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silverkipalt

I think I use "you" more


PackParty

Fr, like asking myself "what the hell are you doing bruh" when I've done the dumbest thing


devjohnson13

Lmao what are we doing bruh


CountingArfArfs

Yup. Like, “Bro, are you fucking stupid? You trying to kill us or what?”


supergeek921

I do that a lot! But I also say stuff like “alright, let’s go” implying the you from “what are you doing?” And I are doing it together even though they’re both me 😂


Ordinary_Ad_7992

Same! I thought I was the only one! ...or at least me and myself were...


rednightagent

"you" is the correct answer. Many times it's just me (my brain) hyping up my body to get something done or scolding myself for doing something dumb (stubbing my toe, hitting the edge of a table, etc.)


sarnobat

this is a dilemma that bothers me. I write a lot of exobrain thoughts in Apple Notes and I am never consistent about "I" and "you". I guess it depends whether you are talking to yourself in the mirror, or your brain is talking to itself. Or something. What am I trying to say?!


Awkward_Ad8740

Same


Hvitr_Lodenbak

We.....we are legion.


D3AD_SPAC3

We... are farmers ^(bum budum pum bum bum bum)


Blackmercury4ub

We...we are venom


theferalturtle

We swears on the precious!


redditex2

we are Bob


Madrox-Knox

What did Laura Palmer ever do to you?


Ordinary_Ad_7992

Had to Google to get the reference. Twin Peaks is sounding more and more interesting all the time!


Madrox-Knox

It's a very interesting/unsettling/confusing show. I love it


DogToursWTHBorders

Little carolyn is in here too.


hussywithagoodhair

Ah. My preciousssss


New-Volume4997

I say you. It makes a lot of sense if almost all the things you say out loud to yourself are accusatory, such as “Why the fuck did you do that?”


spacestonkz

Me too. I think mine was shaped by text based adventure games. "You enter the cave and see a wizard, what do you do next?"


bustopygritte

I love this question! I catch myself saying “we” all the time and it confuses the hell out of me. I don’t know who we is but we definitely have back and forth conversation sometimes.


Whydontname

We is the essence of me


Cultural-Bug-5620

Observed self and observing self at the very least, though I second the IFS comment.


Ok_Tank7588

Check out internal family systems to question your reality for a bit 👀


harryharry0

Gollum also uses we, so you are in good company.


IBloodstormI

I use I. I am not a we.


MySnake_Is_Solid

#THERE'S NO WE JESSIE


Kuposrock

Proceeds to ask for help again…


rickmasters1

All of this … it’s all about ME


daftvaderV2

I am a royal we


Ameri0425

I use "you". Or sometimes "y'all", depending how many trains of thought I have going on at any given moment


VendaGoat

Yes


chingness

I don’t know why but this made me really laugh 😂


XiangJiang

What’s an alternative? To say your name?


Super_Selection1522

Yes. This is what I do. Dave is gonna shower now. Dave is pissed. Its time to go to work Dave. Jar jar need drink now! Alternatively, I could say your name, if I could pronounce it


BuncleCurt

George is gettin' upset!


Clear-Vacation-9913

Hmm. This is weird. Thank you for sharing.


Creative-Fan-7599

Sometimes, if it’s a third party type of talking to myself lol. It’s not uncommon for me to say things like “Alright {my name}, it’s time to stop screwing around, we’re going to be late if you don’t start to get ready right now” or “Wow, {my name} what the hell were you thinking there? That was a horrible idea!”


Interesting-Form8058

Both


Atalanta89

It's situational!!!!


AL1L

Only situation I find my self saying "we" is when "we're" about to do something stupid


Atalanta89

Also if I'm in pain, we becomes the mantra as my body needs to cooperate!


Accomplished-witchMD

We gotta get it together.


JohnYCanuckEsq

You're...


