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JackGreenEarth to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago

When talking to yourself, do you use the pronoun 'I' or 'you'?

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When talking to yourself, do you use the pronoun 'I' or 'you'?

JackGreenEarth to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago
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  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    35•1 month ago

    “we” and other first-person-plurals

    • @boatswain@infosec.pub
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      15•1 month ago

      We’re right there with y’all.

  • @Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    21•1 month ago

    Depends on if I’m mad at myself…

    “I should go get some food.”

    “You fucking idiot.”

  • @thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    20•1 month ago

    Typically “you” if it’s in my head, but if said out loud it’s “I”

    • @toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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      6•1 month ago

      i use “ye”, too, but only at renaissance festivals

  • Thelsim
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    12•1 month ago

    I tend to just leave them out all together. Don’t know why though, maybe it’s faster?
    It feels a bit like when you read a book fast and skip over entire words.

    “Need to do some cleaning.”
    “How could this be done faster?”
    Or a common one:
    “Hungry” :)

    • @ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev
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      6•1 month ago

      Hungy

      • @stinky@redlemmy.com
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        3•1 month ago

        so humgry

  • @JakenVeina@lemm.ee
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    11•1 month ago

    Interesting that several people are reporting using “you” for negative sentiments, because I use “I” for those as well. E.G. “Well, I’m a fucking idiot.”

  • @darkmarx@lemmy.world
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    9•1 month ago

    Depends which part of myself I’m talking to. If it’s just a general conversation, it’s “we.” If it’s more of a direct conversation to a part of my mind, it’s “you.” If I’m talking about myself to a third-party, such as this response, it’s “I.”

  • Flamekebab
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    8•1 month ago

    It took me a moment to realise this was about inner monologues.

    • @snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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      Could be thinking out loud or reflection via writing 🤷‍♂️

  • qyron
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    I, you, we and thou.

    As in:

    “What am I doing?!”

    “You’re getting older, not younger.”

    “Let’s not do this again.”

    “Thou have lost the little bit of reasoning you had left.”

    And it scares people.

    • @CandleTiger@programming.dev
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      *Thou hast

      • Gloomy
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        Thou hast mich

  • @RadicalEagle@lemmy.world
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    Both, but it also depends on if I’m winning the argument or they are.

  • @KingOogaBooga@lemmy.world
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    6•1 month ago

    We. You are a combination of all the entities living on or in you. We are Us.

  • @Inucune@lemmy.world
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    6•1 month ago

    3rd person.

    • JackGreenEarthOP
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      2•1 month ago

      Distancing yourself from yourself, like an external narrator

      • @Inucune@lemmy.world
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        More the equivalent of a parent using your full name before telling you to do something… But it is your own mental monologue.

  • @icerunner_origin@startrek.website
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    ‘One’

    • will
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      4•1 month ago

      “One” for me as well. No need to be so informal just because it’s all in my head.

  • cally [he/they]
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    The passive voice is often used.

  • @scytale@lemm.ee
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    deleted by creator

  • @Devmapall@lemm.ee
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    5•1 month ago

    If it’s my internal monologue it’s usually “I”

    If I’m writing about myself (like a journal) then also “I”

    If it’s a note to remind myself of something then “you”

    I have written letters to myself in the future and those are always “you”

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