I’ll echo the “see a therapist if it’s feasible” recommendations. Here’s another possibility:

We all have a worldview, and that includes our own understanding of who we are. One of the possible reasons for self-sabotage is when we believe ourselves to be a certain way (or that we do/don’t deserve something), we tend to self correct for any anomalies, whether good or bad. That is, if I was treated poorly as a child, or otherwise lacked the love and support that children need, I might believe myself to be unlovable and “correct” anything that contradicts that understanding (such as someone showing interest in me).

It could be that, or any number of other things. I’ll echo another recommendation: take note of your emotions when you’re in those situations (you might even be able to feel them when you imagine a situation like you described). What do you feel?

Fun idea: let him copyright his prompt, if he’s so particular about his “creativity.”

Yep. Seemed pretty shiny compared to printing off directions from MapQuest. Then we figured out how to customize the voice, and it was shenanigans from there.

You know what would urge them? Stop supplying the bombs.

Dang, I must have fallen behind. I didn’t recognize any of the others. All fantastic.

How is only one of these a meme?

All it takes is a little hypnosis and a bunch of LSD.

Not aware of Bill Hicks’ take, but marketing effectively amounts to manipulating people into buying things that they otherwise would not.

I use this one regularly

So he can practice his scales.

Probably sleep late, then spend some quiet afternoons digging through the wreckage for a can of something that doesn’t seem too radioactive. Maybe get into painting or something.

About 15 years ago, my dad was doing some work on a manufacturing line and needed some technical drawings done (schematics, wiring diagrams, and panel layouts). I was just starting college, but had learned Autocad in high school, so he hired me to make them.

It paid well, and me being relatively inexperienced, I went the extra mile to make them clear, readable, and easy to work with. I think I did several dozen pages of drawings.

Just this year, my dad was chatting with someone from that plant about something unrelated. The person asked how I was doing, and said those drawings were still the best ones anyone had done for them. Felt pretty good.

Dang, I was late by a minute

Stickerbush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2.

Bonus: a Charles Cornell breakdown of the song.

There’s one called Double Tap. Not sure it qualifies, as it requires a table and chairs.

Everyone places their hands in front of the person sitting to each side. That is, you’ll have your right neighbor’s left hand to the left of your right hand, and vice versa.

The starting direction is clockwise. The goal is for each hand at the table to tap sequentially. Someone taps a hand, and the hand to the left of it (ie. clockwise) has to tap and so on. It’s a bit confusing, because everyone has arms crossed with each other and the hands in front of you aren’t yours.

Instead of tapping once, you can choose to double tap, which changes the direction (clockwise to counter-clockwise, or vice versa).

If someone messes up, that hand is removed from the table (all others remain where they are). Last person (or two or three) remaining wins.

I usually move static assignments outside the DHCP range, but in general, most routers will avoid re-allocating it even if it’s within the DHCP range.

It’s actually based on a string of jokes I posted in this community. But that’s a fun interpretation! I just added the rubber band as a red herring.

Yeah, does anyone else remember the menu bars that would show up and disappear depending on what you were doing? Those were awful–the ribbon method of context-specific tabs is better (IMO).