6mo 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 😎
“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
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.
Don't use comrade because you're not a dweeb 👉
- Mean...
- I’m a dweeb and a comrade, friend

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