HOW DARE YOU SLANDER ME FREELY. I WILL TAKE YOU ON WITH MY OH-SO-NORTH AMERICAN ACCENT.

I never used to use "babe", but then some of my friends started using it so now I kind of do. But a couple episodes ago The Office basically made fun of it by having the severely dysfunctional couple end every sentence with "babe" even when they were pissed off at each other. Since then I cannot use it without thinking of that.

But yeah it should never be used seriously anyway.