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They're a work-from-home call center rep. It pays well because they're multi-lingual. Never been in an office or even seen their supervisor except via video call. They tried for a religious exemption but was auto-denied because "they didn't express a sincere belief," and there's no appeal. It's get the vax or get fired with prejudice.

They don't see anyone other than their own family. No office even exists.

Has anyone else experienced this yet, and what did you do?

They're a work-from-home call center rep. It pays well because they're multi-lingual. Never been in an office or even seen their supervisor except via video call. They tried for a religious exemption but was auto-denied because "they didn't express a sincere belief," and there's no appeal. It's get the vax or get fired with prejudice. They don't see anyone other than their own family. No office even exists. Has anyone else experienced this yet, and what did you do?

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The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375, where it appears in the medieval romance William and the Werewolf. Except for the old-style language of that poem, its use of singular they to refer to an unnamed person seems very modern. Here’s the Middle English version: ‘Hastely hiȝed eche . . . þei neyȝþed so neiȝh . . . þere william & his worþi lef were liand i-fere.’ In modern English, that’s: ‘Each man hurried . . . till they drew near . . . where William and his darling were lying together.’

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Masculine is more common, more recently. Digging up an obscure usage is a straw man feminists and democrats use.

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If being in common use up to a few years ago is obscure, then color me Pliny.

I think you're just way too concerned about pronouns.

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If being less concerned is more virtuous, then just use masculine and be the bigger man.