:06

There is a pub near Lough Corrib (in the west of Ireland) called 'The Angler's Rest'. You don't need the ridiculous 'thems' etc. Angler does the job.

RedToothBrush · 18/02/2023 09:23

workingitoutnow · 17/02/2023 19:01

Omg, how absolutely mean are you all??????

ffs, if Sam Smith chooses a pronoun and chooses to use that, so what??

I hate gendered words, they are exclusive and drive a lack of inclusion. I am not a chairman, fireman, policeman - gender neutral words are more inclusive.

i am just wondering whether you realise where such hate of gender neutral pronouns may lead?

But gender neutral words aren't less sexist because 'default human' is still male and societies expectations still revolve around that.

Read invisible women...

RedToothBrush · 18/02/2023 09:32

Sam Smith uses words as a power trip for his ego. I think it's easy to see he is attention seeking. I think it's easy to see how he lacks either empathy or respect for women. He is tone deaf to sexism but is trying to appear progressive. He dresses like a monumental wanker (I usually refrain from commenting on what people wear but when you dress up as the goth marshmallow man and expect to be taken remotely seriously, I reserve the right to let rip).

I don't like the men, his music, what he is trying to impose on others, his ego, his attention seeking, his disrespect for women, his contempt for how his actions affect others nor his politics. I certainly do not like his whining when people have the audacity to say this because he doesn't happen to like it. We are free to dislike whatever we want for whatever reason.

The fact Sam Smith makes it easy to dislike, is frankly not my fucking problem.

If he stopped and thought for half a second about his impact, and his sexism, maybe he might understand why.

FuzzyPuffling · 18/02/2023 12:27

Applause for RedToothBrush. Eloquently put.

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