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satvikpendem • yesterday at 11:40 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

I'm not sure it ever meant you the reader specifically, always have seen it meant to be generic or some hypothetical "one".


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fc417fc802 • yesterday at 6:58 PM

I'm not exactly disagreeing with that statement though. I'm claiming that it additionally carries the implication of the reader being a member of that set while alternative turns of phrase don't.

Where it gets tricky is that the reader might not be part of the audience intended by the writer.