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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well a woman can be a Gentlemang too if she wants to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean my husband does say I'm a total dude.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude is also a title for every gender.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I got banned from a great, progressive sci-fi and fantasy writing community for several dumb reasons similar to each other, one of them being I said Wikipedia and the entire internet said "guys" and "dude" are gender-neutral. (And yes, it was a great community. Nothing's perfect though.) Also for suggesting that maybe one day we'll be progressive enough to have a dedicated non-binary pronoun instead of "they"— at the least so my novel-writing is less confusing when multiple parties are addressed. The admins claimed I was talking in "anti-trans rhetoric". Hilariously, I have trans and non-binary protagonists in my novel, and everyone there knew it. My best friend also moved from another state to become my housemate, and she is MtF trans.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Probably an admin who was pissed at you for what ever reason.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with saying guys. That's ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

gentlemang

I'm picturing an East LA cholo but in a full business suit delivering a PowerPoint presentation to a board of other cholos.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting I fixed that typo immediatly. Yet you see it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk exactly how data propagates from instance to instance, but it's highly likely that edits don't make their way from instance to instance immediately, and fairly likely that your change only exists on your instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh noo my imperfections are shining through