FOR FUCK’S SAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Argle bargle
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FUCK YOU AND THE ASS YOU RODE IN ON.
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whines loudly
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Why is everyone using the word “folks” all the sudden?
I guess I’m not shouting in to the void…just vaguely wondering into the void.
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Do you want an answer? I use it because unlike “guys” it actually IS gender neutral. 
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@Oro Makes sense, haha, and you’re a Midwesterner as well right? FWIW I didn’t mean here specifically, it’s suddenly alllllll over articles and essays everywhere. I just find it funny as a midwesterner because I think of it as such a regional word. Like I stopped saying it when I moved to the Northeast because it was a little laughed-at for being…folksy and rural sounding. But it seems to have become super super popular nearly overnight!
I’m kind of obsessed with non-consumer cultural trends and how they spread. (ETA: Like why “folks” instead of just “people” or “individuals”? )
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I’m just now discovering this thread and I feel seen.
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This is also why I’ve always used “folks” too. It does often sound folksy/rural, but I think that actually helps in it being a viable term for talking about groups of people in a non-gendered way. It doesn’t sound high faluting or fancy, and it doesn’t feel like a term imposed by the coastal elite. It’s just a word everyone knows and is pretty okay with, whether they’re SF tech elite or my uncle’s neighbors in Appalachia.
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Haha, yeah I think that’s part of the “huh, what? interesting!” effect for me! Hearing it from coastal elite types, that is. I feel like it’s super rare that a more “rural” or Midwestern…slang, would you even call it slang? Anyway, I feel like it’s really rare for language used in places like where I grew up to become really mainstream with urban elite types, and I keep cracking up (to myself)reading/hearing “folks” come out of mouths that I just, haha, wouldn’t expect! I wonder if y’all will have an upward trend too!
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I very very much think “y’all” has had an upward trend – the Google ngram for it has a sharp upward curve from about 1980 on.
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But the facts support your wild speculation! 
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bringing this thread back to its purpose
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HOW DO I EVEN FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL???
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Ugggghggghghhghhhghg.
Also I am permanently damp.
Blehgggggh.
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HAAARGLEBARRG
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WHYYYYYYYYY. The mechanic was just here FOR FUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKSSSSSSS SAKE.
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