because it's gender neutral. similar thing with folks(/folx, ugh) In some cases it's also used to be condescending/ironic, plus s just love appropriating turns of phrase from black people
i have a very vague memory of a 90s cartoon doing a 50s pastiche where the bathroom signs said cats and something else. not sure if that was a joke or if that usage of cat has contextual gender
Okay, older folk slang, that makes sense. I'm just here like "wh????? I've known hella people from philly and never once heard that, fuck y'all mean" but that lines up better.
because it's gender neutral. similar thing with folks(/folx, ugh) In some cases it's also used to be condescending/ironic, plus
s just love appropriating turns of phrase from black people
There is a bad wiff of gone off mayo of it now alright. The constant use of folk in lefty writing is annoying too.
Better than 'You people'.💁♂️
we should appropriate from new jersey instead. i'm gonna start saying "youse"
is "cats" acceptable?
This is "dawg" erasure
i have a very vague memory of a 90s cartoon doing a 50s pastiche where the bathroom signs said cats and something else. not sure if that was a joke or if that usage of cat has contextual gender
poor lenny
fuck I totally thought that was a young Grandpa Simpson
My wife's got Pennsylvania family that says "yinz"
I have never once heard 'yinz' in casual conversation; is that actually real or is my leg getting yanked
It’s real
It's real. Only the old folks say it though. The younger people say "you guys" mostly.
Okay, older folk slang, that makes sense. I'm just here like "wh????? I've known hella people from philly and never once heard that, fuck y'all mean" but that lines up better.
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No, southeast PA actually
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:cringe:
"folks" is gender neutral
so is people?