How do you respond to someone who says “Hey bro” to you?
How is your response different if they said it online via Reddit vs in person?
What is your reasoning for responding in those ways?
How do you respond to someone who says “Hey bro” to you?
How is your response different if they said it online via Reddit vs in person?
What is your reasoning for responding in those ways?
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“Hey” or something similar probably, if in person. That’s a normal greeting in my circles even amongst the lady bros. On Reddit I might correct the gendering if it was relevant.
No one’s ever said that to me before and I wouldn’t care or have any specific response if they did
“Hey!”
Not sure why I would need a specific response to this that was different than “hey, buddy,” “hey, dude,” “hey there,” “hey, you”, etc.
If someone other than my 13 year old child calls me bro/bruh, I am giving them the stink-eye and nothing else.
Even my 13 year old only says it to me facetiously.
No one says this to me.
it doesn’t bother me. if I think they did it on purpose to bother me (rare) I make sure to misgender them back in my response. and I wouldn’t do that at work, just for like, street harassment purposes. I’m not very attached to gender/titles/hierarchies and I don’t require a precise level of honorific from well-intentioned people. if I think someone is trying to bully me, I make them regret it.
“Sup?”
Idk maybe I’m weird but I use dude/bro/brother pretty often lol. Not at all indicative of gender. “Girl” is kinda gender neutral too in many contexts.
I like it. I respond as I would to any other greeting, like “hi”, etc.
I don’t really understand the question, tbh.
I don’t really care online, but if it’s someone I know in real life on some bro-is-gender-neutral nonsense, I’m gonna misgender tf outta them and let it get weird.
If only masc-coded words are gender-neutral, then it’s not really gender-neutral, which means Josh from the AutoZone better get used to being called Gurl or Sis.
More context is needed. Bro doesn’t bear any negative or creepy connotations to me personally (as opposed to say, hey bitch or hey pretty), so I’m not bothered. I would still respond as I would normally but won’t reciprocate any supposed sense of closeness or familiarity. Now if it was in the workplace and the person was trying to act chummy to give others the impression that we are on good terms or to gain some benefits, I might then point out that I am not your bro.