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ciklast Monday at 6:41 AM1 replyview on HN

Without knowing the author, I wonder if that's a natural construct in their native language. As I've moved from Canada, I find myself consciously having to check to see if I've written "I", or "one", given that my local language, places a preferred conjugation in the you imperative.


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nicboulast Monday at 6:47 AM

Coincidentally, Quebec uses "we" a lot in their ads, especially as a way to say "this is how things ought to be done". For example, "this December, we vote".

German also has "man" which almost directly translates to "one" (the pronoun).

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