[ SECRET POST #3706 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3706 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this. I really struggle with "they" for specific individuals because to me, singular "they" carries a very strong connotation of an unknown or unspecified entity, the same way "it" carries a very strong connotation of a non-human or non-sentient entity.

Like, even in contexts where it's very clear that "they" is being used for a non-binary person, I mentally trip over stuff like "Alex identifies as non-binary. They like pizza and people who aren't assholes about who uses which bathroom" because I automatically parse it as "Alex, a single specific human, identifies as non-binary. Multiple people or some vague unknown entity like(s) pizza and people who aren't assholes about who uses which bathroom." And then I have to go back and remind myself that "they" is supposed to equal "Alex" here.

Reading anything with a lot of non-binary "they" feels like reading a long series of garden-path sentences (that is, stuff like "The old man the boat" or "The horse raced past the barn fell").

[(Anonymous)]

It's exactly the same for me. Sort of...the reading equivalent of walking up stairs and expecting one more stair when you're already at the top. That feeling of when you put your foot down.