Referring Yourself in the Third Person: Isn't It So Darn Annoying?

[Spareribs]

A lot of times referring yourself as the third person is a form of narcissism.

 

[TheMarsVolta]

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Originally Posted by Spareribs A lot of times referring yourself as the third person is a form of narcissism.

Yes. Pro Athletes are legendary for this, also rock stars and actors.

 

[Wmcmanus]

It's called doing a Bob Dole.

 

[dj_mocok]

I always wonder what feeling are they getting by referring themselves to third person... Superiority? Proudness? Not humble for sure.

 

[m_memmory]

I could never understand what the point of reffering to yourself in the third person is. People already know who you are (most of the time) when your talking to them and referring to yourself like that just makes people (well ... me anyway) think your being a bit of a prat.

The one that did amuse me a bit was the wrestler The Rock. Hearing him talking about "The Rock says .... " just made me wonder if he had a pet rock backstage that spoke to him telepathically or something.

 

[TheMarsVolta]

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Originally Posted by m_memmory I could never understand what the point of reffering to yourself in the third person is. People already know who you are (most of the time) when your talking to them and referring to yourself like that just makes people (well ... me anyway) think your being a bit of a prat. The one that did amuse me a bit was the wrestler The Rock. Hearing him talking about "The Rock says .... " just made me wonder if he had a pet rock backstage that spoke to him telepathically or something.

In this case (also pro athletes), sounds like he is referring to his larger than life public persona.

 

[dj_mocok]

For The Rock, I can understand, he is The Rock afterall.
But not some middle aged guy sitting at home in his undies in front of a monitor typing and referring himself as 3rd person.

 

[m_memmory]

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Originally Posted by dj_mocok For The Rock, I can understand, he is The Rock afterall. But not some middle aged guy sitting at home in his undies in front of a monitor typing and referring himself as 3rd person.

I know what you mean - a guy in his undies at his PC seems weird while a guy in his undies in a wrestling ring gets lots of cheers/applause

I can also understand if it's a personality/appearance that someone uses to sheild themselves from fame/attention or whatever. For example someone like The Edge out of U2. If he just walked down to his local as ... whatever his real name is ... then he can distinguish himself from the pop/rock star.

 

[guzziguy]

Edit: wrong thread.

 

[iGig]

Jimmy can jump!
-Jimmy

 

[Electric_Mofo]

Electric mofo likes electricity, Electric mofo has a rash

 

[PinkFloyd]

PinkFloyd is known to dislike that also, he has written a book on the subject entitled "arseholes in the third person" available in good book shops near you priced $99

I tell you what I hate shall I?? People who use the word "issue". I could swing for them:

"I've got an issue with that"

"I take issue with that"

"It's an issue"

Get fckn stuffed with your "issues" you pains in the arse!

 

[smeggy]

Smeggy prefers the 'Royal we' to the 'remote we'. With the royal we, we are talking about ourselves. With the remote we, mostly used by the women we marry, it usually means 'you' as in... *we* really need to put up those curtains.

Smeggy mentions this as Smeggys wife and I are to put up some curtains today, aren't I

 

[mjg]

mjg is the biggest stud he is... he rocks all the ladies, he does. He drives the coolest cars, and has super powers, so i've heard.. he can kill a man by merely grinning he can, watch out for him you should... if you should see him, this mjg guy, provide him lots of beer... walk away before he farts.

 

[Jahn]

Jahn's taken a life of his own. So has Alex. Who knows who "I" am anymore? Dammit, I'm not George Carlin in real life!