Carson HillFeb 3

Good afternoon, my dudes and dudes-is-gender-agnostic-so-it-applies-to-everybody's-identity! (Edit - or folks, if dudes offends. This is why I so often default to 'humans')

Today's walk featured the tiniest little #mushrooms and some #lipstickLichen. Happy little forest buddies.

Cheers y'all.

#fungi #fungiverse #lichen #lichensubscribe #mushrooms #mushstodon #moss #mosstodon #awalkaday #nature

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@dicenbuttons as much as I love "dude" as a gender-neutral term and wish it was, I once saw someone say that the easiest way to tell that it really means men was to ask a cishet man if he would fuck dudes. a good alternative is "folks," which is actually neutral!
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@ldottxt

That's fair, perhaps I'm being overly sunny in my usage. I was vibing with this post from earlier this morning:

https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/116007323323643147

Adrianna Tan (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Someone objected to ‘dudes’, apparently it’s sexist so I’ll just leave this here. In California, everything and everyone is a dude EDIT: i don't think there can be sexism towards men in tech. that's a bit like all of the reverse racism people.

Hachyderm.io
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@dicenbuttons this post is so interesting because the comments really highlight the inconsistency of English in general, but in this case specifically American English. there are so many words that have multiple meanings depending on context, and no two listeners will interpret them exactly alike. I think "guys" "dudes" etc. are perfect examples of this. no offense taken in your usage, and I myself will often call anything small and adorable "just a little guy" without meaning it's male!
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@ldottxt

Totally. I personally use dudes/guys for mixed company, but (and there are layers here I guess) I would use guys (not dudes) casually for a female-identifying audience of only ladies. i.e. "Hey guys what's up?"

I would use dude (singular) for a single woman, but probably not dudes plural. There's definitely inconsistencies, and I appreciate being challenged to think about it.

I also default to American English as a left coast native, which I'm sure is confusing as hell. *shrugs*