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? I've been following that thread since yesterday, calling someone "buddy" is not respectful
it's not "offensive" it's disrespectful to be overly familiar with people like that. Calling someone I know buddy is very different from starting out an argument with buddy with an online stranger, it portrays a tone of disdain
I said you escalated tensions. I really do think that calling someone buddy is overly familiar, I guess I can't speak for everyone but the argument really seemed to take a turn downhill when you called Yog buddy I don't think it's outlandish to say that escalated tensions. I really didn't intend for it to come off as an "accusation" was just trying to give some pretty mild push back that you yourself were disrespectful in an argument. I think Yog probably should get a temp for like a day if you think I'm being unfair
there's a difference between being a bit rude and saying slurs at people, you know. they are both disrespectful though!
It's not a ridiculous comparison because the person I'm replying to said earlier "wait until you hear the actual offensive words in the English language." Slurs are obviously included in that category.
Additionally, it is certainly rude to call someone "buddy" or "bud" when they've repeatedly asked you to stop, which this thread is full of people doing. And if you were to call me "buddy," you would be misgendering and infantilizing me and that would certainly be offensive. It's a word that you can only reasonably call a 5 year old boy and one would hope there aren't many folks like that on here.
Learn to read the room a little, huh?
none of how rude something you've said is or whether someone perceives something you've said as gendered is for you to decide. that's all something that depends on the other person and their experiences in the world. being polite necessarily means that you have to take into account what other people are likely to think of what you've said. I don't know how to explain this any more clearly. What are you not understanding here?
I think we just have a different view of being respectful
And finally, you hit some truth. Yes, being disrespectful means different things to different people in different contexts and in different areas of the world. If someone turned to me in public and said "hey buddy can you pass me that thing", I wouldn't think twice about it. I'm guessing someone from Brooklyn (e.g. @BrooklynMan) likely calls people meets on the street buddy as a matter of course.
But go ahead, feel free to keep taking offense to anything you like. You're not obligated to have a good reason.
I would find it offensive if someone called me a shithead, as well as disrespectful, while calling me buddy/bud is disrespectful but not offensive
I'm not your buddy, friend!
I'm not your friend, guy!
I'm not your guy, dude!
I'm not your dude, partner!
I'm not your partner, fella!
well, since you're going to be disrespectful to me by setting an hilariously outrageous and arbitrary standard and then use that to insinuate that I'm actually the one who has done something wrong, I'm just going to assume you're a troll.
strange place to come and do that
what? why are you reacting like this I just said that you escalated the tensions yourself? Ironically this is exactly what I meant
you've clearly come here to antagonize me by accusing me of something preposterous: using the word "buddy"-- a word which means companion, friend. is English, maybe, not your first language?
you'e the one making false accusations, and now, again. you're clearly a troll.
calling people buddy, when you don't know them, is passive aggressive to most people. And thanks for taking literally the worst faith interpretation possible, I just looked into this thread and saw you commented and remember reading through the argument you and Yog had.