Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1693arrow-down117
arrow-up1676arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-21 day 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-up12arrow-down1·1 day agonah i still see “i slept with a dude” as “i slept with a man”, sorry
minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agomaybe it’s the article that makes it seem masc? A dude, vs “hey, dude!”
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoHey dude, don’t make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better.
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-216 hours agoI think it’s the difference of referencing another person using the word “dude” vs talking to a person and calling them “dude”
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day 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!”
Hey dude, don’t make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
I think it’s the difference of referencing another person using the word “dude” vs talking to a person and calling them “dude”
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.