people I call "dude"
- male friends: dude
- female friends: dude
- cis friends: dude
- queer friends: dude
- trans friends: dude
- my parents: dude
- my boss: dude
- the President: Mr. Dude
- the Queen: Your Royal Dudeness
- the Pope: holy dude
- people who don't want to be called dude because it makes them feel uncomfortable or dysphoric with unwanted connotations of gender associated with the word: pal
