So just a misunderstanding and a bit more work on my part for clarity in future posts dealing with difficult topics to articulate? Sort of unfortunate it took so many comments to reach that understanding but that I suppose is the nature of communication over the internet.

I honestly care very little if people think I'm a pretentious douche. I like my language to work, to function, not to fall apart when analyzed with logic. If some people don't like me because of that, well that isn't my problem.

Note: "Self referential" is actually the concept behind recursion.