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Flauros
07/09/21 7:53:36 PM
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In the context of "Hey you guys want me to order a pizza?" or something along those lines

I dont think ive ever seen a group of girls get offended by it IRL, but i increasingly hear people on the internet say that they would take offense to it.

I always felt that it is a mostly gender neutral thing, that any person would hear and understand without getting worked up over it.


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Wii_Shaker
07/09/21 7:54:37 PM
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I've addressed a group of girls as "you guys" and it feels weird.


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Kombucha
07/09/21 7:55:29 PM
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BloodMoon7
07/09/21 7:55:31 PM
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Flauros posted...
but i increasingly hear people on the internet say that they would take offense to it.
See there's your problem. Those people don't have social lives anyway. At best, they have a friend or two, sometimes weirdos find each other.

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Jiek_Fafn
07/09/21 7:55:34 PM
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Oddly enough, it's a regional thing. So folks not raised using it as gender neutral kind of don't understand


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yunalenne10
07/09/21 7:55:37 PM
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I say it all the time. Seems fine.

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nothanks1
07/09/21 7:55:51 PM
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We just use lads here tbh
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ShotgunSilencer
07/09/21 7:57:09 PM
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Yo yall bitches want sum pizza?
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g0ldie
07/09/21 8:16:01 PM
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I work with a group of women, and I always say it, even though it does seem weird on when I think on it each time.

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RedJackson
07/09/21 8:16:17 PM
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Ive been guilty of saying dude and you guys to the point of fault - found people irl who took personal offense to that and Ive been trying to change that ever since >_>

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UnholyMudcrab
07/09/21 8:16:40 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
Oddly enough, it's a regional thing. So folks not raised using it as gender neutral kind of don't understand
Missing the almighty "yinz"

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Blue_Target
07/09/21 8:18:44 PM
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nothanks1
07/09/21 8:19:09 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Missing the almighty "yinz"

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Aristoph
07/09/21 8:19:13 PM
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If it's mixed company, I always use "you guys."
If it's just girls, I usually say "you girls" but not always.

I've never heard someone IRL get offended by it either way, though.

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DuneMan
07/09/21 8:21:20 PM
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I've seen women use the term when addressing a group of other women, not a man among them. So outside of the Twitter-verse people likely won't pay it any mind. It's usually treated as gender neutral in that regard, whereas substituting a different phrase which highlights the gender selection of a casual address would be seen as counterproductive in common settings.

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TetsuoS2
07/09/21 8:26:21 PM
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What do you mean, "you people"?

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Nukazie
07/09/21 8:27:12 PM
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depends on you guys

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Lokison
07/09/21 8:29:55 PM
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Blue_Target posted...
Say Folks instead

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Lorenzo_2003
07/09/21 8:30:49 PM
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Aristoph posted...
If it's mixed company, I always use "you guys."
If it's just girls, I usually say "you girls" but not always.

I've never heard someone IRL get offended by it either way, though.

Ive met women who dont even like being called girls. I didnt think they were serious at first, but I have to admit I havent been called boy in years and thats fine by me.


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