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> Maybe it would help my understand if you could provide a chart relating the pronouns someone chooses with the pronouns other people are then allowed to use?

I think this is everything wrong with the world currently. Provide you with a chart, so I can justify using gender neutral pronoun?

https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/singular-they

This is barely more than a year old, is it already outdated? I am an asshole for daring to use “they”?

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> If a person uses “she” or “he,” do not use “they” instead. Likewise, if a person uses “they,” do not switch to “he” or “she.” Use the pronouns the person uses.

This matches my own understanding; I have no idea why you are referring to this article as if it supports your bizarre crusade to misgender people.

You are aware that we are talking about the mars rover, right?

The comment that you replied to:

> You can just say "they".

Was a reply to this:

> S/he already did. We just don't know yet.

Which was talking about the mars rover.

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