Gender-neutrule · Elektrine

@applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-28 07:14

wouldn’t you like to know :3

@idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 07:37

My husband and I call each other “bro” (important: we both only have sisters, so there’s no mental comparison to an actual sibling), my sisters and I call each other “dude” and “guys,” and I feel very uncomfortable whenever anyone says the word “dudette,” but it’s still really easy to just not use group terms that others ask you not to.

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@Gladaed@feddit.org 2026-04-28 07:39

Words have different meanings depending on context. If the context is "gender may matter functionally’ guy is probably representing as men guy. If your gender shouldn’t matter it is gender neutral.

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@Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-28 07:45

Not that many, about 6.

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@Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 08:43

The word “set” has 430 different definitions in the OED. I’m sure “guys” can manage 2.

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@bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2026-04-28 10:13

Could be one more, if you’re asking.

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@megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-28 17:40

I’ve never had sexual relations with flammable representation of guy fawkes meant to be burnt in the town square to commemorate the failure of the gun powder plot.

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@Rajtinka@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 20:16

I didn’t know I was supposed to keep track, but a lot!!

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@Dippy@beehaw.org 2026-04-29 14:07

7 guys. Two were women, the rest were non binary. 1 pener.

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@FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2026-04-29 17:51

[laughs in pansexual]

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@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 18:02

Context, as usual, is everything.

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@Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2026-04-29 18:03

None. Nor gals. Nor gender fluid. Nor non binary.

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@Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-28 21:50

I had a boss that was really anal about this. We all hated it, and when she left the company everyone started using the word more than ever. It’s definitely a gender neutral term in many contexts. Like “hey guys, what up?”

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@Soulg@ani.social 2026-04-28 14:43

1. Context matters 2. It doesn't matter if I think it's gender neutral, if someone asks me not to use it for them, I stop. Easy

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@mrslt@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 21:41

OP, if you want to fuck, just say so.

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@SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-28 14:09

That’s none of my business! How many men I’ve slept with is a number that _even I_ don’t know!

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@BambiDiego@lemmy.zip 2026-04-29 01:58

Like, 4 women. I love those guys.