# It's not you, it's me.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 12, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404 "2017-08-12T03:15:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/1 "2017-08-12T03:15:57Z")

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Well, maybe it’s partly you. But regardless…

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/2 "2017-08-12T03:37:56Z")

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It’s not you, it’s me…I hate you.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/3 "2017-08-12T03:42:47Z")

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…and also it’s you. You are unlikable.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/4 "2017-08-12T03:58:57Z")

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It’s either me or you. Or maybe both.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/5 "2017-08-12T04:09:28Z")

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Whoever smelt it,… .

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/6 "2017-08-12T07:25:38Z")

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It’s _those_ people.

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**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/7 "2017-08-12T07:27:08Z")

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You’re damn right it’s me.

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/8 "2017-08-12T09:56:20Z")

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…I’m an asshole.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/9 "2017-08-12T10:04:57Z")

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Everything is about me.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/10 "2017-08-12T11:09:36Z")

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It’s not you. And it’s not me either. I think it was the dog.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/11 "2017-08-12T13:59:46Z")

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… one of us must die, and it won’t be me.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/12 "2017-08-12T14:15:32Z")

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[We can work on your problems](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpduBS_kNPQ&t=2m29s).

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**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/13 "2017-08-12T16:24:19Z")

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It’s neither you  
nor not you  
nor you or not you  
nor neither you nor not you.

But it’s not me either.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/14 "2017-08-12T20:49:25Z")

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It ain’t me, babe.

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**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/15 "2017-08-12T22:11:53Z")

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My friend’s name is Ayumi and is pronounced “I you me”.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/16 "2017-08-12T22:34:29Z")

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> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#):
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> My friend’s name is Ayumi and is pronounced “I you me”.

(Except that it’s a Japanese name and in Japanese it’s not. It’s ah you me.) But carry on.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/17 "2017-08-12T22:41:09Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I think it was the dog.

Named Boo?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/18 "2017-08-12T23:05:14Z")

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Thel: [Who](http://www.alanjoelny.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/not.me_.jpg) farted at the dinner table?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/19 "2017-08-12T23:33:20Z")

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But enough talking about me. What do _you_ think of me?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404/20 "2017-08-12T23:53:23Z")

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> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> (Except that it’s a Japanese name and in Japanese it’s not. It’s ah you me.) But carry on.

But in a lot of the US, “I” is pronounced “Ah.” As in, “Ah’m goin’ t’th’ store. You want anything, Ayumi?”

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