system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
In this post I ask the question, am I the only academic who can't stand using the singular first person pronoun?

Seriously. I'm writing up results from a solo research project for a conference. In person I don't have any problem saying "I did this, I think that..." but writing those sort of statements in the paper? I want to gauge my eyes out. Is it just me? I've always had collaborators -- can I just write the more-comfortable "we" even though it's a solo project? It feels more comfortable even though I'm basically using the "royal we." Also, shouldn't I just get back to writing the damn paper?
gpt
The passive voice is always preferred, in the absence of the plural. It has been observed that use of the passive voice alleviates the symptoms described. Where use of the passive voice cannot be managed, the author recommends other strategies for avoiding the incredibly awkward first person singular.