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To your dislike that's what makes the Ancillary series pretty good is that there are a lot of weird new cultural norms spread throughout to give you the distinct feeling of a similar but separate human culture.
One of the big ones being that all characters are referred to as "she" but aren't all necessarily female. Plus lots of other little fun things like "lesser classes" being forced to wear gloves. It just goes the extra mile to make the universe feel a little more lived in.