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I don't know why I'm bothering typing this, but...
You do realize that language evolves and changes, what sounds odd to us may not in 20 years and what sounds normal now may have sounded odd 20 years ago.
Yes there are some rules, but also those rules are subject to change too.
Saying stuff like this 40 years ago would sound absurd: Google it, search it up, tweet it, download it, upload it, post it.
Language changes, thou cannest changeth with it or thee will eventually and indubitably sound like a right silly nincompoop, knave!
I think my point here is that I certainly didn't get to live in a trans open world. The only openly gay people in my class in jr high and highschool were shun to a corner. They were outcasts. Imagine learning their pronouns... There was no such thing back in the 90's.
Now you can't expect people of my age to not find the language strange at all. But my point should be pretty clear, the way to start is through youth. They and not us are the ones that change language. Once they reach their 40's and 50's there will be a new wave that will bring more changes with them. So if you don't catch the waves such as the COVID baby boom, you miss a generation. School is where new language trends will be set.