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Dude you are my hero. I look forward to the day that I can sit in my car with my friends, smoking something, watching a movie, and letting the self driving veh
by gjolund 11y ago
Dude you are my hero.
I look forward to the day that I can sit in my car with my friends, smoking something, watching a movie, and letting the self driving vehicle wander around LA while we look for interesting places to stop and explore.
I would never use my couch again.
Edit: If tesla begins making showers I may not even need an apartment.
- khanan 11y agoIf you cared to read the article, it's a girl, not a dude :)
- hueving 11y agoThanks for the correction. The poster's comment was incomprehensible otherwise.
- ryanlol 11y agoExcept the article does not state that.
- arcticfox 11y agoDude can refer to any sex, in the US at least.
- eric_h 11y agoGenerally only in the second person, though. Third person (this dude was pissing me off, or "it's a dude!") usually means male.
- dimino 11y agoNo, "Dude, you rule" is definitely gender-neutral by now.
- eric_h 11y agoThat would be the second person to which I was referring. [Edit, to clarify:] first person: me second person: you third person: him/her
- ryanlol 11y agogjolunds post was definitely in the second person though.
- eric_h 11y agoIndeed it was, I was replying to arcticfox, who I thought overgeneralized (hence my reply). [Edit] and I now realize that this whole subthread could have been avoided had my original comment lead with "In this case yes, but...", live and learn :P
- arcticfox 11y agoTrue. The second/third person clarification is a good one for speakers that may not know better.
- peterwwillis 11y agoSo is "man". As in, "You totally should have gotten than promotion, man." Or "Man, I really love this pizza." Yes, it's used gender-neutral. But both historically and in common practice it's a noun, verb, interjection or vocative adjunct that most commonly refers to a male. That aspect, that it was at one time, or still is, gender-specific, is what makes it inappropriate to call a person who doesn't identify with that gender. Like many other words which can apply to more than one kind of person, you have to think about how the listener will interpret it, not how you want them to interpret it.
- duaneb 11y agoWomen can be dudes too.
- gjolund 11y agoSomeone felt like being pedantic today :)
- tdicola 11y agoYou don't need a self driving car to do this today, just hail a cab or get an Uber.
- eric_h 11y agoexcept for the "smoking something" part, unless you find a particularly accommodating uber driver.
- josefresco 11y agoAnd it would be insanely expensive ...
- Hemera- 11y agoThanks :) This has been a really fun hobby :D
- gjolund 11y agoReally inspiring work. I have always loved working on cars, and the potential to marry that with my profession is exciting. I'm really looking forward a future where I have ownership and control over my cars operating system to the same degree that I own the engine in my camaro. Also, I apologize for automatically defaulting to you being a he-dude and not a she-dude. Which is exactly equal in impressiveness.
- Hemera- 11y agoYeah I absolutely love it. It's eating up all my freetime. I had to make sure last week to actually go out and socialize... Dude is genderless! I'm just as much a dude as you are. Also, it doesn't really bother me :)
- vinceyuan 11y agoI will buy it too, if there is a toilet in the car!
- Smurfix 11y agoDudette, actually. Pay attention. :-P