Thanks, Past. You're Welcome, Future.

[lb_lee]

Mori: we have many text files on our hard drive titled "How To (insert thing here)", which contain all the annoying things we need to remember, but not so often that they're easy to recall. (You know, how to reinstall custom dictionaries in LibreOffice, how to fix when our tablet's pressure sensitivity fails, how to turn whites transparent in GIMP...) Somewhere along the way, we developed the habit of ending these helpful tips with something along the lines of, "you're welcome, future self."

It works. Every time I don't have to Google how to convert straight quotes to curly, I feel gratitude to my helpful, thoughtful past self looking out for me. What a great guy! And whenever I make a new document explaining how to fix that stupid thing (like when I had to do a step-by-step How To Do All Your Taxes.txt) I'm able to weather the frustration by knowing how much trouble it will spare my future self.

Thank you, past self! You're welcome, future self.

Comments

Re: this kind of stuff is definitely brilliant.

[the_broken_tower]

Stars, I feel that.

Now we just go with the finger measurement method with the rice cooker and add a little extra water if mixing in lentils. But as soon as someone has to deal with a new kind of rice or a different cooker they don't know what to do.

- Emrys (they/them)