make sure you ask your trans/non binary friends what they do and don’t like to be called 😊 it can mean a lot, if your unaware

  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
    69·
    9 months ago

    Maybe I’m part of the problem, but in my day-to-day life, I even hear women calling each other “dude” all the time, and it seems like it’s become a non-gendered term.

    Even the Wikipedia article says this:

    By the late 20th to early 21st century, dude had gained the ability to be used in the form of expression, whether that be disappointment, excitement, or loving and it also widened to be able to refer to any general person no matter race, sex, or culture.

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
      30·
      9 months ago

      By the late 20th to early 21st century, dude had gained the ability to be used in the form of expression, whether that be disappointment, excitement, or loving and it also widened to be able to refer to any general person no matter race, sex, or culture. This is all thanks to one Kel Mitchell and his song, “I’m a dude, he’s a dude, she’s a dude, ‘cause we’re all dudes.”

      Ftfy