9 karma · joined January 28, 2023
> Hi! Reminder: “guys” is an inherently gendered term. Great alternatives include “everyone”, “folks”, “team”, "friends" or “y’all”. Thank you for helping us build a more inclusive community!
The only thing that really bothers me personally about this is the mistaken idea that language can be "inherently" anything. The meaning of a term varies based on usage, it is not inherent.
- had a guy playing loud music outside our building in the middle of the night, called police regularly and they would come and address it, mostly useless but at least they cared. - another guy did the same thing, I asked him to stop and he did, no trouble - my current landlord is about as good or slightly better than other landlords I’ve had over the last 15 years - other people on my block (Brooklyn NY) are mostly very friendly, neighbors help each other out, say hello, etc. - I have approximately 1 bad encounter with someone per year in transit, which is about what I had when I lived in another major metropolitan area in a “friendlier” country 15 years ago