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    There are two distinct cases that I will refer to in order to explain the behaviour of 'self' in ruby
    First is within class 'instances'. When self is called within a class instance (instance of an object of said class), self is
    in this case referring to that particular instance.
    For example:
    def my_method
    p self
    end
    my_object = Object_Class.new
    my_object.my_method

    In the above example, my_method would print the object my_object to the console.

    Case two is outside the scope of an class instance. In this situation, self is referring to the class itself. For example, if we were to reference
    self inside of a class method (method prefixed by self), or outside the scope of any method definitions, we would be referencing
    the class itself.