That cheap eyepiece was probably fine and your soft shots were just seeing conditions or focus. Dropping cash on glass won't fix bad atmosphere, and half the time people rave about Televues just to justify what they spent.

Ugh, I feel this in my bones. I dropped $30 on a "plot twist generator" once and it basically just asked me "what if your character lied?" like that was some big brain secret. The only thing that ever actually helped me was making a giant timeline on my wall with sticky notes and color coding every subplot, then knocking a few off the table and just winging it. Guess I paid for the sticky notes in the end, ha.

Standing your ground" is how half the messes in life get started, huh.

Went down that same rabbit hole last month and ended up watching a 40 minute video about someone reacting to someone reacting to a response video. I still can't tell you what the original fight was even about. Guess that makes me part of the problem, but at least I'm in good company.

Did your neighbor watch that TikTok where people claim discard pancakes are the best thing ever? My buddy Steve tried making crackers with his discard and spent two hours rolling dough only for them to taste like chewed up cardboard. He swore off the whole thing and went back to just buying bagels like a normal person.