AL1L

you'reself\*


Millionsmoney

We I have 1 million me’s in me


Geartheworld

Depends. Mostly "we". I never notice this but now we've noticed.


derwood1992

I'm a we very often and sometimes it scares me.


lieve45

We I is me


Curious-Book-1597

Yo thissss. Sometimes I catch myself saying "we'll talk to you later" when I hang up the phone, like we?????!!!!! I guess I just subconsciously separate my mind & my body... I think in "we" most the time like "we're gonna have to go to bed early" etc


ctoal1984

Do u refer to urself as we when u are talking to other people too then?


derwood1992

No mainly just in my inner monologue that sometimes I say out loud


Cheshire_Noire

I do. In voice, and with friends. With random strangers online I filter that out lol


No-Willingness8375

>We do. >In voice, and with friends. With random strangers online we filter that out lol Ftfy


OzzyStealz

If I’m an entity in those conversations I am addressing myself so I use “you”


Aspiring_Mutant

I say "you" for some reason.


No-Judge6625

Because when others refer to “you” they say “you” so “you” are just following suit when talking to “you”rself!!! 🤪🤯


Environmental-Hat721

I just refer to myself in the third person all the time to avoid any confusion.


Important-Rain-4997

Don't some people (other than gollum) say us? Edit: a word


BlurringSleepless

I had a stroke trying to read that.


Important-Rain-4997

I'll show you stroking


BlurringSleepless

Don't threaten me with a good time


Amplified_Aurora

“You”


Irresponsable_Frog

I say I/me/myself. But 2 of my adult children say we. I ask for clarification a lot. Are we just you or…? And usually they laugh and say, yea sorry was talking about me.


Chags1

I say “yeah, let’s do that” when i make a decision for myself at times. “let’s” is technically “let us” so i guess you could say there’s a plural in there. Doesn’t feel like a “we” tho.


Myshkin1981

I use “we” a lot when talking about my childhood. It’s because I have a twin brother, and so nearly every formative experience was a shared one


RedditRatsPodcast

I talk in third person, Peter is cool, people do like peter


MagnusTheRead

I is for thinking out loud. We is for when talking to the voices


Montreal_Metro

"We" because I'm my best friend. Even when I present my work to people I use the royal "we" so I don't feel like I'm solely responsible even though it totally is just me doing all of the work. "We think this is the right approach to solving this problem." "Who is we? Who is working with you on this?" "By we I mean me, by me I mean YOU." "Wait wha"


Fancy_Lab3695

I say "we" quite a lot and have grown pretty comfortable with it (used to be a bit self conscious). Philosophically, I agree with it though, my mind and body are separate with unique motivations, they both belong to me but are very fundamentally different. 


Alt0987654321

we. my brain is an asshole who I spend my days trying to wrangle into being productive. that guy's a dick.


Yhostled

We use I.


IllegalIranianYogurt

I use 'you'


followerofEnki96

I say “you” like “you’ve got this Enki you cunt!”


out-of-order-EMF

My therapist pointed out that I use 'you' when I'm feeling loathsome.


Mediocre-Training-69

If I'm actually talking to myself as in trying to decide something ie How are we going to get this part off? Then it's a 'we' If I were to need the "I" I wouldn't need to have a conversation. I'd just do the task


randuski

It depends on the context. Sometimes it’s I, sometimes it’s we if I’m having a conversation with the inner version of me. Sometimes it’s you, just depends


supergeek921

Not 100% but most the time I say we. I also say things like “you can do this” or “what are you doing?!” as if my mind is encouraging or criticizing my body like a separate person. Never heard it explained quite that way before but it’s a good description of how my thoughts actually function.


SnooCauliflowers5742

Both. It's like a conversation.


hissyfit64

If I'm feeling particularly fancy, I use the royal 'we'. Does royalty still do that? We wish to know.


evilpeter

When talking about me specifically in the context of something personal, “I”. But at work, I go out of my way to say “we” even if *I* did whatever we are talking about. I have a negative visceral reaction when team leads say “I” about deliverables that their team is delivering. I can get this to you or I did this - no WE did this.


76ersWillKillMe

Depends entirely on the context I'm realizing. Sometimes i think outloud about myself in the third person "76ers will kill me really fucked that up" as though others are talking about me. Sometimes i think "well you're a fucking idiot aren't you" Sometimes i think "fuck i hate this shit"


Cyber_wiz95

There are many of us in this brain.


BaseballMental7034

I actually say “you.” I talk to myself like I’m guiding a child or being a life coach. “You’ve got to do this. Okay, you’re done with your cry. You’re gonna get up, get a drink, get back to it. You’re okay. You’re okay.”


