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Cowbee [he/they] @lemmy.ml

3mo ago

You Can Always Use Comrade!

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Finna start using 'citizen' as an honorific
- Pick up that can 😎
  
  I was thinking less 'the combine' and more 'the french revolution'
  But. Sure.
- On the one hand, love
  On the other, I’m an American by way of birth lottery and hate borders. Comrade for me!
  
  Way I see it, "Comrade" is a term of endearment, like "mate" or "dude" or whatever.
  Whereas "Citizen" is a honorific. An ungendered stand-in for "sir/madam".

Por que no los dos?
- It is both, it's "yes" and "YES." As a Marxist, I often use comrade not for the LARP but more often for the gender-neutral utility.
  
  Lol i didn't notice that at first. I'm heavily involved with community/union organizing, so I find myself using it for both at the same time
- Fun thing, it's also gender neutral in spanish
  
  ¿Cómo se comrade en español?

Yall works yall!

Not in German unfortunately :/
- You can also append an ess to English words if you want a gendered form. It's just less common.
  
  Comradess? I dont think thats legit. Kameradin/Genossin on the other hand is the official female version in German so its gendered by default

From Urban Dictionary over 20 years ago:
Comrade (noun, adjective): The best greeting in the world; A true worker's word.
Burning ameriKKKan flags again, comrade?
- Hell yea comrade 😎

I prefer the gender neutral dude. We're all dudes on this glorious day.
- Dude definitely has masculine roots, it isn't really gender neutral even if it is sometimes used as such.
- 👎
- 🎶 I'm a dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, we're all dudes!
  
  In context of music, DUDY
- I dunno, I like 'dudette'. It's a fun and silly word.
  
  Dudette is a silly word. But its sole existence is to make dude gendered.

“Awesome Human” also works!
Doesn’t matter how the stranger IDs, they’re human, and who doesn’t like to be considered awesome.
- Nah, most people I know who appreciate gender neutrality prefer to be referred to as cats
  
  Hi every:3

Don't use comrade because you're not a dweeb 👉
- Mean...
- I’m a dweeb and a comrade, friend

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