if you call everyone dude and a transfem person gets mad about it, don't get defensive. just say like "sorry, i won't do it again" and don't argue "actually it's gender neutral" or "i call everyone dude". even if you do, i guarantee she's heard that argument from someone who very much does not call people they see as women dude. i certainly have

same goes double for the word guy.

  • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
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    9 months ago

    "women are my favorite guy" thonk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-OgkNgxm3k

    i see and hear women call eachother "guys" and "dude" pretty regularly even when there are no men in the group so it's not like my highschool spanish where the style guide used to be -os even if there was only one man. I don't think it's legitimate to argue that it's always gendered without getting into microdialects, but neither does that invalidate someone being uncomfortable because sometimes it is still gendered and of course we need to respect them.

    • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      Language, especially English, is just too complicated for me. I’m at the “fuck it I’ll say whatever you want it makes no sense to me anyway” phase

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      9 months ago

      The problem is that when dj crazy times is singing, the people want to make a fun. It's a little bit of a different context so that's why it's not a microagression send post