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Mentally swap the word "yourself" for the name "Yousef" for hours of sensible fun (self.microthoughts)
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I've been getting away with this for many years, and would like to pass it on to you now. It's like an intrusive thought, but a fun one.

For instance when writing to a friend:

Make sure to save yourself some Halloween candy!

Take a moment to muse over the modification:

Make sure to save Yousef some Halloween candy!

Who is this Yousef and why does he get your friend's candy?? Take a moment to enjoy this incongruity, then send the original message. Congratulations, you've just had a moment of whimsy, and no one's the wiser.

You'll find there's no end to what these Yousefs get themselves involved in. May also work with variants of the name like Joseph, I haven't tried.

Okay. Enjoy!

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[โ€“] odium@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

How about Yu instead of you? Yu will probably need to change some of the other words in the sentence to singular to make grammatical sense.

Example: Be the change Yu wants to see in the world

[โ€“] grrgyle 3 points 1 week ago

Rofl I love that so much