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ZhangRenWing t1_j96vl5y wrote

Reply to comment by titiolele in [OC] Gendered Movie Favorites: The favorite movies of Letterboxd users broken down by the pronouns they selected for their account by throwbarrieaway

Same, why not just use the singular they? It already exists why make something up?

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laserdicks t1_j97rrbg wrote

Because it also refers to multiple people, which can be confusing if the subject hasn't been clearly defined each time.

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jabberwockgee t1_j97zmnk wrote

I recently had a stupid interaction about a they/them pronoun, I asked the person I was talking something about 'them' and they misinterpreted who I was talking about since we were discussing a professional whose gender was unknown in addition to a coworker (who I did not know used they/them pronouns and was irrelevant to the question I asked). But my coworker got offended at me on the they/them coworkers behalf for no reason.

You know what would solve this? Literally any other pronoun for non-binary people.

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Nordalin t1_j98671s wrote

>You know what would solve this? Literally any other pronoun for non-binary people.

Yep, and then they get upset for all being grouped together. The winning move is to not play this game at all.

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