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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

You know what...

I went and looked this up because of this comment. I had never heard of "it" being used like that.

I've only ever heard it being used to specify something specifically as a non-person, or more generally a "being". So I thought it was literally defining it as a non-being.

So TIL. I wasn't trying to be prejudiced, I have literally never heard of "it" being anything other than specifically a non-living object.

So thanks for the chance to learn something interesting today.