Reblog if you have used dude as a non gender specific term.

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disparition:

where I grew up in California not only is “dude” generally non-gender-specific, half of the time it doesn’t even refer to a person at all.

I said it to a faucet today. 

A customer once came to me to order a sandwich and said “I want this dude”

Dude is more than a word, it’s an emotion. 

dude is a way of life

maybe the real dudes were the friends we made along the way

it feels like an inverted exclamation point, in a way. “dude, look at this” feels a lot like the way “!!!! look at this” could be used here on tumblr

I WILL ALWAYS USE DUDE AS A GENDER NONSPECIFIC PLACEHOLDER WORD
UNLESS

UNLESS

UNLES!!!!!!!
you are uncomfortable with being called dude and then i will try my best to not do that because i respect that it can be dysphoria inducing my friend.

I am Californian so I apologize in advance for Dude-ing u if u prefer not to be Duded at and will try my best.

I grew up in the nineties. ‘Dude’ can be anything or anyone. Lemme know if this isn’t cool with you.