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CMV: They/Them pronouns are too confusing for it to catch on in the general public anytime soon.

**Edit: I changed my mind. They/Them pronouns are not confusing, they are the linguistically correct term to use when someone's gender is unknown.**

**Edit 2: Allright, we've covered pretty much all of it, now it's just edgelords posting. Thanks for the insight everyone! Great conversation!**

Original Post:
I'm Non-Binary and as I've never felt like a man nor a woman, I love the idea of gender neutral pronouns.

However, They/Them is way too confusing and requires too much tongue twisting to be able to use as easily as He/Him and She/Her. It makes communication less clear rather than more clear. I think it is asking too much to ask people to change their entire language. This isn't like asking someone to refer to a trans person by their proper pronouns as people already know how to use both he and she pronouns.

I think the general public is too used to saying "He went down to the river by himself" and "She went down to the river by herself" to refer to a single person, to start saying "They went down to the river by themselves" as it implies multiple people. 

The only time the general public uses "they/them" pronouns to refer to a single person is reluctantly, to refer to someone before they can assume their gender. 

It gets confusing during (admittedly silly) statements such as the following: "Demi Lovato works very well with Ariana Grande. They're so cute." You don't know if the statement "They're so cute" is about Demi Lovato, or about both of them. Another confusing statement is "They're coming to eat some Ice Cream." You wouldn't know if you need to order Ice Cream for 1 person, or multiple. You literally have to ask "So is it 1 person coming or multiple?"

Unfortunately, I don't know a better choice, as coming up with completely new terms would be even worse, because at least people are used to using "they/them" for unknown people. 

But I think it is too much to ask people to extend the usage to something they're not used to. I also don't think we should get mad at people who struggle to use they/them pronouns, as it gets pretty mouthy. Even I struggle with it, for example I literally play Bloodhound in Apex Legends because they are Non-Binary, but in the heat of the moment, I keep using "He/Him" and have to correct myself. I can't imagine what that must be like for someone who doesn't even know what Non-Binary is. It's like a muscle you have to train yourself to use, and I can't see people caring enough to want to train that muscle.
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That is the problem every time this view comes up: it generally only works with isolated sentences. If the only thing you say to a person is "They went down the river by themselves", it might be confusing - putting any sort of common context around it immediately solves the issue. 

"What did X do after that?"

"They went down to the river by themselves"

There is no question here whether it's used in plural or singular. It is that way with nearly every commonly encountered context.

In addition, let's look at this part:

>"Demi Lovato works very well with Ariana Grande. They're so cute." You don't know if the statement "They're so cute" is about Demi Lovato, or about both of them.

Does this create any more confusion than using "she" here?

>"Demi Lovato works very well with Ariana Grande. **She's** so cute."

There is still confusion as to who "she" refers to. The solution is an extremely simple clarification issued directly afterwards.

This whole problem isn't an issue in the real world. It only exists on paper. The easiest solution would be to simply say the name in dubious situations.