Like when you told me that I shouldn’t say “white men have an advantage,” because that might not necessarily be true in different cultures or different centuries, you seem to be always arguing that we have to direct all of our comments to every single person on the planet (and even, apparently, in different centuries).
It’s a perfect standard form of writing to address “you” as “the person to whom this concerns.” See, this doesn’t even make any assumptions about the readership of BoingBoing (x% Westerners, or something), it just means that, if this story doesn’t concern you, don’t read “you” as literally “you.”
Here’s some examples from a very quick search I did of recent BoingBoing article headlines. I didn’t link to them, but if you like you can find them and comment on them how terrible the headlines are because they don’t apply to you (or that they might not hypothetically apply to you, even if they just so happen to in this instance):
- OgoSport Discs let you play volleyball, Frisbee, or paddle ball. Doesn’t this article assume I am not disabled?!
- Walmart’s new employee video really, really doesn’t want you to unionize. Doesn’t this article assume I work for Walmart?!
- Watch Elon Musk unveil Tesla’s Powerwall, a $3K battery for your home to ‘change the world’. Doesn’t this article assume I have a home?!
- Encrypting your laptop demystified. Doesn’t this article assume I have a laptop?!
- Make your motorcycle kickstand more stable. Doesn’t this article assume I have a motorcycle?!
- Earthquake prediction and your smartphone: could phone GPS help predict the next big one?: Doesn’t this article assume I have a smartphone?!
- Unlike: You can now serve your future ex with divorce papers on Facebook. Doesn’t this article assume I will get divorced?!
- Starbucks Via instant coffee packs are great when you are in immediate need of a caffeine fix. Doesn’t this article assume I drink coffee?!
- NSA has ability to embed spying software in computer hard drives, including yours. Doesn’t this article assume I have a harddrive?!
- Google bans “graphic nudity” from hosted blogs, will decide if your art is porn. Doesn’t this article assume I make art?!
