it's not about whether YOU think that it's a gender neutral term, it's whether the people you're referring to think it is.
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Replying to @Ellpeck
hear hear. I wonder how long it'd take these "dude" users to whine if everyone started referring to groups containing them with the generic term "babe"

Sep 23, 2020 ยท 1:14 PM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone
a comment I see a lot is "ask a man who thinks 'dude' is a gender neutral term how many 'dudes' he's slept with and see how he reacts", which I think sums up this problem very nicely
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