Let’s try something

I heard someone say it before. I think it was on the memes post.

Its fine. I only think I've said it once before on the forums

Yeah

That makes sense

It is a term that is friendly and used often

You're not being rude

You're requesting respect and we should give that to you

Woah! This post has exploded. I’m OK with that though. Interestingly, I like my boy Mewtwo btw. To another point something like dude or guys could be classified as gender neutral, for example you might say to a group of mixed genders, “Hey guys! How’s it going?” It is a very good habit though to refer to users as they/them.