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I apparently got shadow banned almost a year ago from blahaj, for a comment I made on lemmy.world
(lemmy.sdf.org)
For the record I was posting in support of inclusive language, but pointing out that context and convention matter.
They seem to have even scrubbed my comment from their instance, lol.
Dude is gender neutral
I'm a dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, we're all dudes, yea!
How many dudes have you fucked?
I call my wife dude all the time so at least one.
I lost count
Only the homies.
Not to everyone, and that's cool, until someone tells you not to call them dude anymore. Then your an asshole if you try to argue the gender neutrality of the term dude. Such as telling someone to get over it.
That's like anything. If my name is Abigail and I don't wanna be called Abby, I don't have to hear an excuse as to why you wanna call me Abby. If someone isn't comfortable being called a thing and they tell you so, you fucking abide by that. Everything else is weirdo behavior.
Using "dudes" as a common noun, is different from using "dude" as a vocative, apples to oranges my dude
So is bitch, but if you ask someone to stop calling you bitch and they tell you to get over it, then they're assholes.
That's because bitch is an insult
Insult is very subjective. I have friends that call me and I call bitch all the time.
You're arguing that the context is subjective to the word provided yes? Yet your example is also subjective, clearly when your friends call you bitch it's not meant as an insult. I can't think of a single instance in which using dude as an insult is going to get someone offended on purpose, where bitch definitely can be used purposefully.
Dude can be used as an insult when used to refer to someone who specifically said they don't want to be called dude. I don't know why this is so hard for you. If people don't want to be called something, don't call them that. Definitely don't tell them it's their fault if they're offended and they need to get over it.
Yeah that's not how language works, that's how pestering works, just because you don't like to be called Apple and I call you an apple doesn't mean that apple is now magically an insult word.
I don't know why this is so hard for you
Nope. That's exactly how language works. You seem to be confused.
Nah, an insult would be me telling you "okay boomer" then blocking you to end this dumb back and forth
You thought that was very smart, didn't you?
Is it really that hard to not call someone dude if they asked you not to call them dude? Just accept they don't like it and continuing at that point is rude at best.
Did you get on an alt for this?
I know this must be difficult to understand, but more than one person can hold an opinion like "just don't call someone something they've asked you not to call them"
I have no clue who the other person is, and the only "alt" I have is the same name on a different instance.
Just... Unless your goal is to intentionally disrespect someone, if they tell you they don't like being called something, don't call them that, it really isn't hard. And if your goal is to be disrespectful... Maybe consider hanging around people you can respect instead.
The hilarious part is, I never even said I would keep calling someone dude if they asked me to stop, that's just something you extrapolated and have been running with 😂
Big stretch there bud.
Bad faith behavior there lol
Bitch is technically an insult... Dude is not
Have lots of friends that calm me bitch. They can do so because I'm fine with it. If I tell them I'm not and they reply with "get over it", we have a problem.
Do ban them immediately after alone act of this felonious transgression?
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I don't ban people in real life. I would definitely cut them off. Why are you trying to normalize abuse?
Have you tried banning people in real life?
This sounded better in your head, didn't it?
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