• RNAi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It implies the people being addressed are all dudes, unlike saying "dudes" which isn't gendered and can apply even to a group of all women.

      • MikeHockempalz [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It implies the people being addressed are all dudes, unlike saying “dudes” which isn’t gendered

        I feel like guys is much less gendered than dudes but maybe this depends on where in the country you live/what accent you have. To me guys is a gender neutral pronoun at this point

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      It's short for "you guys", which is a neutral 2nd person plural pronoun used in many English dialects.