Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 days ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down123
arrow-up1715arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square125fedilink
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-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day 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-up1·20 hours agoHey dude, don’t make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better.
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!”
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.