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Re:Apple at Its Best by gadders on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @11:30AM (#15644742)
>> (The generic you, not the 'you' you)

That was what "one" was used for originally. "Whether this bothers one or not..." etc [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(pronoun)

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Re:Apple at Its Best by abandonliberty on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:12PM (#15648160)
"Whether this bothers [one] or not is up to [them]" ?

What's going on here. The following seems incorrect:

"Whether this bothers [one] or not is up to [one]"

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Re:Apple at Its Best by gadders on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:16AM (#15651062)
I think the latter is more correct, but the first is allowable now.
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