And apparently, also when you think that ‘They’ is a perfectly serviceable gender-neutral singular pronoun, but are willing to use other pronouns if asked to.

EDIT: Other removable offenses on Blahaj now include questioning mod/admin decisions and quoting the modlog as a reason why you’re leaving.

  • @[email protected]
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    211 day ago

    I think the only neo pronoun I know is xe/xir, even then I don’t know why you would use it above they/them

    • @captainlezbian
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      There are a few others. Many are somewhat historical from before the singular they was agreed as default

    • @PugJesusOP
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      221 day ago

      Some people don’t care for ‘they/them’ as singular neutral because they’re used to it as plural.

      Some people want a pronoun(s) specifically for NB identities, rather than a purely neutral pronoun.

      These are both valid, if contentious, points.

      • @[email protected]
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        415 hours ago

        I don’t know about that first one, actually. Lots of people are used to objectively wrong or bad things, doesn’t mean those things are somehow right or good.

        • @PugJesusOP
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          23 hours ago

          We define language by its usage, and there is definitely a significant subset of native English speakers who regard the usage of singular they as wrong.

          I mean, they’re WRONG, but I can only say so from the perspective of a fellow speaker according to my own thoughts and preferences; language doesn’t have an objective arbiter and I acknowledge that it is both widespread and not some inherently absurd notion.