If a someone perhaps, unrelated, only ate 4 bags of crisps yesterday, would that count as 1, 4 or no meals? :Pc

I really wish inheritantly masculine words weren't always ending up the "gender neutral" defaults.

I can't help but feel like ever since being out over the last 2 years, friends are calling me "man" or "dude" in a neutral sense way more often than they ever did before despite them being supportive and it just feels too me like petting a cat in the wrong direction. I know I need to be more vocal in it making me uncomfortable but I've always tried to avoid confrontation so it's hard