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friendly reminder rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (27 children)

100% agree with this, shouldn't even need to be said!

However, I would posit that we need an inclusive equivalent for everyone, as the ethos of "dude/dudette" is, in my opinion, well worth keeping - some people simply are THAT cool!

I'm nowhere near smart enough to come up with new words (barely smart enough to use the ones we have...), but I'd totally want to have that sentiment preserved.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

How you feel about "mate", mate?

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

not op, but I like "mate", mate!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Mate is literally a cultural equivalent to "dude"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Checkmate. Or Czechmate for the Europeans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

"Mate"'s nice, mate, but... I dunno, feels like it doesn't fully capture that... pizzazz that "dude" and "dudette" have.

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

a mate or to mate?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Mate you!

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