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I criticized singular they/them for increasing language ambiguity and suggested replacing it with something new like xe/xer multiple times. The reply is usually a shitstorm and downvote tornado. I've given up on that front.
Probably because singular "they" predates singular "you" grammatically. Should we go back to using thou and thee instead of the singular you as well?
I always found this argument funny because how would you use pronouns for someone whose gender you do not know? They. It's they. E.g. you are given the sentence: Jordan went to the store to buy apples. And you want to ask a followup question regarding how many, you reply: How many apples did they buy? It's not that complicated. They has been used for gender ambiguity in everyone's lives since grammar school. People just have an inherent bias towards trans folks and it's incredibly depressing and sad.
It hasn’t been used for “gender” ambiguity, but sex ambiguity, because the separation of sex and gender is only a recent thing and it’s not even unanimously accepted.
Oh my gosh, you're being pedantic. It has been used for "gender" ambiguity for quite some time. If you choose to be ignorant, then that's your dill, pickle. At the end of the day, you get to choose whether you make someone happy, or sad. Why is that difficult? Why can't you comprehend the concept of providing joy to someone? Why can't you just be nice? That's what this whole thing is about, right? You can either choose to be nice, or not. And I'm so tired of arguing with people to be nicer. Why can't people get it through their thick skulls, that people just want to live and be considerate of each other. That's what we all want, right?
Is calling an extremely underweight anorexic person healthy, a good weight, and encouraging them to keep losing weight the right thing to do? Is that good because it’s providing joy to someone?
Are you arguing that using the pronoun, they, is equivalent to someone harming themselves? Friend, you need to argue better. You are arguing like a college dropout. You've re-contextualized the argument in it's entirety. Try again, or don't. But stop coming at me with your weak ass, bullshit talking points. In the illustrious words of our dear leader, SAD!
https://media.tenor.com/U-a37sw8EyQAAAAM/missing-the-point-over-your-head.giF
Well, I guess we're done debating. It's a shame, I hate ending debates in a draw. That's on me, though. I got too emotional, because this is a topic that is deeply personal to me. Oh well, win some, lose some, and draw some. I enjoyed our debate, no matter what it may have seemed like. I really am shameful that I came out the gates smoking. There were much better ways to argue my point and I failed in that regard. Hope you have a great day and rest of your morning!