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 nostr:npub1ch0l4ag8q7c0er7zzeqa68tnhqvvrxpwyu9s5u3hw2j5c3735x0sf77gec One thing I've been thinking about is how we've started de-gendering slang terms. Like guy, dude, even bro or bruh can be applied to any gender now. Notice though, how it's the formerly male term that gets degendered? Because it was always the default, and we would have to make up terms to include women like "dudette". Women are never the default.