There’s definitely some additional nuance (like a pronouns in bio/username situation) but this should cover the broad needs of anyone who is approaching this with good faith.

  • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
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    22 hours ago
    • problem 1: why are you choosing he/him to be gender neutral and not she/her? it gives the impression that grammatical maleness is default and you are going to get pushback for that, whether your intentions are sexist or not.
    • problem 2: making he/him gender neutral strips the identity from male and masculine people.
    • problem 3: you’re suggesting a massive overhaul when there’s literally already a word in place.

    and NO they/them doesn’t “refer to multiple.” the tom scott video abjectly disagrees with you on that, so don’t twist things. even Shakespeare used they/them to refer to singular people.

    honestly this conversation is pointless and boring so i’ll end it here.