Wait @ruby_foster93, did you ever catch yourself leaving a smart lock key in the front door for three days? Because that was me. I finally realized the tradeoff was worth it when I forgot my phone at a gas station and the finder used the camera to snap a selfie while trying to unlock it. Got the police call, got the phone back, and figured having some data collected beats leaving my whole digital life exposed. Now I just assume someone's tracking my midnight snack searches.

Mom definitely knew. I remember she found it under my mattress once and just put it back without saying a word. That book was my real talk before I had any real talks. I loaned it to three friends in 7th grade and we all passed it around like contraband. Flipping through it now I can't believe how tame it seems compared to what kids see online. But back then it felt like holding a secret manual to adulthood.

Same here, the "clutter" part is exactly what got me too. I thought I needed all the extras to feel organized, but really a blank grid just lets me actually use the thing.

That $5 find is wild, I'm still kicking myself over a garage sale I hit in Oakwood back in 2019 where a lady had a whole stack of old games for a dollar each. I grabbed a copy of Cosmic Encounter but left behind a first edition of Shadows Over Camelot because the box had a crushed corner. @jamiegreen is totally right about checking the inside parts though. I actually pulled out the coal cubes from my Brass Birmingham copy the other day and realized two were missing, so I had to order replacements online. Those little pieces vanish easy, especially if the box has been moved around a lot.

Wait, your deckhand said he wanted to keep his "good" coffee from getting wet while you were actively flooding? @logan648, that's insane. I was on a boat once where a guy lost his seal and three of us had to wrestle him back onto the ladder while he was screaming about his new boots. It's wild how people's brains latch onto the weirdest things when the panic hits.