NationStates Jolt Archive

So I was thinking about some things recently - thinking to myself, naturally. And it sort of degenerated into an agrument between myself and my conscience and some other things besides, possibly. :p I have no idea, really, but I was conflicted, as I sometimes am, and noticed that I was drifting between tenses and objects - going from "I should do (this thing)" to the disagreement "no, you'd be better doing (something else). We'll have an easier time of it that way, and you won't be stuck with (negative consequence)." The conversation sort of ended when I told myself "just give us some time to mull it over, and you'll see that a little deliberation never hurts." I agreed to leave it there, saying "yeah, you're probably right - let's do that." :p

So I thought to ask: how do you usually talk to your best advisor: yourself? ;)

Do you usually stick to the first person: "Gee, I need some cake. Wonder where I could find some? Oh yeah, Lindemann's Market has great cake!"

Or do you have to sort of convince yourself to do things? "You should really get up off the couch, Pete - you're getting a bit pasty, and there's some yardwork to do, you know."

Or are you and your conscience more of a team? "We'd get this paper done faster if you'd turn the t.v. off." "Yeah, I know, but it's not due until the first of the month - we'll finish it on time."

I use all three from time to time, though I suppose I think of my inner voice as a sort of helper, who works with me and my conscience as a team, most like the last option.

So I thought I'd ask the question, and post a poll, to see what others think! :)

I usually say, "I'm stupid." First person.

lol, i sually say

Kash, your a idiot you know that? or Do you realise what you just did.

I usually say, "I'm stupid." First person.

But not too often, I hope. ;) It's never good to be *too* hard on yourself. :p

But not too often, I hope. ;) It's never good to be *too* hard on yourself. :p
Meh. If he had his way, my conscience would have killed his advisee long ago.

This pleases us; we are pleased.

Third person running narration, or second person "Oh, that was a great idea, Katters. I hope you realise what you've done."

Third person running narration, or second person "Oh, that was a great idea, Katters. I hope you realise what you've done."

I love how positive everyone's being in their examples. ;)

Why not: "hey, that was a great move! You're a genius!" :p

Oh, when I'm being a genius I use first person. :D I'm the genius, not 'you', or 'Katters'.

Oh, when I'm being a genius I use first person. :D I'm the genius, not 'you', or 'Katters'.

Yeah, I switch around a lot too. I'm thinking it might've been better to go multiple-choice with the poll options now. ;)

I tend to skip over pronouns and not think in complete sentences unless I'm doing some complex logic...

Its more like:
(mathematics question)
"
integrate x sin x...
the x... sin doesn't change... easy...
integrate by parts... get rid of the x... change the sin...
*reaches over to the formula sheet*
Integrate sin x = negative cos x (that was me reading to myself)
x sin x ... cos x... negative... don't forget that...
integrate again...
"
The '...' is faint mumbling I can't make out, scary huh? I just realised

I put 1st person anyway...

Hell, so far the only one I haven't mentioned is 'we', and I use that, too, when all the conflicting stuff in the brain actually agrees for once.

I usually seem to talk to myself as another person entirely, using your and yours and such. I talk to myself often, I beleiv etalking to yourself is healthy as long as you don't answer yourself.

I usually seem to talk to myself as another person entirely, using your and yours and such. I talk to myself often, I beleiv etalking to yourself is healthy as long as you don't answer yourself.

SaintB, I so totally agree.

SaintB, I so totally agree.

Hehe. Well played. ;)

Hehe. Well played. ;)

Thanks, I sing and dance on occasion too.

how do i talk to myself?

gently but firmly.
usually to try and keep myself from forgetting things.

which doesn't always work either.

=^^=
.../\...

I use "I" "You" and "We"..

SaintB, I so totally agree.

hehe :D


I generally mix between 'I' and 'You' depending on situation and how I'm thinking - if it's a monologue or dialogue.

"Rejis, you really should get your act together!"

"Meh, life's a gamble, I should hedge my bets and also chill out a bit"

"You'll never be younger than today!"

"Hehe, time is on my side!"

"Come on, stop the song references!"

"Who startedf it?"

"Meh"

In my brain there is a council, all the little different parts of me gather around a big board meeting type table in there and hash things out. (my imagination has been working with this image for about 15 years now.)

The greedy, childlike side. The scared side. The organized one. The adult. The sexy wench. The prudent mother. The workaholic. The lazy game player. The caring friend. The rude bitch.

They all converse and fight and yell and put in their two cents and when they've come to a decision we go with that. It's always a 'we' in my head, trying to decide what's best for our situation. :D

yay for crazytown! population.. us! muahaha

In my brain there is a council, all the little different parts of me gather around a big board meeting type table in there and hash things out. (my imagination has been working with this image for about 15 years now.)

The greedy, childlike side. The scared side. The organized one. The adult. The sexy wench. The prudent mother. The workaholic. The lazy game player. The caring friend. The rude bitch.

They all converse and fight and yell and put in their two cents and when they've come to a decision we go with that. It's always a 'we' in my head, trying to decide what's best for our situation. :D

yay for crazytown! population.. us! muahaha

I can relate to that, even if I don't have an imaginative mental picture of it to use as a reference. :p There's definitely competing interests at stake when I make any decision.

We talk about you, when I mean myself.

"We" - as in "We really need some new shoes."

Hehe, that'd be fucking scary. And way too gollumesque.

I use "I" "You" and "We"..:eek:

Hehe, that'd be fucking scary. And way too gollumesque.

You never do that? :p It usually starts as a "you" conversation, before crossing over into "we" for a while.

