Y'all are talking about pretty absurd examples that may in fact prove some kind of point but hardly one that is useful to anyone.

Try arguing your points as if the people involved were actual human beings.

Put the cap back on the tube and step away from the glue.

@Ramsu, More broadly, I disagree with the practice of formally asking for pronouns. Most people don't have any different pronouns, and that's more a waste of time than anything else. However, if people volunteer their pronouns, then I'll make a modest effort to adhere to them, if for no other reason than to shut them up about gender issues. I also agree that he/her can be sufficient pronouns, and I think that "they" as a third-person singular pronoun is the first sign of a decline in western society. But there's really no talking to some people, and all in all, I have better things to do.

"But in the same vain, would it not be more practical for the Tyrranid-Ork-kin not to insist everyone call *___{{][**+^_ a Tyrranid-Ork? I guess I agree that at some point somebody's gotta be the bigger fawn and just let this shit go, as you said, for practicality's sake, but... fuck. I want to get into a shouting match with *____{{][**+^_ about it."

I think you'll find that some people are too silly for words. And there doesn't seem to be much sense in waiting for the other person to be more mature when you can do so more quickly and absent the social faux-pas of calling someone else mentally disabled.

By all means, you are welcome to get into shouting matches with people. Maybe it's cathartic for you. But in general, I would say it's advisable to ignore it and move along.

"where do YOU draw the line on this issue. When is too much too much for you?"

I draw no lines because I don't actually believe that there exist people in real life who identify as otherkin or any other bizarre constructs.

What would you do if your mom or your brother told you, "From now on I would appreciate it if you referred to me by by 'x pronoun'"? What would you say? How would you explain it to your friends? your partner? your kids? Let's have some real discussion about this.

@qtkat, I would say "OK" and use it if I remember from then on. Usually I refer to my siblings by their names, though.

I would explain it to people in the following manner: "My brother wants to be called by X pronoun." They don't really need an explanation beyond that.

(As I lie in my bed I am still drawn to the idea of stabbing said ally and because of that I am still here contemplating just that. Oh why oh why it had to be gunboat anon so I cannot discuss about it with anyone)
@pangloss Then you still "have faith in humanity" and are one step ahead of me.
@qtkat If family I would question their mental health if it isn't he/she, and most likely that would severely hurt our relationship but would get by. My best friend? Would let it pass in the same vein as family, maybe. Others I would just start to steer away. I cannot explain something that I cannot understand.

But this is indeed if I was in an English speaking country or of said origin since as I have pointed out that is impossible to happen in real life here.

@Ramsu, it's not that I have faith in humanity so much as I think that people tend to exaggerate things on the Internet. I also think that issues such as pronouns or gender identity aren't terribly important and are signs of the death of God moreso than any change in the value of humanity.

Hence why I put that phrase in quotation marks as I think it is overused thing on the Internet, but its sentiment is what I wanted to convey. I have read the blogs on Tumblr and seen pics taken from campuses about it spreading into real life. That has eaten my "faith in humanity", made me believe that there are actually people like this, in real life. While they may be a minority, but it stil baffels me that such people exist.

As was discussed in another thread, the acceptance of pronouns of *anyone* is a tacit approval of their choice. Now, do I truly want to support someone's opinion that they are in fact an orc, goblin, or dragon? No, no I do not. If some of you do support these delusions, then by all means.

"Now, do I truly want to support someone's opinion that they are in fact an orc, goblin, or dragon? No, no I do not. If some of you do support these delusions, then by all means." However, if people try to tell you they're an evolved species of human and ask that you respect THAT, it's not so much delusional as being an arrogant asshole.

As someone who often uses "they" as a personal identifier, I utterly resent the idea that this is in some way an indicator of poor mental health.

Why do you often use "they"?

Because I'm not comfortable describing myself as male all the time, I'm certainly not female, and I prefer "they" to any of the more invented words to fill the hole.

Mendax, would you then consider yourself genderfluid?

Just wanted to add that the whole Izzy whatever analogy was downright stupid.
If someone claims to be Darth Vader/Izzy etc. and demands to be referred to as such; that person's claim is objectively verifiable. One can objectively evaluate that as true or false - literally everybody else on earth will come to consensus on evaluating that claim.
On the other hand - When someone claims to be of a certain self-identified gender (not sex), that claim is NOT objectively verifiable. Our society has not come to anything close to objective consensus on that - if anything, a slow consensus is emerging that gender identity is fluid and must necessarily take into account the subjective feelings of the person in question.
The two are therefore not comparable in the least as one is clearly objective and the other gaining increasing acceptance as subjective. I find it hilarious that whoever made this comparison thought that they had a real point.

The Iggy Azalea hip-hop question is NOT objectively verifiable.

Nor is the claim that I am just Darth Vader reincarnated into an Earth boy's body and would prefer to be referred to by my true, Sith Lord, name.

@KC - yes.