I don't say bro, but I do, on occasion, say 'man' and 'dude'. Man is usually a replacement for 'damn' though, when I don't feel something merits 'damn', not a form of address.
I've grown irritated by 'dude' though, because I know someone who says 'dude' right before she criticizes you. As in 'Dude, why don't you go to the gym more?'
Dude, I call everyone "dude". I call chicks "dude". I call my mom "dude", much to her chagrin. I don't use that word online but in the meatspace I say it once every fifteen words or so.
I've never been one to say bro that much but I use dude and man in at least every other sentence I use. I've even accidentally with my professors enough times that they get blandly irate with me. At least most people have no problem with the the dude abiding.
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