• @SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Ahah, you changed it plural which genders it. It’s dudes and dudettes in that case.

    Did you see that dude I slept with last night?

    Totally different now that it’s a singular.

    Yeah language sucks.

      • @jayk@lemmy.ca
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        102 months ago

        maybe it’s the article that makes it seem masc? A dude, vs “hey, dude!”

        • Refurbished Refurbisher
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          2 months ago

          I think it’s the difference of referencing another person using the word “dude” vs talking to a person and calling them “dude”

      • @SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Well contextually you would know who the person was talking about…

        If you saw a woman and confused it with a man because of word, that’s on you mate. There’s another gender neutral and singular term.