• AItoothbrush
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    346 hours ago

    People really dont understand how languages work. Even brother and man can be gender neutral. If you say “man, whyd you do that” thats gender neutral. Same with dude and guy.

      • stebo
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        182 hours ago

        I’m a man but I love when people call me babygirl or something like that

    • @[email protected]
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      112 hours ago

      This. I’ve got a fair few trans friends, and we’re all in agreement - unless it’s obvious we’re talking in gendered terms based on context, “dude”, “man”, “bro”, etc are just interjections, not reference to someone’s gender. And, when we are talking in gendered contexts, we tend to be pretty clear about that.

    • @Crazyslinkz
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      22 hours ago

      Human … man, it’s a just shorter version 😉

      • AItoothbrush
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        143 hours ago

        Thats a joke right? Because youre getting downvoted, but you yourself called me bro without knowing my gender so it must be a joke or youre the most oblivious person ive ever seen.

        • @StupidBrotherInLaw
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          51 hour ago

          I hope they’re joking, otherwise they need to get back to Facebook with the rest of their ilk.

          • AItoothbrush
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            151 minutes ago

            Would be a classic facebook moment. Gender neutral guy is like singular they/them. “That is not natural bla bla bla, use he/she” and then you ask them “do you know who alex is” and they respond “no, i dont know who they are” which is using singular they or just assume their gender.