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[–] DasherPack@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Could someone explain? I'm not native :/

Edit: Thank you to everyone that explained it!

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 79 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gold_in_them_thar_hills

"There's gold in them thar hills" is an old phrase, probably a misquote, but has been long been associated with gold prospecting in the US old west.

So a non-binary gendered gold prosector found lots of gold in "them/their" hills is a reference to how people of non-binary gender tend to use "they/them" as pronouns.

"Them/their" isn't exact, but their is the possessive form of the third-person plural pronoun "they." So it's still referencing to correct pronouns for non-binary gender, just shifted slightly for the sake of a joke.

[–] DasherPack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks :) I love this community

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