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[–] 1 point 1 year ago*

Beware, cowards!

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  • [–] 55 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    An old boss of mine started most group conversations with "right then you cunts..." and it was set the tone straight away. No bullshit, no egos, and no dragging on the conversation. Top fella actually, one of the best leaders I've had. We were his cunts, and he was our better-paid cunt.

    We had another bloke who was a proper cockney boy. If you were in his good books, you were a "geezer", and if you'd ruined his day then you were a "slaaaaag".

    I'm guilty of addressing my squad from my very junior managerial position as "alright my dudes", which on the surface of it sounds very male-leaning, but I think since the 90s "dude" has become as gender-neutral as they come.

    That, or you could go full Karl Jobst and kick off with "hello you absolute legends .."

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Another common one is "y'all" but I'm not American enough to pull that off.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What about the aussie/british “youse”

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I always thought that was a New York thing.

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  • I think it might have survived in the east coast working class.

    It’s primarily a northern british (north of england, scotland, maybe ireland) lower classes thing. It got big in australia cuz well the original settlers were mostly just british prisoners (which is almost always lower class peoples).

    I guess it also lowkey survived in lower class New England? Boston NYC?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Man, (neutral), southern is preferable for usage of y'all, but most people can pull it off. Edit: somehow forgot to type the most important part. Have some god damn faith.

    None

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago

    Limp Bizkit was ahead of its time for inclusive language. I identify as someone who doesn’t give a f*ck, and I felt very seen because of this lyric. 💜

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Someone at work said we should use "folks"... But I'm not a Loony Tunes ending screen.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I call everyone nerds, and yall may think, not everyone is a nerd. Wrong.

    Remember that jock from the football team, ask them about about sports betting. You will get a better lesson in sports statistics than you would by taking a college class. Everyone is a nerd about something.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    More comprehensive, yes. But everything will only superficially resemble probability (or worse, statistics), without any idea zeroing on the real thing.

    Alternatively, you can ask a crystal-hippie about quantum mechanics. Oh, well... we have LLMs nowadays, you can ask them anything.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    but are those cheese bags endorsed by a dashing celebrity chef?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Isn't that the gay cowboy that has a tiger exposition?

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  • I always lead with "What's up fuckers" when communicating with my nonbinary brothers and sisters

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Howdy, boils and ghouls!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    For the formal occasion: “Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between …”

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As a joke, I'd probably say something like "and all the other ones". Hope that isn't offensive or something.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Risky joke - could get a laugh, could get you a meeting with HR without biscuits. It's worth a punt though if you know your audience!

    If you make the joke a bit more explicit it tends to get a few more laughs, like "this one goes out to the tireless administrators, creative engineers, fantastic embeds... and Paul".

    Only pull those stunts if you're happy to get the piss taken out of you in return though, else you'll look like a right tosser.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I usually use the most benign and conservative of phrases... S'up whores!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    guys, gals, and pals

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Oh, man, I'm pretty decent at this. Man is a favorite of mine. You may be thinking "that's not neutral". To that I say, yuh huh. Pardner, obviously said in some kind of Arthur Morgan impression (quality irrelevant). Buddy, if you want to be dismissive, as in "Yeah, sure buddy". Bitch, to be used with close colleagues. Also somehow gender neutral. Diva is pretty universal. It has the added plus as a quick little homophobia check. Girliepop, similar usage as diva. Pookie/ pookie bear, to be used with close friends and partners.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I normally go " what up fellow hooman"

    By brother uses apes.

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  • [+] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)