DasherPack, (edited ) Could someone explain? I’m not native :/
Edit: Thank you to everyone that explained it!
1stTime4MeInMCU, It’s a play on how prospectors / old timey / uneducated people would talk. Imagine a hillbilly accent with poor grammar.
Nesola, I second this.
hoshiyari, While the layman would say, “They dug up a fortune in those hills.”, a gold prospector, likely familiar with hick speak, would say “They dug up a fortune in them there hills.” The non-binary part comes into play by turning there into their, alluding to the assertion of pronouns common with the non-binary community.
digdug, It's a play on an idiom, "there's gold in them there hills." I'm not sure if it's just a really old idiom, or just a rural dialect, or both.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/there%27s+gold+in+them+thar+hills
LostXOR, "them/their hills" sounds like "them there hills", which is a different (somewhat improper) way to say "those hills".
SnotFlickerman, 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, Thanks :) I love this community
Metal_Zealot, Down at the foot of Mt. Nonbinary
jtk, Conservative comment incoming: “HoW cOmE whEn I MaKe fUN of stOoPid pronOUns I GeT d0wNvOted!? It’s (D)ifFeRenT!”
PunnyName, (edited ) How much time do you spend in /r/conservative…?
jtk, They occasionally appear on r/popular/rising, I usually can’t look away.
Algaroth, I got banned from there. Didn’t take much. All I did was point out a fact. Mod just said “orange man bad”.
PugJesus, The dads are evolving, it's terrifying and amazing all at once.
DigitalNirvana, I’m changing my pronouns to Them/ Thar.
MagnusRobotFighter,
PunnyName, Damn, dropped 2 years ago?
gravitas_deficiency, I don’t care who you are that’s an S-tier dad joke
jopepa, S-tier joke from an S-tier dad. Understands the nuances of gender fluidity enough to say “non-binary” and bravely navigates the potential mine field of making a pronouns joke without looking like a jerk. Flawless dad.
gravitas_deficiency, It’s a lot like steak humor: a rare medium, well done.
jopepa, If you’re being honest with yourself what would you rate that one?
gravitas_deficiency, It’s definitely a solid 5/7
jopepa, You’re deflecting with references again
gravitas_deficiency, This is /c/196
ohlaph, Alright, alright, that’s pretty good.
NENathaniel, I’m an idiot someone pls explain
Ghost33313, Old phrase, "There's gold in them there hills". It was an old quote from idk where, but it got re-quoted plenty of times. Probably most famously in Loony-Toons,
NENathaniel, thank youuu
kilorat, Link to source for convenience;
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