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  • the change was probably done quietly because of the extreme reaction the first time.

    swedes tend to be to-the-point, and especially in english-language circles we tend to come off as rude even though that’s not our intention. it’s a cultural thing. kling is also a recovering addict who started his os project as therapy. i can sympathise with his tone but that’s because i automatically translate it subconsciously when reading.

    also, hen is not equivalent to they. hen is originally a replacement for the longer expression “han/hon” in legal texts, used specifically as “a theoretical person of unknown gender” it’s a very recent invention and has not yet made it into general use. we don’t really have a generic singular gender-neutral pronoun. it’s still applicable here, but the issue was sidestepped entirely by switching to second-person pronouns.