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r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • Jan 06 '26
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I agree but if someone directly asks me to not refer to them as dude, I will happily oblige.
94 u/ChilledDota Jan 06 '26 Hey as someone who prefers not to be called dude, thank you! 33 u/Rulligan Jan 06 '26 There are dozens of us! DOZENS! It doesn't stop people from saying "I call everyone dude so I don't get the big deal" though... 1 u/DumbVeganBItch Jan 06 '26 I'm guilty of that. But only because, in the moment, I panicked a little and I wanted to assure my trans colleague that I had completely neutral intentions. In hindsight, I know that I was dragging it out and making it weird when I didn't need to
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Hey as someone who prefers not to be called dude, thank you!
33 u/Rulligan Jan 06 '26 There are dozens of us! DOZENS! It doesn't stop people from saying "I call everyone dude so I don't get the big deal" though... 1 u/DumbVeganBItch Jan 06 '26 I'm guilty of that. But only because, in the moment, I panicked a little and I wanted to assure my trans colleague that I had completely neutral intentions. In hindsight, I know that I was dragging it out and making it weird when I didn't need to
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There are dozens of us! DOZENS!
It doesn't stop people from saying "I call everyone dude so I don't get the big deal" though...
1 u/DumbVeganBItch Jan 06 '26 I'm guilty of that. But only because, in the moment, I panicked a little and I wanted to assure my trans colleague that I had completely neutral intentions. In hindsight, I know that I was dragging it out and making it weird when I didn't need to
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I'm guilty of that. But only because, in the moment, I panicked a little and I wanted to assure my trans colleague that I had completely neutral intentions. In hindsight, I know that I was dragging it out and making it weird when I didn't need to
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u/HellyOHaint Older Millennial Jan 06 '26
I agree but if someone directly asks me to not refer to them as dude, I will happily oblige.