Python's "self" is really just a variable that points to the current instance of our class. Every method you define must accept "self" as its first argument.

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00:00 A Python class with self in each method
00:28 Do we need that self argument?
01:22 What is self?
02:26 But what does self mean? Could we rename it?
03:10 Recap: self is the first method of every Python class

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