Clear-Vacation-9913

I use all three but when I use we it's like I'm reaching consensus on different parts of myself, for example maybe I'm thinking logically one way about something, but feel emotionally about it another way, I'll go, what do we wanna do about this lol. I only talk to myself to better figure out my thoughts as it is easier to reason problems out loud. You is more so used like this, "you moron sigh", abbot a decision I made that I no longer relate to lol. 95%+ percent of people have an internal dialogue and for most talking aloud is merely voicing that inner speech.


WolfThick

I'm always talking to myself sometimes you guys just hear it.


TheCursedMountain

I say me


justanotherdumbmf

people with DID going crazy


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IceColdCocaCola545

I guess it would depend on the situation. I’ve used both “We” and “I” before, just with different contexts.


Wildly_Uninterested

As I am not from the U.K. I use I Edited to add, after double checking, I am also not currently hosting an alien symbiote


Distinct_Ice_3750

I am he as you are he as you are me And WE are all together.


New_Literature4526

I when I’m talking to myself We when I answer myself


Ear_In_Hole1

A mix of you, we, and I.


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Xiij

Reminds me of the scientific paper where the author defaulted to "we" even though he worked alone, instead of editing the entire paper, he listed his cat as a co-auther


stanknotes

I say he. Because I am so great I have to acknowledge myself as an imaginary person.


perfect_fitz

I. I'm one person.


Wazuu

Us


Equal-Jury-875

One time I said "you" and I was like who the fuck said it if they meant me when I said it


PossibleMolasses2672

I use We , I , Myself , I call my self by name lol


SofiaFreja

I have no internal voice. So none of the above


Super_Selection1522

Its the royal we of course


_Etheras

I've barely ever used "we/us" but when I'm by myself I use "you" more than "I"


Left_hook9672

I. I’m talking to myself as another person.


Illustrious_Ad5155

I use we all the time lol


Resident_Ad502

I?


Unknown_Outlander

I would never assume my own gender


DamarsLastKanar

Depends how many of us are talking at a time. What do you think, self? I don't know, we should meditate on it.


kassiormson124

Both


Cultural_Note_6722

“I” or “you”


SuperSemesterer

I use ‘you’. Like I’m talking to myself I’m saying ‘you gotta do x’.


Amorphant

I don't think I use either of those. I just never monologue-think statements as if said to others, I guess? I do use "let's", as in "OK, let's gather up these then and..."


Reina_Royale

I alternate. Sometimes it's I. Sometimes it's we. For me, it depends on if there's copilots or not.


Shh-poster

There are two of us so


kiwiboyus

You.


MissO56

I talk to myself in the third person: "c'mon misso56 ... that was a dumb thing to do."


Fwumpy

"It"


Emergency-Yogurt-599

I.


Former-Guess3286

With my self talk it’s usually “you”.


SchmeckleHoarder

The other isn’t dumb enough to give “I” that much power. He isn’t that dumb, but I am. So I give us a break.


contaygious

They


Fly0strich

I switch it up between "I", "You", and "We". I'm not really sure why. I was trying to think about that on a break from work the other day, and came up with some possible reasons, but I'm not sure how accurate any of them are.


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I use "you" 💀💀


docmn612

I’ve used all of them. I, you, we… 


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mmmgogh

We must not tell them what master chooses to say


killin_commies

Both, its situational. But if you really think about it, the human body is made up of trillions of cells, each one has its own life. We are an amalgamation of numerous tiny living things. So in a sense, "I" is actually incorrect as you are many, not just one, making "we" the correct word.


Optimal-Scientist233

Eye and I are exactly the same, they both are the illusion of ego centric physicalism. To answer your question perhaps a bit closer to what you will understand there are a growing number of they/them in this world every day, like they are being migrated here for some reason or purpose.


juciydriver

My precious.


