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It seems appropriate to use whenever their gender is irrelevant.

In this case, it creates extra confusion and extra mental overhead, because of double meaning of "they".

It was very clear to me.

do you also find the indeterminate number of "you" confusing?

Not OP, but thy question evokes an odd pining for idiomatic use of the second person singular in general English.

I understood what they meant perfectly well. Are you perhaps not a native English speaker?

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