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cattimusrex t1_ixk7jug wrote

Female....humans?

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todareistobmore t1_ixkewi3 wrote

well, the link and the headline were updated to correct that--the use of 'females' in the article was just a weird artifact of this dude saving at 16 year old girl and 48 year old woman. But it was just used descriptively, not quoting anybody, so not sure how it ended up in the headline bc ...yeesh.

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jimmy-jack-jones t1_ixkfvfz wrote

Female is an adjective, not a noun.

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todareistobmore t1_ixkgr5h wrote

...yes? Was just speaking to how it ended up in the headline (and thus thread topic) and how that's since been changed.

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Due-Net-88 t1_ixnqghr wrote

Why not just “two people?” Or “rescue two from”?

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todareistobmore t1_ixo50qm wrote

Not defending, it, just think it's more an editorial fuckup. Even if the guy's son had called them females it wouldn't have been appropriate for the headline, but it's weirder than that given that it's the reporter.

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jcaashby t1_ixms906 wrote

LOL....title is all wrong.

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Woman makes more sense and sounds better.

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