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2026-06-01 (discuss.online)
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[–] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I felt I was pretty careful in my wording but I guess not.

I don't go around referring to everyone as dude, I said I promote the idea that dude is gender neutral to everyone because it's a fun word.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    No worries, I also assumed the worst and that's my bad. I'm just too used to seeing people whose default response to being challenged on their use of "dude" or "man" is to dig their heels in and argue about it.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    I definitely don't support saying something like "that's a dude" when referring to a woman and won't argue that it's never offensive. I just think it's a fun word non-males shouldn't be denied.

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