My cat walked across my keyboard once and somehow turned on sticky keys. Took me an hour to figure out how to turn it off.

Wow, tbh I read something a while back about people taking photos in these old malls. It called them modern ruins or something like that. That totally fits with what you're saying, it's like finding little pieces of history just sitting there. Super cool that @grant.sam found a working arcade, that must have felt like hitting a time machine. Ngl, it makes me want to go check out the one on the other side of town with my actual camera, not just my phone.

Which show had you yelling the loudest, lol?

Ugh, been there watching people rush. Skipping the primer coat or not cleaning a surface right always comes back to bite you. That one missed step turns into leaks, bad fits, or the whole thing just failing early. Now I go slow and check the list twice, even when I'm impatient. The steps are there for a reason, basically.

My old Chemex routine had me pouring all at once too. I thought the bloom was just a waste of time, to be honest. After a similar bad batch, I tried the 30 second wait and it changed everything. @fionagibson has a point about grind size, but for me, fixing the bloom fixed the coffee. Now I never skip it, and the difference is night and day.