Was playing earlier today as dps (an off role but trying to practice), I was in VC trying to coordinate with the team. I said “Orisa you’re by yourself back up”, and said player realized I’m female from my voice and said “ok babe”, and any time I used vc afterwards, even if I wasn’t talking to the Orisa, said player ended every sentence with “babe”. Was creepy as fuck. Please don’t do this.
Edit: I’m going to stop responding to comments only bc there are too many coming in so fast lol but I hear all y’all.
Absolutely nothing in this interaction suggests flirting.
It is a perfectly normal interaction with a person using a word that is commonly used as a pronoun. Same as dear, love, ma’am, sir, dude, boy, man, love, sweetie, and the list goes on and on.
This may not be the case in your particular milieu, but it is extremely common.