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oh_fiddlesticksyesterday at 8:56 PM1 replyview on HN

Reading this, it's exceptionally confusing as to how many family members you're talking about exactly; Your use of they, them, their is causing me to imagine some microbiome obsessed tribe has moved in and is holding conferences on it in your kitchen...


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sockaddryesterday at 9:08 PM

Haha. I try to use they/them/their instead of he/her/him etc as a way of keeping stories a little more anonymized but I suppose it could be confusing.

I am curious, do other people find this style of writing confusing? Genuinely curious.

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