maple classic™ @squirrel@computerfairi.es

everything has a gender!

table? she!
computer? he!
television? she!

aaaaaauurrghhjj

if you think English is bad be thankful you at least have 'they', romance languages like Portuguese don't have gender neutral pronouns and it's a fuck

if you call a girl or nb 'dude' without asking them if they're comfortable with it first and defend yourself with "but the 70s!" i will shove my foot in your ass like red forman

because the 70s

@Irick @troubleMoney i don't know anyone who recognizes this

and also people can still be offended by it regardless of it being gender neutral or not

like, chill irick

you're wrong

why am i bothering to engage irick jesus christ

@Irick @troubleMoney dude is not gender neutral

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

it always meant male

@Miffy@awoo.space ahh yes

basically i just consider people who insist on this to be purposefully harmful and should be avoided and blocked

@banjofox@dev.glitch.social slipping is fine

i am currently angry only towards the specific wrong opinion that dude is a gender neutral term

it is not

god even when you mute and block someone they still find a way into your mentions through someone else in the conversation

fuck that

@Irick @troubleMoney no

@TonicBH by all means people are free to use "dude" with whoever is comfortable with it

but it is not a gender neutral term

@Miffy@awoo.space i can't tell whether you're agreeing with me or not?

@banjofox@dev.glitch.social you're better off asking the person how they like to be referred to, or just using and gender neutral term like "person"

"dude" is very decidedly male-coded

@troubleMoney also good

"i consider 'dude' to be gender neutral" i consider my fist to be a good pair for your face

another one for the block list, hakuna matata!

"dude" is not gender neutral

you don't have to "play guess the gender" if you only take a second to ask the person or read their bio

if you disagree please feel free to go eat your own shoe

@trinsec @troubleMoney dude is not gender neutral

asking people or reading bios is not clairvoyance

@troubleMoney @trinsec your views*

@trinsec @troubleMoney yes and calling people you don't know dude is very ham fisted

sorry we don't conform to our views but you are actively offending people by calling them dude if they're uncomfortable with it