Feel your pain on that one. My own rock hunting buddy and I had the exact same argument last summer. I totally get loving the speed of an app, because who wants to lug heavy books around? But your friend isn't wrong about learning the traits. I found I was just matching pictures without really understanding why it was that type. Now I try to use the app to check my own guess after I've looked at the sample first. It keeps me honest. What kind of rocks are you usually trying to name?

Watched a barber competition once where this guy's hand was shaking so bad his fade lines looked jagged. Tbh I used to death grip my clippers thinking tighter control meant cleaner cuts. After hearing advice like your buddy got, I tried resting my pinky on the client's head for balance instead. My blending got way smoother in like two days, just from that one change in hand position.

Ever think about the mental shift from working with your hands? My buddy made that switch and said it messed with his head for months, @taylor_butler. Hard to go from fixing things to just pushing paper.

Remember my buddy who tried casting resin dice in his apartment? The chemical stink stuck around for WEEKS, it was truly brutal. His wife made him move the whole setup to the garage after that.

Heard that too much water makes concrete wobbly, yeah?