You never do that? :p It usually starts as a "you" conversation, before crossing over into "we" for a while.

Hell no!
I guess I switch between "you" and "I".

Mostly first person for me, but I do find myself yelling "get up you idiot!" in my head when it's cold and I'm late for work...

Hell no!
I guess I switch between "you" and "I".

That seems to be what most people do. Although I still don't think "we" or "us" is too scary, the way I described it in the OP, for example. It might just be a quirk, though. :)

:eek:

We need to talk..

..

I, and me, have decided you aren't worthy of an explanation.

I use I'm and I

It depends on the situation. :D

"I want that!"

"Nah, you don't really need that."

"Oh, yeah, that time. Well, he was a lot younger back then and didn't know."

"There is something we require. Now."

I seem to universally use first person.

SaintB sometimes refers to himself int he third person while talking to other people. He has gotten so good at it he once won a $100 bet that he could not do it for a full week.

Usually its a fight between "get all mopy and depressed" self and happy self. Always using you, as if two people were arguing over me.

It'll start with something that could trigger a little depression. After a few secs as "woe is me," I start the positive/negative discussion. It really helps fight off the depression.

I have this whole military operation with the top generals and stuff...

I stick with third person, past tense, epic narrative format.

Lo, there did he walk into the bathroom,
Where sat the gleaming toilet!
And he saw the paper, and it was good.

Gives my life a kind of biblical feel to it.

I am 'Dude.' Sometimes Dude needs to be reprimanded, "Dude, what'r'ya thinkin' here?" "Dude, what exactly are you hoping will happen?" or just, "Dude, no."

Sometimes Dude does the right thing. Then it's just, "Dude!" Though said with the right inflection that can also be a reprimand...

I don't talk to myself as much as I fight with myself in a brutal, never-ending civil war.

1: "Dude, you've got to our homework, man, get the fuck on it."
2: "Don't tell me what to do. I'll do whatever the fuck I want! Muhahaha!"
1: "Eat lead, bitch!" *guns down other part of my conscience*
2: *dies*
1: "So, as I was saying..."

hm that's a very interesting question... I think depending on the question it's a mixture of all 3, but mostly first person plural (we/us/our).

But not too often, I hope. ;) It's never good to be *too* hard on yourself. :p

Erm, sounds like why some posters here *never* leave the house.
:p

I am 'Dude.' Sometimes Dude needs to be reprimanded, "Dude, what'r'ya thinkin' here?" "Dude, what exactly are you hoping will happen?" or just, "Dude, no."

Sometimes Dude does the right thing. Then it's just, "Dude!" Though said with the right inflection that can also be a reprimand...
Sweet!

depends on the situation, some times we say wow antikythera you really do need to get that done and i say i know i know.;)

so basically all three

It depends. That is, obviously if we're talking to someone else we'd refer to each other as 'him', but...

My favourite reference in said context:

Narrator: June the 4th, 1973. It was much like any other
summer's day
in Petersborough, and Ralph Mellish, a file clerk at an insurance
company, was on his way to work as usual when....(Dramatic
music)
nothing happened.
Scarcely able to believe his eyes, Ralph Mellish looked down.
But
one glance confirmed his suspicions. Behind a bush on the side
of the road, there was no severed arm, no dismembered trunk of
a
man in his late fifties, no head in a bag, nothing...not a
sock.
For Ralph Mellish, this was not to be the start of any trail of
events which would not, in no time at all, involve him in
neither
a tangled knot of suspicion nor any web of lies, which would,
had
he been not uninvolved, surely have led to no other place than
the central criminal court of the old bailiff.
(Sound of gavel banging)
But it was not to be. Ralph Mellish reached his office in
Dallzell Street, Petersborough, at 9:05 am. Exactly the same time
as he usually got in.

Secretary: Morning Mr. Mellish.

Mellish: Morning Enid.

N: Enid, a sharp eyed, clever young girl, who had been with the
firm
for only 4 weeks, couldn't help noticing the complete absence
of
tiny but telltale bloodstains on Mr. Mellish's clothing. Nor did
she notice anything strange in Mr. Mellish's behavior that
whole
morning! Nor the next morning. Nor at any time before or since
the entire period she worked with that firm.

M: Have the new paper clips arrived Enid?

S: Yes, they're over there Mr. Mellish.

N: But for the lack of any untoward circumstances for this
young
secretary to notice, and the total non-involvement of Mr.
Mellish
in anything illegal, the full weight of the law would have
ensured that Ralph Aldis Mellish would have ended up like all
who
challenge the fundamental laws of our society: in an iron
coffin
with spikes on the inside.

Wife: Turn that thing off. You'll be late for the bus. It's
nearly
half past nine.

Husband: It was indeed nearly half past nine.

W: Now off you go!

H: Off I went on a perfectly ordinary kind of day....(fade out)
:D

I don't. I almost constantly pretend there's someone else with me (different people depending on the situation) and speak to them, instead. But I'm not insane, because I know they're not really there. I guess I just wish I could be with my friends ALL the time, or something.

I refer to myself in the fourth person.


"Man those guys are crazy"

I refer to myself in the fourth person.


"Man those guys are crazy"

Makes sense. ;)

I, you, we, Dude, and ever since I started reading CJ Cherryh's works, one.

Oh yeah, and occassionally "Kitty..." ever since other people started calling me Kitty. And occassionally by my first name.

We is most common, unless I have just finished another of CJ Cherryh's books.

I refer to myself in the fourth person.


"Man those guys are crazy"

The what?

I refer to myself in the fourth person.


"Man those guys are crazy"

Fourth person?

I think that's just a plural third...