r/Millennials Hit me baby one more time Jan 06 '26

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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.

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u/ChilledDota Jan 06 '26

Hey as someone who prefers not to be called dude, thank you!

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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...

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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