• Ook the Librarian
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    91 year ago

    Cool. I really hate the English use of “you” when “one” is really the word one wants. But when one uses “one” as opposed to “you”, one sounds crazy.

    I honestly think a lot of online defensiveness arises from this construction.

    I’m saying, it sounds like I’m saying “you need to do blah cuz you’re wrong about blah”, when I would prefer it to be read as reiterating my earlier point of “if one wants to see Green policies enacted, one would do well to ignore Jill Stein.”

    • Flying Squid
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      31 year ago

      I think you’re probably right about that.

    • @Bernie_Sandals
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      11 year ago

      Someone should start a community for the use of one instead of you.