[Ygg2]

As I understand, "guys" wasn't a huge problem but the discussion that followed. It got ugly quick. I'm pretty sure even Spanish has the variant of "guys and gals".

What I want is besides the point. It's a club. It has rules. I'm Ok with them.

I usually go with "Hi peeps!" (Yes, I imagine everyone on Rust IRC is a talking marshfellow).

[kzrdude]

Spanish nouns have two genders, and a corresponding plural for a noun of that genders. When you have a mixed group, both chicos (boys) and chicas (girls) you use the masuline plural (chicos).

I've also noticed that male genitalia are used to mean something positive (es la polla, tener cojones)

and female genitalia are generally used to be negative (un coñazo, coño)

[michaelmior]

I think the suggestion was that you could use "chicos y chicas." But I don't imagine any native Spanish speaker would find chicos discriminatory.

[kzrdude]

There is certainly some awareness of the issue. For example preferering neutral words such as estudiantes in some contexts.

[pekk]

You're okay with the rules because you live in the clubhouse. The fact that you are pulling up the ladder to keep other people out unless they roll over and pee themselves to acknowledge your dominance speaks volumes about what life is like inside the clubhouse.

[Ygg2]

Nope. I'm just a guy passing through that knows the customs and didn't enter the house with his shoes on (well, there was that one time). Rust community in my experience only ever censored people that were actively rude for a long time - I'm talking months if not years.

Anyway, if Rust community did allow such transgressions, people would be up in arms because they are promoting Linus brand of verbal abuse...

It's like they say - you can't please everyone.