I like the idea of inventing new pronouns, but most of the suggestions so far (like "Xe") are too silly to be taken seriously. "They/them" can come off as impersonal at times, but we seem to be more or less settling on that, so whatever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I’m in the too silly to be taken seriously boat. They/them works perfectly fine.

[–] nifty 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But it shouldn’t though? In a reasonable society, using neopronouns isn’t any different than using someone’s name. Yeah, I acknowledge that society isn’t reasonable some times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Shouldn’t means nothing. People shouldn’t own other people and yet gestures broadly at history

Calling someone what they want to be called is just being decent. Like your name is Thomas but you’d like to be called Tommy. Neopronouns aren’t names, they’re an attempt to force speech to fit the unique desires of the person demanding use of said neopronouns. Using they/them is a perfectly reasonable compromise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

In a reasonable society, using neopronouns isn’t any different than using someone’s name

Which means they fail at being what pronouns are: a quick replacement for a piece of information that otherwise has to be asked for