Sure, plenty of people assume it's a neutral term, but it's still not technically. I switched to using 'folks'.
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hello earthlings is also acceptable.
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There's 'Hi friends', less formal. I like 'howiya folks', Hector-style, at well. Also just 'greetings' on its own. -
Not too keen on "hi friends". When said by a stranger it makes me throw up a little inside.
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That's fair. I try to say it only to friends.
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"Hi friends" or "Hello darlings".
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“Ahoy crew members”
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salutations comrades?
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ye, we'd rather not talk at all in the name of the political correctness in working and public areas.
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Hey guys, try to stop me! Grow up you over sensitive babies.
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- Sloth's response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vv5CsP1pAg …
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thanks for update on new hindrance on that vernacular..
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Basically I try to err on the side of being too strict with my language, rather than contribute to the 'tap drip'.
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It's like trans people not wanting to be called 'dude'. Many people think that's a neutral term too, but it's not.
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what about otherkin? can't really use "youse" on them
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Well then what I call those three males who pick up bales of hay?
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folks is better when talking to a group of mixed gender.
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hey dude
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HEY GUYS ,well thats an attack on saying ,gay then.We should all say ,"HEY GAYS"Post modernist Cultcha as language so Stalinist.
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ha! Now you know why we say y'all so much down here in the lower forty...
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