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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by StanislavPetrov on Thursday December 18, 2025 @02:50AM (#46309980)
> If you (<-- I don't mean you personally, but anyone)

"The royal you"

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by Nevermark on Thursday December 18, 2025 @04:34AM (#46310612)
Or the “you, the great unwashed”. Although there is no rule enforcing mutual exclusion.
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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by dang on Thursday December 18, 2025 @01:23PM (#46316490)
I've used that construct a lot over the years and it seems to help:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by Rendello on Sunday December 21, 2025 @05:56PM (#46349482)
One can simply employ 'one' if one fears not the air of pretentiousness.
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