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Re:FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh by fernandotakai on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:39PM (#28937737)
in my native language, he is the neutral pronoun (it's a gendered language).

so, even when speaking english, i still, sometimes, use he as the the neutral pronoun (like calling an unknown user him).

what i mean is: your type of comment is actually quite weird. you don't know the person you are replying to. you don't know if english is their first, second, third or fourth language.

also, people make mistakes and instead of trying to catch someone in a "GOTCHA" moment, it's better to just ignore it.

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Re:FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh by wolverine876 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:04PM (#28938001)
None of us know who we are replying to, with rare exceptions. We reasonably assume people intend the English meaning of what they post, or communication would become very difficult. Nothing "weird" about it for me.
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Re:FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh by billyjobob on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:21PM (#28938150)
When I went to school, which wasn't that long ago, 'he' was also the gender neutral pronoun for English.
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Re:FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh by wolverine876 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:27PM (#28938198)
Hmmm ... that was probably a decade or two into the prior century?
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