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[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My man = You did good.

My guy = That could have gone better.

My brother in Christ = What the fuck have you done?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 5 months ago

My God = Everyone is dead...

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Does this mean the existence of woman implies there's a woguy?

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it "gal"? As in guys and gals?

[–] Natanael 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wogal to gal is the waluigi to luigi

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Wo'gal is an Ogre warlock.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

Wo guy let's not jump to conclusions now

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Batman - A vigilante who fights crime in Gotham.

Bat guy - A flying rodent enthusiast who lives in Austin.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Now do it with Man-Bat!

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nice man: a wholesome, kind-hearted fellow

Nice guy: whiny, entitled incel

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Self-entitled

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

White guy: normal white person with unremarkable achievements

White man: symbol of racism and segregation

[–] lime@feddit.nu 12 points 5 months ago

man is guy plus lore

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Poll: is “guy” gender neutral yet? It is in my part of Northern California but I have accidentally confused people before.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It depends on usage.

"He's a guy." Is gendered.

"Hey you guys!" Is gender neutral.

"She's a guy." Is transphobic.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 months ago

May work in context?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

If she's your hook up yes, but if she's someone with whom you hook up no

[–] gnu@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago

Context dependent - i.e. walking up to a group and saying 'hey guys' is gender neutral, but saying 'I saw a guy the other day' generally implies you saw a man.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think there's never going to be a true consensus on things like this.

A friend who is a trans woman told me that sometimes when people say "hey guys" or similar, she often feels an instinctive rush of dysphoria (especially if it's a context where she's the only woman in the group), but that she realises it is often intended in a gender neutral manner, so it's not reasonable for her to feel upset at this. She considers the upset that she feels at this to be "her problem" so to speak, and doesn't expect people to change how they speak. Since this discussion though, I have tried to be more mindful of it when using words like "dude" or "guy" as collective terms.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it sucks that trans people have to shoulder this additional burden on top of all the other shit that society throws at them.

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

“Guys” (plural) seems to have two meanings:

  • an group of people
  • a group of men

“Guy” (singular) doesn’t seem to be gender neutral, so it seemingly only means “random man.”

So, “you guys” can be gender neutral, but if you’re a guy who dates guys, you’re likely gay, bi, pan, or queer.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've started using folks because I couldn't answer that question

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

There’s a right wing politician here who made “folks” his trademark so I can’t bring myself to use that one either:

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/06/folks-folks-folks-folks-folks/

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

It depends on who you ask, but I think that when you say "guy" most people think of a man.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

More like:

Creepy guy: intimidating, gave me the ick, looked at me weird

Creepy man: call the cops on this man for what he does in his free time

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So... Is guy like- lowercase man?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Kinda, in both cases it's a difference in formality.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago

Don't call me sir, lay