Yeah, in Australia it's still an offensive and misogynistic in origin word, but it will often be used gender neutrally rather than exclusively against women.

I should have guessed that misogynists were just lying, or maybe even lying to themselves because Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Land is that cool and magical to their cultureless bland Burgerlander suburban asses where any of their wishes come true.

The using it as an expression for close friends, is usually a working class/blue collar/lower class white cishet male thing. This man won't say the c-word to his boss, his wife, his mother, his doctor, his pastor, his kid's teacher etc, but he will to his mates or co-workers of a similar level, especially after a few beers.

I've seen claims that "OI I SAY IT TO ME OWN MUM AND SHE THANKS ME, YOU UPTIGHT C---!" and the like on so it's nice to know that's also bullshit.

Like it all exists in a cultural and social context.

I suppose that includes the sad hateful pit of , I guess that is a culture.