Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 16 小时前11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1501arrow-down112
arrow-up1489arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 16 小时前message-square60fedilink
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-213 小时前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.
minus-squarefestnt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·13 小时前nah i still see “i slept with a dude” as “i slept with a man”, sorry
minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 小时前maybe it’s the article that makes it seem masc? A dude, vs “hey, dude!”
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 小时前I 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-212 小时前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.
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”
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.