"They" can be used as a gender neutral pronoun, though.
Like for example, you meet someone online, you don't really know anything about who they are, you don't know if they're male or female or maybe even neither, so to be respectful, you refer to them as "they" even though they're just one person.
Also, it's funny how you agree that you are a British moron living in your "mum's" basement. Thanks!