Has anyone actually looked into whether @grant.nina's numbers are even legit, or are we just running with it?

The thing that really gets me about that 70% number is nobody ever talks about how the paperwork itself is part of the problem. Like, the guys logging those failures are usually the same guys who did the repair, right? So they're not gonna write down "I messed up the bevel angle" or "I was too tired to check the preheat." They'll blame corrosion or fatigue because those sound like legit engineering problems, not human error. I've seen logs where a tube failed from "unknown vibration" but then you look at the photos and it's clearly a weld that somebody ground too thin. The stat is probably true, but the real number for preventable stuff is probably way higher if you actually dig into the details instead of just trusting the summary box. And that's the part that keeps me up at night, knowing we got a whole industry built on making mistakes look like they were somebody else's fault.

bro its not that deep. like yeah that guy at the shop is annoying but who cares if hes wrong about daredevil canon? movies are adaptations anyway so it barely matters. new fan will figure it out quick enough and move on. half the time those guys are just trying to sound smart to get attention. let him have his moment and then go back to your comics.

I ruined a batch of roasted potatoes once because I forgot the pan was preheated and dumped the oil in too fast, which sent a hot splash straight onto my arm. @hollyg59 your seasoning worries are real, I've had that happen too after getting impatient and cranking it too high.

You know what, I actually used to think it was mostly user error too, like people just weren't tightening things right. But hearing your vise story and my own experience with that digital caliper that was off by a full millimeter out of the box... yeah, some of this stuff is just straight up defective.