Watched an influencer try to apology tour after stealing art - they used the wrong city name and it backfired hard

Ngl hitting 50 job applications without a callback made me rethink the whole process

Honestly everyone says to just spam applications and the numbers game will work out. But hitting that 50 mark with zero responses finally made me realize I was doing something wrong. Tbh I was sending the same generic resume to every posting and wondering why nothing stuck. Once I started tailoring my resume for each role and writing a quick cover letter, my callback rate jumped to like 1 in 10. Has anyone else found that quality beats quantity when job hunting?

Nearly lost a 40 year old oak by trusting a cheap soil injector

I picked up one of those $30 soil injectors off Amazon last spring in Portland thinking it'd save me time feeding roots. After 3 treatments the tree started dropping leaves in June and I found the injector was dumping too much nitrogen right near the trunk. Had to flush the soil with 200 gallons of water over two weeks to fix it. Anyone else had a tool that almost did more harm than good?

Hit exactly 1000 capacitor replacements last Tuesday and it made me pause

I keep a tally in a little notebook and when I hit 1000 I realized I've never actually blown up a board from a bad cap job. Has anyone else tracked their repair count and noticed anything surprising?

Went from hating coolant mist collectors to buying one for my second machine

I used to think they were a waste of shop space until I ran a job with heavy aluminum coolant mist for 6 months straight and my lungs felt like garbage every shift. What finally convinced me was seeing the difference in air quality between my old CNC and the newer one with a collector - it was night and day after just 3 weeks. Has anyone else had a specific health reason change their mind about shop gear?

At a concert last month I watched someone film the entire show on their phone and I'm starting to think this whole 'live for the moment' thing is dying

I was at a small venue in Austin for a band I really like. The person in front of me had their phone up for every single song. Not even looking at the stage, just staring at their screen. It made me wonder if people even go to shows to actually experience them anymore or if it's just content for their story. I get wanting a memory but is a grainy 30 second clip really worth missing the whole show? Has anyone else noticed this getting worse?

That filter add-on I bought for 15 bucks... what a joke

So I was browsing TikTok the other day and saw this sponsored ad for a photo filter add-on that was supposed to give you that 'vintage film look' with zero effort. It was like 15 dollars, and I figured hey, why not, I've wasted more on lunch. Downloaded it, applied it to a selfie, and my face literally turned into a melting candle... the filter glitched so bad my nose stretched down to my chin. Then I tried it on a video of my dog, and it turned him into a weird hybrid of a cat and a blob. I spent a solid 20 minutes trying to undo it but the app just froze and crashed. Anyone else ever get suckered into buying one of those cheap filter packs and end up with something totally unusable?

Bumped into a vintage denim collector at a thrift store who ruined my whole idea of distressing

She said her favorite selvage jeans from the 70s got those whisker marks from years of sitting in a specific chair, not from sandpaper, and now I'm rethinking every pair I've ever cut up with scissors.

Found out UL listings change every 3 years

Was reading the fine print on a DSC panel manual last night. Noticed their fire alarm listing expired in 2022. How often do you guys re-check certifications on your gear?

Torn between Bali and Chiang Mai for my base, picked Chiang Mai and it's working out great

I was stuck deciding between a beach lifestyle in Bali or cheap living in Chiang Mai for 6 months. Picked Chiang Mai because I found a room with fiber internet for $250 a month near the Nimman area. Working from cafes here is super easy and the air quality has been good so far in November. Anyone else have to choose between two popular digital nomad spots and how did you decide?