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lmm
54 days ago
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Software development with AI is starting to feel l...
Talking about the "royal we" is a correct, established (if somewhat sarcastic) way to complain about this kind of usage. It highlights the presumptiveness of the author in their use of "we".
brianmcc
54 days ago
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No it doesn't. It comes from the Queen saying "We are not amused" to mean "I specifically am not amused".
lmm
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It has other uses. But the point is that saying "we" when one is not, in fact, a sovereign, is extremely pretentious.
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