Used to assume it was just the IT crew running cables. Then I saw how many subcontractors had keys to the server room for weeks before lockup. Makes you realize how many hands were on the backbone before anyone even logged in.

Pushing through reminds me of my uncle's stubbornness on road trips.

Victor's etch step... did you skip it too?

Another point is how these hard strips can wreck your subfloor when you pry them up. The wood doesn't give, so it tears out chunks of plywood or concrete board instead. I've seen jobs where the repair cost doubled because of the floor damage. It turns a simple strip replacement into a full patch job.

See if the sound moves beyond its original context into everyday talk. How do you tell that shift happened? I got burned by a clip that was huge for a week then vanished. What metrics besides likes do you trust? Maybe it's about whether people remember it months later.