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minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days agoIs it weird that I’m a Trans girl and I still use dude like so much? And yet when other people use it for me, I feel like I have to ask how they meant it 😅
minus-squarejabathekek@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoNeuroplasticity is a thing, but it takes time and vigilance for changes to happen.
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoOh I don’t see it as a bad thing. I’m just saying it’s ironic.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agodude isn’t gender neutral?
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoIt really depends 😅
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agooh yeah you get that with lemmy pro. if you upgrade to lemmy pro+ you get an animated banner for your profile too!
minus-squaremasta_chief@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoYou guys have avatars?? (I’m on voyager so idk what I’m missing on desktop)
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minus-squarehovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago6 months in and I still misgender myself sometimes lol. It definitely isn’t a super easy switchover after decades of using something else.
minus-squareBaggie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoIt’s a little inconsistent, but don’t beat yourself up too much. Language is complicated and slow to change, same as our usage of it.
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days ago but don’t beat yourself up too much Oh don’t worry, that wasn’t the spirit of my comment at all. If anything, I started using dude after my egg cracked. It fits with the chill, tomboyish image I have of myself.
minus-squareBaggie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI feel that, it was drilled into me in the 90s and I just it for most people as well.
Is it weird that I’m a Trans girl and I still use dude like so much?
And yet when other people use it for me, I feel like I have to ask how they meant it 😅
Neuroplasticity is a thing, but it takes time and vigilance for changes to happen.
Oh I don’t see it as a bad thing. I’m just saying it’s ironic.
dude isn’t gender neutral?
It really depends 😅
ayo your avatar moves??
oh yeah you get that with lemmy pro. if you upgrade to lemmy pro+ you get an animated banner for your profile too!
You guys have avatars?? (I’m on voyager so idk what I’m missing on desktop)
omgg I’m subscribing right away!!
6 months in and I still misgender myself sometimes lol. It definitely isn’t a super easy switchover after decades of using something else.
It’s a little inconsistent, but don’t beat yourself up too much. Language is complicated and slow to change, same as our usage of it.
Oh don’t worry, that wasn’t the spirit of my comment at all. If anything, I started using dude after my egg cracked. It fits with the chill, tomboyish image I have of myself.
I feel that, it was drilled into me in the 90s and I just it for most people as well.