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[–] JcbAzPx 10 points 3 days ago

The singular "they/them/their" has always been an indeterminate pronoun. It's basically a placeholder for a list of people that could be one. Using it to refer to a person you know feels a bit like an insult for some older people.

A bit softer than using "it", but still really impersonal.