psH
Banned
+217|6830|Sydney
We use it in normal conversation without even knowing it, or commenting on it. We have all used it at least once,  but THEY seem to never show THEIR faces. We have never seen them, and by golly i don't think we will ever see THEM.

Orly? have no idea what im talking about? well, here is in an example.
Well....you know what THEY say.

This is an example, we always refer to these 'people' in an act of anger or, if we don't know WHO the people that are used in the conversation (e.g The dictator of the Serbian communist party is quite odd.) Then since we have absolutely NO idea who that is (i just made that up on-the-spot) we will refer to them like 'i hate THOSE bastards', as most people wouldn't have any idea who they actually are.

Anywho, the reason of this thread is for everybody to have a guess at who THEY are. I dunno, the government, aliens, Saddam from the dead, whatever. And, does anybody else have examples of who they are? (like the example i listed earlier).
Masques
Black Panzer Party
+184|7169|Eastern PA
The "they" is the Buberian objective portion of his "relational and objective" construct (ie. Ich-Du and Ich-Es). "Them/They" therefore are simply useful mechanisms for dealing with the world purely as objects and abstractions as opposed to the more concrete "you/me/us/we" that has the effect of personalizing the other and bringing "they/them/it" into our consciousness as whole and thus familiar things.
~FuzZz~
.yag era uoy fi siht deaR
+422|6769|Orrstrayleea
MMMMMM, yeh,,,,, "THEY" seem to be getting around a bit
Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
+1,027|6886|King Of The Islands

Pinky And The Brain wrote:

T.H.E.Y.

"T.H.E.Y. - The Horde of Ecumenical Yodelers... They don't actually yodel... their name is but an innocent sounding smoke screen to divert attention from the group's true purpose - to rule the earth. T.H.E.Y. are actually an ultra-clandestine society of world leaders... The Horde of Ecumenical Yodelers wields more weight than any common governmental body. Their membership roster is a virtual who's who of earth's most powerful people, and tonight, two new names will be added to this elite list...us! And once we are members of T.H.E.Y., we shall gain entrance to their secret vault, where T.H.E.Y. keep everything you need to know - to rule the world!"
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
autopilot
banned
+115|6795

omg grammarz!
~FuzZz~
.yag era uoy fi siht deaR
+422|6769|Orrstrayleea
Ahhhhhh, i can sleep now, phew, thats a load off my mind, now i know who "they" are

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