I started noticing lately that when I say “You” in a statement, I often have to clarify that I’m not talking about the person specifically but just a general “you.” I know it’s more appropriate to use “one” instead but it seems like lately it’s the kind of thing that’s gotten worse. And it’s annoying and exhausting to constantly have to parse my words.
Example I said to a friend “It’s the week before Christmas, that’s the time of year when you want to visit family.” And they went off on a rant about how they never said they wanted to visit their family. So I had jump in and say “not YOU specifically, you in general.”
Another time I was writing an email, answering a question from a mother trying to help her son apply for a certification license. I wrote “If you want to get certified you need to contact the State office first.” And the mom emailed me back “I don’t want to get certified, my son does.”
It’s gotten so annoying I’ve started using “one”. If one wants to get certified one needs to contact the State office first. or It’s the time of year one wants to visit family.
Has anyone else noticed this? I’m starting to think it’s a side effect of so much social media or growing narcissistic tendencies where everyone assumes everything is about THEM.
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r/NoStupidQuestions I started noticing lately that when I say “You” in a statement, I often have to clarify that I’m not talking about the person specifically but just a general “you.” I know it’s more appropriate to use “one” instead but it seems like lately it’s the kind of thing that’s gotten worse. And it’s annoying and exhausting to constantly have to parse my words. Example I said to a friend “It’s the week before Christmas, that’s the time of year when you want to visit family.” And they went off on a rant about how they never said they wanted to visit their family. So I had jump in and say “not YOU specifically, you in general.” Another time I was writing an email, answering a question from a mother trying to help her son apply for a certification license. I wrote “If you want to get certified you need to contact the State office first.” And the mom emailed me back “I don’t want to get certified, my son does.” It’s gotten so annoying I’ve started using “one”. If one wants to get certified one needs to contact the State office first. or It’s the time of year one wants to visit family. Has anyone else noticed this? I’m starting to think it’s a side effect of so much social media or growing narcissistic tendencies where everyone assumes everything is about THEM. submitted by /u/Sense_Difficult [link] [comments]
I started noticing lately that when I say “You” in a statement, I often have to clarify that I’m not talking about the person specifically but just a general “you.” I know it’s more appropriate to use “one” instead but it seems like lately it’s the kind of thing that’s gotten worse. And it’s annoying and exhausting to constantly have to parse my words.
Example I said to a friend “It’s the week before Christmas, that’s the time of year when you want to visit family.” And they went off on a rant about how they never said they wanted to visit their family. So I had jump in and say “not YOU specifically, you in general.”
Another time I was writing an email, answering a question from a mother trying to help her son apply for a certification license. I wrote “If you want to get certified you need to contact the State office first.” And the mom emailed me back “I don’t want to get certified, my son does.”
It’s gotten so annoying I’ve started using “one”. If one wants to get certified one needs to contact the State office first. or It’s the time of year one wants to visit family.
Has anyone else noticed this? I’m starting to think it’s a side effect of so much social media or growing narcissistic tendencies where everyone assumes everything is about THEM.
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