For the record I was posting in support of inclusive language, but pointing out that context and convention matter.

They seem to have even scrubbed my comment from their instance, lol.

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    18 hours ago

    It depends on the context. The term has generally become more generic, but some contexts can put it back to its original gendered meaning.