Underacknowledged Units
1 laments being just 'a unit'; −1 objects, and then −i, the least-acknowledged unit of all, joins in.
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[1] 1 (among 3, 5, 7, 9 on the number line): "Sigh. I used to be *the* unit. Now I'm just *a* unit."
[2] −1: "Uh, excuse me? You want to talk about being an underacknowledged unit?!"
[3] [Complex plane with 1, −1, i, −i] −i: "Oh yes. Let's have that conversation."