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Does anyone know why we’re defederated from beehaw.org? (i.imgur.com)

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[–] Shihali@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While in very formal English "one" is the generic pronoun and "you" is addressed to you personally, in casual English "you" is the generic pronoun with the same meaning as formal written French "on".

So the post above wasn't a personal attack. It used "you" to mean "one".

[–] hoodatninja@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you aren’t going to assume that I have the basic literacy of at least a second grader, then you can see yourself out of this conversation. Please keep the performative snark over on Reddit.

[–] Shihali@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was trying to be charitable by assuming you badly misunderstood the comment because English was your second language. The alternatives are that you, in your own words, lack "the basic literacy of at least a second grader" or that you misread it on purpose to give yourself an excuse to pick a fight.

Enjoy the fight that you sacrificed your own dignity to start.