Wait, @the_viola that's the real brain trick right there. It's like your mind gives you a little preview of the future where you tell the joke badly, so it just shuts the whole operation down to save you the embarrassment. Our own memory is basically protecting us from ourselves by making us forget. That's way weirder than just a stale joke.

Watch people spend three hours troubleshooting, only to find the real issue was a jumper that moved two millimeters. It's basically the tech version of checking if something's plugged in before calling an electrician. I've lost track of how many "funerals" I've held for boards that just needed that thirty second reset. Makes you wonder if half of tech support is just telling people to turn things off and on again, but with more steps.

Politely clarify your limits now before he asks you to fix his broken oven door.