the way i see it, “folks” can refer to a more traditional group of people, most likely rural, and you wouldn’t call nobles or people of other high status “folks”.
but also i doubt people think it is problematic; it’s just a quirk of the English language that “chat” emerged basically out of nowhere with the closest analogue being “audience”.
the way i see it, “folks” can refer to a more traditional group of people, most likely rural, and you wouldn’t call nobles or people of other high status “folks”.
But you’d call nobles or high status people “chat”?
I meant more that chat implies it could be literally anyone because it’s anonymous. Like when the game’s developer or some guy with 100k followers suddenly drops in to a little guy’s stream. You wouldn’t know unless they announced themselves lol
the way i see it, “folks” can refer to a more traditional group of people, most likely rural, and you wouldn’t call nobles or people of other high status “folks”.
but also i doubt people think it is problematic; it’s just a quirk of the English language that “chat” emerged basically out of nowhere with the closest analogue being “audience”.
But you’d call nobles or high status people “chat”?
i’d call them “pricks” but you do you
I meant more that chat implies it could be literally anyone because it’s anonymous. Like when the game’s developer or some guy with 100k followers suddenly drops in to a little guy’s stream. You wouldn’t know unless they announced themselves lol