Has anyone contemplated the meaning of You?

**ZucchiniBetweeni** · 09-13-2008 07:19 PM

Sometimes I think You is the one who created this fold in the universe. And if he created it in his own image, no wonder we all call each other You.

**SuperChoji** · 09-13-2008 07:37 PM

... eh?

**hisnameistyler** · 09-13-2008 08:58 PM

elabroate elaborate!!!

**lucid4sho** · 09-13-2008 09:23 PM

So if you is I and me is you than why can I not mean you too ?

i made a funny. :bravo:

**ZucchiniBetweeni** · 09-14-2008 01:31 AM

I feel as though it is ignorant for us all to just take the meanings of the words we use for granted. What I'm basically saying is, why do we replace the name of the person we are talking to with the name You? Who made that word? Maybe the fact that we generalize everyone by giving them all the name You when we are talking to them has something to do with the fact that we treat each other like shadows or something. Maybe we are all just shadows of this god You, and that is why we feel so empty at times. Or maybe You is a term or word designed to aid consumerism, so that we can all identify with things that "you like or you want." But for all I know we could be in year 3498593 in some Matrix-esque pod being taken care of by the technologies we have developed. hah.

**lucid4sho** · 09-14-2008 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by ZucchiniBetweeni

I feel as though it is ignorant for us all to just take the meanings of the words we use for granted. What I'm basically saying is, why do we replace the name of the person we are talking to with the name You? Who made that word? Maybe the fact that we generalize everyone by giving them all the name You when we are talking to them has something to do with the fact that we treat each other like shadows or something. Maybe we are all just shadows of this god You, and that is why we feel so empty at times. Or maybe You is a term or word designed to aid consumerism, so that we can all identify with things that "you like or you want." But for all I know we could be in year 3498593 in some Matrix-esque pod being taken care of by the technologies we have developed. hah.

I thought who was on first base.

Its just for the sake of conversation, its more efficient to say you and I than to be constantly saying names.

**Serkat** · 09-16-2008 12:24 PM

The person referenced by the word You depends on the person saying it and the situation. It's not a "name", it's a pronoun. You use it to address people.