Yea, I write "guys" a lot. I'm aware of it. And I'm looking to improve.
Some other friends use geeks to stay gender neutral. Any other suggestions?
@GinnyMcQueen @maloki I go with "folks" a lot especially in direct-address situations
@GinnyMcQueen @maloki dudes is only as gendered as "dudettes". Switch to that for a while, see how it goes over. 😉
@maloki People?
@maloki ya'll should start writing ya'll more, it's not just for texans!
@maloki folks. peeps
Everyone.
Nice people.
Honoured guests/members/accomplices.
Fellow Earthicans.
Okay it's getting silly.
@schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki Oh yeah! Or the slightly more northern-English "youse"!
@cassolotl @schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki I went with "gentlepeople" in emails addressing larger groups.
@cassolotl @schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki
Hadn't heard that for a while- I think some Scouse friends used the term..
I tend to use the more Germanic "folk" for describing any mixed gender group of people (as its perhaps more immediately understood across EU and USA) for some reason I regularly and routinely get mistaken for a German online anyway 😁
@vfrmedia @schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki Yeah, "youse" is grammatically a little different than "folk(s)", and also *very* Scouse-specific!
@ColinCooper @Gargron @maloki Folks, Meeps, People, Fellow Mastodonians, assholes... maybe not that last one.
@maloki pals, friends, comrades, y'all, people, fellow kids
Comrades
Earthlings
Mortals
Y'all (South)
Youns (Appalachia)
Yinz (Northern Appalachia)
@maloki I use "y'all" and "hey, everybody!" a lot.
@maloki I would be 👎 on using "geeks" fwiw. It seems like the kind of thing that could come off as condescending super easily.
People
Everyone
Tooters
Or if you wanted to go super formal:
Ladies and Gentlemen, and Everyone Else...
@maloki I steal from our friends in the southern US. I use y'all.
@maloki kinda like some people use dude without using its "gender".
@Siva_Machina Yeah, I get that. But like, as someone said somewhere:
"Guys isn't gender neutral until streight-men can say 'I slept with some guys this weekend', referring to females"
@maloki I guess that would apply to dudes as well. But at least for dude. I would assume context changes the meaning. Like gay, queer or faggot(which is a good by the way).
@maloki
if people get what you're saying, it shouldn't matter whether you use guys or anything else
@maloki I thought Americans already use it as gender neutral.
@maloki gals, until you have evened it out, then 2x
@maloki Gays, Gals, Nerds. Those could work
@maloki 'citizens' (of the fediverse)
@maloki "Foolish mortal" is a gender neutral form of address. Also "you meddling kids".
"Foolish mortal, you shouldn't run untested code in production"
"We would have had a good release if it wasn't for you meddling kids."
:grin:
@maloki "cuties"
@maloki "peeps" is a good choice, but I really don't think "guys" is gender-specific anymore in that context.
@ocdtrekkie guys isn't going to be gender neutral until straight men say "I flirted with / slept with some guys this weekend".
@maloki peeps, y'all, persons?
@maloki I am bad with this also. I use "dudes" and I call everyone my dudes but.. gendered?