alt-text: [yellow text saying “different pronouns in different spaces” next to the queer anarchist flag and on a 2d digital art wooden background]

  •  jarfil   ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) 
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    27 days ago

    I get that, I’m just trying to understand the difference between /them and /it in that example. I feel like “them” is more generic than “it”, so I feel like “them” would be a better fit in a space where it’s nobody’s business, the same as in a professional setting.

    Am I mistaken or missing something?

    •  t3rmit3   ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 
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      26 days ago

      I feel like “them” is more generic than “it”

      That’s interesting. I hadn’t really thought of them in terms of comfort level needed to use them with others, and after considering it I think you’re probably right.