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lostngone

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It was around this time 5 years ago I received the news of his passing. Every year that passes I realize more and more how much he directly touched my life and in no small way I am where I am now because of the devices he was responsible for bringing the the marketplace.

You are truly missed...
 
It was around this time 5 years ago I received the news of his passing. Every year that passes I realize more and more how much he directly touched my life and in no small way I am where I am now because of the devices he was responsible for bringing the the marketplace.

You are truly missed...

Sigh.

While I accept that Mr Jobs was an extraordinarily creative, brilliant and gifted individual, who had a major influence on computers, tech design, how music is marketed, sold and consumed, and, arising from that, transforming the world of online communication - any post - or article - which uses - or used - the pronoun 'he' (in the absence of an accompanying name, as if to suggest that the individual is of such importance so as to not need the identifying label of a name, that the pronoun alone suffices, as who 'he' is, is clearly self-evident, in a way that might even call for the pronoun 'he' to be rendered in capital letters) in such a tone of muted reverence gives me pause.

Candidly, I am rather uncomfortable with ascribing such elevated demi-divine status to any human being.
 
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Sigh.

While I accept that Mr Jobs was an extraordinarily creative, brilliant and gifted individual, who had a major influence on computers, tech design, how music is marketed, sold and consumed, and, arising from that, transforming the world of online communication - any post - or article - which uses - or used - the pronoun 'he' (in the absence of an accompanying name, as if to suggest that the individual is of such importance so as to not need the identifying label of a name, that the pronoun alone suffices, as who 'he' is, is clearly self-evident, in a way that might even call for the pronoun 'he' to be rendered in capital letters) in such a tone of muted reverence gives me pause.

Candidly, I am rather uncomfortable with ascribing such elevated demi-divine status to any human being.

Well, at least he didn't capitalize the letter H. 🙂
 
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