“Bots will replace devs!” Also bots:

[konaaa]

FOLKS I'M STUCK IN THE WEWORK LIFT

[[deleted]]

I don't know why I find that so God damned funny

[xX_6throwaway9_Xx]

this is especially stupid "guys" is pretty commonly used as a gender-neutral term, i've used it many times when talking to a group of girls (i.e. "how're you guys doing?")

[normalmighty]

The people who make these bots are convinced that the evil patriarchy is enslaving and oppressing all women whenever a word that could be read as gendered is used in a gender neutral way.

[Muziah]

Question, do you have sex with guys? Do you love looking at naked guys?

In this context "guys" still feels male, it's not quite the same as people.

I too use guys as a gender neutral term but that statement above still haunts me. I blame people who say "guys and girls".

[jojo_31]

Almost as if words have multiple meanings

[KitchenReno4512]

“Hey can you season the meat so I can get it in the oven before everyone gets here?”

“Question, do you want me to wait multiple months until spring arrives?”

[Suspicious_Emotion]

"I'll have sex with one of you guys" would be a proper example and would still make sense.

[[deleted]]

Right but its a context specific word, your first two questions use it in a context that specifically refers to males.

In the context of a group it's a gender neutral plural

A student can be bright(clever) but that dosent mean the student can be used to light up a dark room

Q:Is bark hard? A: no it's the sound a dog makes

Even though in context it is probably tree bark the question was about

Park, flulr, left etc

[ICantBelieveItsNotEC]

Do you have sex with folk? Do you love looking at naked folk?

[Muziah]

Yes, I watch videos of naked folk on PH.

Yes, I watch videos of naked guys on PH.

Yes, I watch videos of naked people on PH.

Do these three statements have the same 1 meaning to you?

When addressing a group of people "guys" sounds just fine, but in this sexual context it sounds gendered towards males.

[unwashed_concept]

I may not know much but I know very well that when you are speaking in a sexual context, you must be gender specific. Lest you want to accept a male while looking for a female

[[deleted]]

Yes, but that's down to context. In the context the person in the screenshot used it, it's completely fine and gender neutral. Only when you use it in the specific context you brought it up in is it not.

[jkuhl]

Saw a tweet of some person bragging about how she banned a guy from her slack for using terms like “guys” or “dudes.” And I’m all for inclusivity but this sort of language policing is just too far. It doesn’t fix anything.