Found the guy who uses bool for gender options

So...devastatingly handsome?

Whenever someone says females but doesn't specify the species, I assume they mean goats.

Given the context, I believe what they meant is when people use the word "females" to refer to women. Like the Ferengi do.

this reminds me of a mental pebble in my shoe, sometimes it feels like there is an age category problem, "woman" still feels too old/mature no matter how old I get and "girls" sounds too young at this point, "chicks" is my go to because feels vague enough but maybe I just need work on my vocabulary

Would you look at the lobes on that 🥰

And just look at that dashing smile. And such good hygiene. He clearly uses his tooth sharpener regularly.

You can clearly see he has the lobes for business 💕

"Ladies"

Men... vile…bubbly and cloying and happy 😑

I've been recently trying to phase my usage of "girls" out when referring to women, because it's unintentionally belittling. I've settled on just saying "woman" when referring to an adult woman in general.

Of course, if you're referring to a woman in person, you need to refer to her as "milady" and tip your hat. That's just basic etiquette.

"yeah man, same. I got two females at home and let me tell ya"

Are you legitimately stupid, like, are you on paper declaring that you are stupid?

"Ladies" can come across as sleazy, imo. And sometimes you're in a situation where the class/status suggested by "lady" ends up sounding sarcastic.

"Gals" implies a level of friendship, and "dames" is too old timey.

It's a tight rope walk of sounding too familiar/formal, implying old/young, or being insulting/demeaning... I conclude that we need a new word.

Just say 'women'

To quote the earlier comment:

"woman" still feels too old/mature no matter how old I get

Young women?

Someone is having a mare

Chop chop dig dig chop chop dig dig

Lady? Gal? Feminoid? I think context and tone matter a lot too.

I try to stick to pal and comrade these days but it's hard to beat decades of habit.

Now we know. Knowledge equals profit after-all.

If you don't pronounce it like ferengi do, emphasis and all, are you really saying it right?

Yes, I read that. I also read your comment und you concluded (somewhat jokingly, I know), that 'we' need a new word for 'women'.

My, now more elaborate, response to that is, that 'we' don’t need a new word, you should learn to use the perfectly cromulent available ones.

/r/incels had a CSS feature that would insert little ferengi heads every time someone used the word “female.”

Hyoo-maAhns don't know how to pronounce it properly

i just say they aren't having enough fun pronouncing it and why say things the boring way

Honestly I feel like I'm gonna get myself in trouble every time I use "female" at all. There isn't really another adjective to use though. Saying "woman boxer" has a totally different meaning than "female boxer" for example. Oh well, I don't really value the opinion of people who would fault me for stepping on linguistic bear trap anyway.

but not the ...... biggest lobes as his cousin not him owns a moon.

I’m going to adopt that as a personal reading rule, right up there with “if the headline ends with a question mark, the answer is no.”

Speaking generously, I can see what you mean. But I think people only have this problem when they are used to calling people “girls” far too long. If you shake that bad habit, you won’t find yourself coming into conflict with these terms so often.

May I suggest the term “young women” as a highly respectful way to refer to younger folks. And if you are truly in doubt or referring to a mixed group, “ladies” is an alternative too.

I don’t recommend “chicks.” Some people are okay with it but many are not. A chick is a newly hatched bird, so this is quite infantilizing.

Female birds generally have less colorful plumage than male birds.

I think we often forget about “young man” and “young woman.”

When someone is too young to safely call a woman, “young woman” is quite a compliment and gives her the respect of an adult anyway. If someone is just barely too old to be called a girl, they will probably find it neutral enough. And if someone is much too old to be called a girl they will appreciate it as flattery.

I guess I can see some ways that “lady” or “ladies” could sound sleazy but I’m surprised if this is someone’s first or only association. “Lady” is literally a landed title, the equivalent of “Lord,” and the highly dignified counterpart to “gentleman.”

That's amazing

Yep get memorizing, fool.

I had a really fantastic laugh about this.

You think he should have them surgically shrunk to go as a fe-male? Behave!

Girl is a child. Woman is an adult. Young woman if it's vaguely in between.

Female if you're doing medicine or science.

The girl lost her doll. The woman paid her taxes. The young women got dropped off at the movies. The female puffin lays one egg per season and shares the burden of caring for the puffling equally with their mate.

What about using Boolean where Null is an option?

Female is a great adjective and a poor noun.

Yes. Yes. That's fine.

Female is a great adjective and a poor noun.

such a female thing to say.

/s

No no, definitely not what I meant! In some circumstances, it can be sleazy (like "hey ladies").

I don't know how ladies slipped my mind but I have to agree with you

But foids are known to spike cortisol levels

Being in my thirties "young women" feels like I'm trying to play some sort of epstien judo

? That is the appropriate greeting.

His moogy does it for him.