You know what I always wonder..?

I wonder about the people who use the term, 'I'm thinking to myself.' .. do they have some some form of ESP or something? When you say you're thinking to yourself, you imply that you have other options of people you could be thinking to but at that time you were only thinking to yourself. The definition of the word thinking already implies that you're going to be doing it to yourself. As far as I know, we can't think to other people , so unless you're trying to bulk up your word count in an essay or something,, you can leave that whole part about yourself out and quit confusing me, cuz I'm assuming that anybody who thinks, thinks to themselves. Just say 'I'm thinking' and it means the same thing but better cuz it's nice and clear and saves time. After all, time is life.

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Adstar · 56-60, M

When a person says they are thinking to themselves it usually means they have not yet come to a solid Point of View on a topic.. They are holding an internal debate..

Jayciedubb · 56-60, M

@Adstar this is what grammarly has to say on the matter

"Reflexive pronouns as intensive pronouns
Intensive pronouns are reflexive pronouns that are used to emphasize the subject or antecedent in a sentence, often in the sense of “and not someone else.” You can tell when a word ending in -self or -selves is being used as an intensive pronoun because the sentence it is part of will not change in meaning significantly if you remove it. "

See the "and not someone else" part? Since it's not possible to think to anybody else but yourself, no intensive pronoun is needed.