Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square140linkfedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down124
arrow-up1797arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square140linkfedilink
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoAhah, you changed it plural which genders it. It’s dudes and dudettes in that case. Did you see that dude I slept with last night? Totally different now that it’s a singular. Yeah language sucks.
minus-squarefestnt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·3 months agonah i still see “i slept with a dude” as “i slept with a man”, sorry
minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agomaybe it’s the article that makes it seem masc? A dude, vs “hey, dude!”
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoI think it’s the difference of referencing another person using the word “dude” vs talking to a person and calling them “dude”
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoHey dude, don’t make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoWell contextually you would know who the person was talking about… If you saw a woman and confused it with a man because of word, that’s on you mate. There’s another gender neutral and singular term.
Ahah, you changed it plural which genders it. It’s dudes and dudettes in that case.
Did you see that dude I slept with last night?
Totally different now that it’s a singular.
Yeah language sucks.
nah i still see “i slept with a dude” as “i slept with a man”, sorry
maybe it’s the article that makes it seem masc? A dude, vs “hey, dude!”
I think it’s the difference of referencing another person using the word “dude” vs talking to a person and calling them “dude”
Hey dude, don’t make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Well contextually you would know who the person was talking about…
If you saw a woman and confused it with a man because of word, that’s on you mate. There’s another gender neutral and singular term.