Do people even notice deleted scenes unless they're super hardcore fans? Probably not, but it still feels weird when you realize you just dropped something that was supposed to stay buried. I've done the same thing with old drafts and it always makes me cringe after. The worst part is when people actually watch it and start asking questions you don't want to answer. Might as well lean into it and tell them it's a secret bonus cut, right? But honestly, the internet forgets stuff in like two days anyway.

The 50 mark got me thinking about how we all adapt to stuff without noticing. My mom used to drive 20 minutes to the bank to cash a check, now she does it from her couch with her phone. Same thing happened with my neighbor who runs a small farm, he went from paper records to an app that tracks every single goat. We don't wake up one day and decide to change, it just creeps in through the small stuff like permit portals and payment apps. Then suddenly you look back and the old way feels weird, even though it worked fine for decades.