Know Thyself

‘Hey, Seb, do you think that you can ever know yourself?’
‘Who said that?’
‘Funny. But seriously, is it possible to know thyself?’
‘Well, Seb, if you don’t understand your own motivations, aren’t you just copying other people’s?’
‘Yawn. I didn’t ask you why you should, I asked you if you could.’
‘Well critical thinking is tough, you know, it’s tempting instead just to watch kittens wearing hats on YouTube.’
‘But what if your life is like a pair of glasses? Maybe you should just be looking through it, not at it…’
‘Have you been smoking?’
‘I mean, you can’t take yourself in isolation. What are you going to do, talk to yourself?’
‘Don’t be ridiculous, Seb. But what if what I see is not necessarily what there is? How do I know unless I challenge it, unless I ask myself the question?’
‘Like right now?’
‘Um, yes.’
‘Good question. I don’t know the answer. Maybe you’re asking the wrong person.’
‘Er… well… should we go look at some kittens on the internet?’
‘Yeah. And some tits…’