You. And also the pet name that my late husband used for me, if I’m feeling especially pitiful or otherwise in need of encouragement.
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.
Mostly you
“We”. Not sure why. I guess it’s me and the person I’m talking to (who is also me)
We. You are a combination of all the entities living on or in you. We are Us.
Both. “I am an idiot.” “You should know better.”
“We”
“Do we think that leftover scree was important? Do we remember where it came from?”
“We need to get some more sleep.”
Sometimes it’s “You” when referring to the lazy, scared, or angry one.
“You’re overreacting. You’ll be fine. You’re upset over nothing.”
Never I.
There are multiple voices, one says “I” while the others respond with “you” if they are disagreeing, or “we” if they agree.
- I should shave
- Yes we should
- No, you shouldn’t. You look stupid.
- I think that’s right, I’m not shaving.
Depends which side of myself is currently speaking.
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.”
Yes. I says to you.
3rd person.
Distancing yourself from yourself, like an external narrator
More the equivalent of a parent using your full name before telling you to do something… But it is your own mental monologue.
“we” and other first-person-plurals
We’re right there with y’all.
Always I. Didn’t know other people didn’t always use I apparently.
We and us-- “let’s go do blah, we ought to blah”
