Haven't you ever just gotten a gut feeling for what a job's worth after doing it for a while? I mean, all that math in your truck sounds like overkill to me. Most of the time my first instinct is close enough, and I make up for it on the next bid if I'm wrong.

Actually I read a study once that said pausing a show more than three times per hour drops viewer engagement by like 40%. Can't remember where I saw it but it makes sense, you totally lose the flow. For a first time watcher especially, every pause is like a spoiler because you have time to guess what happens next. One Piece is already long enough without turning it into a classroom debate about filler too.

My buddy got hit with a 3-day ban in a cooking group once for saying "soy sauce" instead of "fermented soybean seasoning" or something ridiculous like that... I used to roll my eyes at stuff like this, but honestly? After seeing how many people get bad advice on pesticides and just dump them everywhere without reading a label? I kinda get it now. It's annoying to get called out for something so innocent, but I guess the mods are trying to protect folks from messing up their yards or hurting themselves. Still stings to get banned for something you didn't even know was a rule though.

Yeah exactly, I heard something similar from a farmer on a podcast once. He said green water (rain) is totally different from blue water (rivers and stuff) and they lump it all together for the footprint. @sarah198, it's not like they're piping it in from a reservoir or anything.

and it's not just chimneys either, man. i've seen this same thing with old plumbing vent stacks and even the drain lines under houses from that era. people just look at the visible part and assume everything's fine, but those clay pipes and liners are brittle and they crack from the top down because that's where the heat and moisture hit first. my uncle had a 50s house with a clay sewer line that looked fine from the cleanout, but a camera showed it was basically caved in halfway to the street. it's like the whole "check the engine oil" thing - just because the dipstick shows nothing weird doesn't mean gaskets aren't leaking or the timing chain isn't stretched.