Blaze (he/him) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 hours ago11 years agoi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down17
arrow-up1306arrow-down1image11 years agoi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 hours 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-up7arrow-down1·5 hours agonah i still see “i slept with a dude” as “i slept with a man”, sorry
minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agomaybe it’s the article that makes it seem masc? A dude, vs “hey, dude!”
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 hours 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!”
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.