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[–] smee@poeng.link 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

you

No I can't. Have you considered you might be beyond normal smart about this stuff?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

The old way of saying that is close to obsolete. One now must take it from context whether the "you" means you or one.

[–] sus@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

well it's supposed to be the "passive" you (or "indeterminate" you)

but I think anyone can learn to notice the pattern of comics with this particular odd color style ^(assuming^ ^you^ ^would^ ^want^ ^to^ ^learn^ ^it^ ^for^ ^some^ ^reason,^ ^and^ ^if^ ^we^ ^ignore^ ^color^ ^blindness^ ^or^ ^other^ ^similar^ ^problems^ ^etc)^