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Recently I've been doing this with studying. "Just one more exercise." I thought that if I stop playing games in the evening, my sleep schedule would get better, but no! At least I'm being more productive, I guess?
We used to call this a humblebrag, which was the style at the time
You'd say, "This is a reference to the Simpsons," and back then it was one of the only things worth referencing. But since there were so many references to the Simpsons, you could trade them in for a reference to Saturday Night Live. "5 Simpsons to an SNL," you'd say.