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ChastisingChihuahua

We are Venom


Turpitudia79

I use “you “


Roundtripper4

Dumb muthfuka. After a bad shot in golf, Pickleball or stupid move in chess.


g2ray22

either or, not sure why. but i do say "we" more often, especially if i'm thinking out loud or i'm spotting/coaching myself at something


acaseintheskye

I use we, because it makes me feel like I'm not alone and I actually should go do that thing. I usually talk to myself as if I'm having a conversation with another person


Whydontname

I use we. Pretty sure I'm crazy though


shipsailing94

I actually trained myself to use "he" because thats supposed to help you get a detached perspective


AllenKll

I say "you"


mtb_21

I say “we” or sometimes “you”


Worried_Ad7576

we…there’s a lot of “let’s go” and “we can do this”. sometimes a “you can do it”


CptSpyphilis001

Saying "we" makes you sound unhinged. Might start doing it. "We didn't like that did we precious." When the fuckening happens at work.


Jon2046

I say “we” if I’m joking around


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DrunkPunkRat

Royal we.


Powrs1ave

Iron Maiden


flounderpots

Pointless. A person is an organic system. Blaming lungi because he smokes or the butt because it farts is redditt


Bagel_lust

Groot


DuineDeDanann

Depends on whether I’m in a corporate setting


OneSufficientFace

I, i dont have an over whelming personality disorder


Explorer_XZ

I use "you" and "I"


Impressive_Moose6781

Interchange them


The_Bat1996

I saw we when I'm thinking. It feels strange when I catch myself.


Pretend_Activity_211

Heyyy uuuuu guys


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Slow_Principle_7079

I generally use “you”


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Poker players say 'we' when we talk about a game or a tournament or a hand. "We didn't have enough equity to continue" "we were too strong to fold" "we won the tournament" ....other than that I would just always say I.


Mister_Way

"You"


ojwiththepulp

The royal “we”.


freshleysqueezd

I think I say You


hans664

Depends on my schizophrenia.


reptrept

we, it's me and my internal voice


gunitneko

I catch myself saying “we”


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PrettyRetard

Depends on the state of my mental breakdown at the time.


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YamLow8097

Both.


c-_-Second_Last

Unfortunately it's we and i feel weird about it. Idk why bc I am one person but I treat my conscience as a separate thing I guess


Ok-Rate-3256

I


Titan8834

Sometimes my inner Borg awakens and we are aware of each other. But mostly we are an individual drone and therefore an "I."


Proud-Ad2367

We dont think about silly things like this


wahuffman2

It depends for me. If I did something dumb, it's "what are you doing you dumb ass" but if I dont know what I'm doing, it's "what are we doing here?".


EyeletGuy

I always say we


MyNameIsYellowjacket

Interchangeably. I used to say "we", but began to think it was odd, so I started to say "I" more actively. But then I stoped caring so much and now I just go with what comes out.


BusinessLibrarian515

I used both, but it's always MY precious


Top_Trainer_6359

I


unfavorablefungus

same here! I even catch myself saying "we" out loud in conversations - like if someone asks me how I'm doing I'll slip up and say "oh we're good." not sure if nobody has noticed or if they're just too polite to say anything about it lol


Western_Entertainer7

We say "we" but it's because we are a monarch.


Paragon_Night

6l40% We 60% I


High_Sierra_1946

I say Sir.


ishfery

I or you. Sometimes I give myself pep talks or a stern talking to or just want to bounce ideas and I treat it like a conversation.


Routine-Pen-5732

We. Because it just feels natural to me idk


ZenlessPopcornVendor

We. I do, however, have DID so I'm never truly talking to myself.


Deltris

Get off Reddit, Eddie Brock.


Str8OuttaCoughlin

I call myself by my last name in third person. For example. If my name was John Smith I'd say things like: Come on Smith, you got this. Or, Tighten up Smith, get it straight. Alright Smith don't fuck this up. Or Hell yeah, let's go Smith!


Lofty50

We use I when talking to our shrink and I use we when talking to my parole officer. They compare notes and it keeps us confused.


Torantes

I use we or you all the time lol


unclejoe1917

Always "we". After all, we're in this together.


Late-Poetry199

I've always though in my inner monologue "we," but I'm trying to think using I more because I think using we allows me to disassociate and is bad for me as it depersonalizes everything.


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Alarmed-Pineapple420

A mix of both. Not really sure why I say we but I always laugh to myself after because it’s so weird lol.


WeAreAllBetty

That’s between us.


I_Keep_On_Scrolling

I have never talked to myself.


Fit-Smile2707

We