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I must be jaded because every decree of the form “you should…” causes me skepticism that a salesman is at work.
by jjtheblunt 4y ago
I must be jaded because every decree of the form “you should…” causes me skepticism that a salesman is at work.
- RobinL 4y agoAuthor here. Appreciate the feedback. I agree It's a tricky stylistic choice. I did think about it, and decided to go with it this time. The rationale was to avoid interrupting the flow with writing 'in my opinion', or 'I recommend' multiple times. I have tried to be balanced though, and explain there's is no 'one size fits all' solution. FWIW everything I reference in the blog is open source - I have no commercial motive.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoYes, your work looks very cool and pertinent to me personally; well done and thanks for sharing it too.
- eatonphil 4y agoOne of the few lessons in school that is emblazoned in my mind is a writing class in middle school in the US (in central PA) where they deducted points for the use of first person in opinion pieces. The reasoning was that it's obviously an opinion piece, not law. Any use of first-person would be redundant.
- jjtheblunt 4y agowas the same in Ferris Bueller style suburbia around Chicago
- jjtheblunt 4y agoupdate: this author's work is just cool stuff