you're so vain, you probably think this post is about you

among the billions of things i fail to understand is carly simon's song "you're so vain." my main problem with the song is that carly (i call her carly because we're such good friends) claims that the subject of the song is so vain as to assume that the song is actually about him. the nerve of some people. here is the rub: the song IS about him. that's the object of the song: his vanity. to write a song about someone, and then call them vain for thinking that they are the muse is stupid. it's sort of like shakespeare calling julius caesar vain for thinking "julius caesar" is about him. people should see how pointless the lyrics of this song are, and i should be awarded some sort of cash prize for figuring out how absurd it is. something of the area of $100,000,000 sounds just.