Mentally swap the word "yourself" for the name "Yousef" for hours of sensible fun

2 years ago by grrgyle to c/microthoughts

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!

jordanlund 16 points 2 years ago

Check Yousef before you wreck Yousef.

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path: 0 13427873, hotness: undefined, score: 16, children: 1

BluesF 2 points 2 years ago

"Hey Yousef, are you sure you're ready for this? It's much bigger than last time."

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path: 0 13427873 13437695, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0

Kolanaki 13 points 2 years ago

Go fuck Yousef.

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path: 0 13427891, hotness: undefined, score: 13, children: 0

SonicBlue03 8 points 2 years ago

Take a good long look at Yousef in a mirror.

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path: 0 13428587, hotness: undefined, score: 8, children: 0

SLVRDRGN 7 points 2 years ago

"Be Yousef; everybody else is already taken"

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path: 0 13428516, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 0

Nougat 7 points 2 years ago

Treat Yousef.

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path: 0 13429290, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 0

odium 5 points 2 years ago

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

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path: 0 13437432, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 1

grrgyle 3 points 2 years ago

Rofl I love that so much

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path: 0 13437432 13438567, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0

Jesus_666 4 points 2 years ago

You have to look within Yousef to save Yousef from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself.

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path: 0 13428147, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0