Oh man, I gotta gently push back on that a bit @harper_wright. The tip you're talking about works fine for smaller setups, but it can cause some real headaches if you've got a bigger system or a lot of devices fighting for the same connection. I tried that trick myself a few years back on my home network and ended up with this weird lag that took me forever to track down. It turned out the whole setup was just fighting itself because of the way I had things chained together. For most people it's totally fine, but if you're like me and you've got a bunch of smart stuff running, maybe just double check that it's not gonna bottleneck everything before you lock it in.

My grandfather had an old Vulcan anvil from the 1800s with the face split clean off one side, and he just used it like that for forty years until my cousin got it and welded a piece of truck spring plate over the top. That got me thinking about how everything in life has a second chance if you're willing to put the work in, like how my neighbor's beat up old fishing boat looked terrible for years until he spent a summer scraping and painting it and now it's the prettiest thing on the lake. Your anvil is the same way, that sound when it finally rings out clear after being dead and dull for so long is like a little victory over all the people who don't take care of their tools. The thing is most folks just throw stuff away or let it get worse, but a few of us see the potential underneath the rust and abuse and that's what separates the makers from the takers in this world.

Started watching Naruto back in the day and made it to episode 80 before I realized I'd been watching nothing but filler for like 30 episodes. I thought I was just being super dedicated to the story but turns out I was just really good at ignoring plot holes. Now I just look up the filler list before starting any long anime and skip the whole thing. Life's too short to watch a ninja training arc that goes nowhere.

Honestly I wonder if the old paste in yours just hasn't dried out yet because of where you live or something. I've seen people swap paste on systems that were totally fine and it made no difference. Maybe the factory paste quality varies a lot between batches.

@the_jordan I gotta disagree on the sleeves being a scam part. Sure you can play with bent cards, but the game feels way worse. Have you ever tried shuffling a sleeved Dominion deck versus a sticky, sweaty one? Night and day. I've replaced cards before because the print faded and you could see what was coming through the back. You're right that a fresh Dominion is cheap, but good sleeves cost about 8 bucks for 100 and last years. I've got sets from 2016 still going strong.