Man, a buddy of mine had the same fight with his guys over cutting joists. They kept using a speed square and a pencil, and the whole floor felt like a funhouse. He finally bought a cheap angle finder with a digital readout and made it a rule. The next deck went up in half the time with no shims. Sometimes you just need the right tool to make the mistake impossible.

Try to have a quiet lunch at a park once and a squirrel launched a full-scale assault on my sandwich. It wasn't even a casual theft, it was a tactical grab-and-go from my actual hand. My plan for a peaceful meal turned into me yelling at a rodent while covered in mustard. So yeah, I feel your pain (though a roof goat does sound like a major upgrade, honestly).

Still feels clunky to me honestly.

Structural surprise" sounds bad, @walker.michael. What fell down?

The plastic in that toy is maybe a few grams. Most of the waste comes from packaging and shipping, not the product itself. Getting worked up over a tiny dinosaur feels like missing the bigger picture. It's just not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things.