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I turned on YouTube last night and got to watch the latest schooling of Tucker Carlson by "The Liberal Sherpa." The subject was Gender-Neutral pronouns and I had to admit I needed a bit of schooling myself. The discussion surrounded the topic of "how do you use them in a sentence" for the most part and Tucker stuck to the most common: Yo, Ze , Ey, Em and Vis and their plurals Zie, Ver and Zir (I assume Yo is plural for Yo). I also found out that the LGBTQ community has expanded to include A and I (and I don't think these letters stand for Artificial Intelligence, though the might, come to think of it). I listened in fascination as the Sherpa almost breezed through the examples of how these pronouns would be used in a sentence to re place words like he, she, him her, them, themselves, himself and herself, even though Cathy the Sherpa and GNP expert seemed to stumble on a couple, mostly with the pronunciation. Tucker stuck a few good jabs into the conversation, the comment about how we all with be forced to use these new words at gunpoint was especially witty, but the calm and cool Sherpa assured him that would never happen. Times are changing and language is a part of that change and we should probably get used to the idea. Okay. I for one found this particular news spot akin to an extended Bizarro animated comic strip. I just don't see what all the hoopla needs to surround the use of pronouns. Why does one particular group (and statistics show this wasn't a big deal in the former LGBT community until the whole issue of "Non-Binary Gender appeared) all of a sudden NEED to be Gender-Neutral? If they do, why so many pronouns? Wouldn't four more do just fine, 2 Singular and 2 plural? I certainly hope we don't go the way of Canada with it's recently passed Bill C-16 which, in a nutshell obligates Canadian citizens to use these pronouns otherwise it constitutes Gender Identity and Expression discrimination. Failure to use the accepted pronouns can also be interpreted as "hate speech" and can be subject to criminal prosecution. WOW!! I for one say, cuff me and stuff me, if this sort of legislation ever trickles south of the Canadian Border and as Tucker remarked, we are forced to use them at gunpoint. The day the words 'He and She" become illegal hate speech and discriminatory, is the day it's time to say "buh-bye" to this planet and on to another. I just hope IT isn't Gender-Neutral or I will be in REAL trouble. That's my bit of hoopla.

Don't you find it ironical, in this time and era, where information is practically at the tips of your fingers, there are a lot of misinformed people out there? Every time I see a debate on social media I like to go through the comments to see other people's point of view, and it is very sad to see how ignorant some people can be. Probably it is true as the saying goes, "the smarter the phone, the dumber the user."

I mostly shop at Safeway because I'm part of their rewards program and I find it does save me money. I also shop at Trader Joe's because of their low prices in general. Some of the things I do: Check the weekly ads for sale prices. Clip coupons but I've found there are very few for the products I use most often. Look for cheaper cuts of meat and make soups and stews. I think even little things you do can add up so I try to save where I can.