Argue about character arcs all day but at least cosplayers actually make something instead of just talking.

Hold up, 8 degrees cooler with bargain bin paste? That's wild. I've been building PCs for years and always heard the expensive stuff was the way to go. Maybe the stock paste was just really bad from the factory, or the cheap stuff spreads thinner and covers better. Either way, I'm tempted to try this just to see if it works on my own console. Sounds like you got lucky with the application too, because one bad blob of cheap paste can go the other way real fast.

Guy's probably just being a nitpicker. Those graders see stuff through magnifying glasses you don't even own.

Is it because the system itself has no way to recover from a missed week?

That C point got me too on my first OLED mod, still stings every time I see smoke.