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This is why this idiotic trend towards gender neutral pronouns is so... idiotic. 90% of the time when it's used, it's confusing and makes the information you're
by kikokikokiko 5y ago
This is why this idiotic trend towards gender neutral pronouns is so... idiotic. 90% of the time when it's used, it's confusing and makes the information you're trying to convey harder to get. In this case the op wasn't even using gender neutral shenaningans, but since it's 2021 and it's becoming relatively ubiquitous, we get this kind of confusion.
- drdeca 5y agoBut if the two people have the same gender, why would using gendered pronouns make it less confusing? Sure, I guess it is less ambiguous on average.. Hm.
- lovemenot 5y agoIt'll get easier the longer it persists. Just be patient. Heck, Japanese very rarely need a pronoun at all, yet they can somehow infer meaning just fine.
- kikokikokiko 5y agoNo, it won't get any easier. When you use "they", you are in fact losing information. If I say "he" or "she", the amount of information I'm portraying is, and always will be, greater than a "neutral" pronoun can convey.
- lovemenot 5y agoInformation is lost. I concur. But it will get easier (than now). If thou dost not agree, thy children may. Perhaps my rudeness at using the familial second person with a stranger was lost. I hope so. I didn't mean to be rude. Rather to demonstrate that the English language is better for having not preserved that unnecessary distinction.