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"Choose Your Own Adventure" On Your iPhone
If you spent a good portion of your childhood reading the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, you'll be glad to know that you can soon waste countless hours at work turning to random pages on your iPhone. Edward Packard, one of the original authors of the series, has helped create an app called U-Ventures which uses special effects to create a story in the traditional Choose Your Own Adventure format. From the article: "The first U-Venture is a sort of a sequel to a classic title, The Cave of Time. In 'Return to the Cave of Time,' the U-Venture, 'you go back in the cave — you don't have a choice on that,' Packard tells NPR's Neal Conan. But from that point on, the reader chooses her own course."
But from that point on, the reader chooses her own course.
What if the reader is a male? Or, is this absurd example of political correctness meant to suggest that only females will use this application. What is wrong with the word " their "? Using the word "their" actually lets the sentence makes sense rather than sounding idiotic.
Change the phrase in the summary to: But from that point on, the reader chooses their own course. It's common sense, not fucking rocket science. It also keeps everyone happy because it's genderless.