One of the reasons I enjoy this forum is because it is more widely recognized that confidence in ability =/= arrogance, whereas I get called a smartass by my immediate peers if I open my mouth to utter something that comes close to an idea. Nothing wrong with showing off, so don't worry about flattering yourself.

My question was with the intent of making conversation. That doesn't work in the mornings for you, does it?

I um..didn't mean to flatter myself... ;.;

but yes, you thought correctly (a better description of my thoughts than I myself was able to give!), but if you get that then I don't understand your question?

I thought of it as a placeholder for an adjective, used perhaps as a summery of a myriad of traits for which you have not found an appropriate word for, hence expressing it in the form of referring to my identity with "you."

So you wake up from a bad dream and immediately manage to demonstrate the concept of identity through a mathematical approach? Impressively crazy.

My response to bad dreams is usually waking up, blinking a few times, frowning a bit, thinking through what just happened, then grieving that I can't go back to see how it would've continued because fuck sanity. Sure, it doesn't involve synthetic thinking, but that's all I got.

everyone is less you than you.

you are you (true / 1)

they are not you (false / 0)

1 > 0

thus your you-ness > their you-ness

i think what's leading you astray is that you are thinking of 'you' as a variable/relative pronoun directly in context, whereas I mean it as a stand-in for MrFreakaficial in context.

also, it was like 7am and I had just woke up from a dream framed by the emotional progression of an argument with my parents but with the plot subbed out for some kind of art school gangster revenge movie. it was very strange.

Anyone "you" is rather homogeneous. How am I less you then they are?

That second sentence is great just because of how little sense it makes

oh shush at least I fixed it before anyone less...uh...you...noticed.

So we could just go with the old approach of building up every ridiculous machine and organization that conspiracy theorists have conjured, and nobody will suspect a thing.

Someone must've already done that.

that's why they'll never see it coming!

Too cliche.

um, can't we just use mind control rays instead? that would probably be simpler.

1. Utilize nanotechnology to construct a undetectable consciousness altering substance
2. Secretly apply to world's fresh water reserves
3. ????
4. PROFIT!

I like that you think like me. Not enough people do that.

I saw your name in my profile's "Recent Visitors" section and noted the lack of the little "+" next to your name, then went through the exact same pattern of thought, ending with "oh what the hell" and befriending you anyway.

Same reason why I add people on Facebook. Stupid and mostly useless, but hey, no harm done.

at first I was like "wow I didn't have you as my friend before?" but then I thought "actually this kind of thing really goes without saying and doesn't require a dumb contact list entry"

Even better. The last post, I mean. Obviously.

I laughed so hard I nearly woke up one of my roommates >.>'

Glad you liked it!

Sensitive subject? Didn't mean to stir things up

If not, I'll respect your privacy.

There's always someone around. When there's nobody, there's the ghosts of those who were.