The pop-up taco stand near me has been open for 6 months now

I live in Austin and there's this taco stand that started as a weekend thing last year. It got crazy popular on TikTok with people posting their loaded quesadillas and birria ramen. I figured it would die out after a month like most food trends here but it's been 6 months and the line is still down the block. They even expanded to a second location last week. Is this just a really long fad or could pop-up food stands actually stick around for good? Has anyone else seen a trend like this survive way longer than expected?

Old timer told me to trust my ears over the diagnostic tool on a call back

Vent: That wellness influencer's 'mental health break' was just a rebrand

So this girl with 200k followers posted a tearful video last month saying she was stepping back for her mental health after some backlash. I actually felt bad for her. Then yesterday she pops up with a new handle and a 'podcast launch' selling $45 meditation journals. She was never gone, she was just scrubbing the evidence. Has anyone else spotted someone pulling this fake reset to dodge accountability?

Took a class on whole-animal butchering last month and it changed how I break down hogs

I signed up for a two day class at a shop up in Portland about three weeks ago. We went through a whole hog from start to finish, about 280 pounds. The instructor showed us how to find the natural seams between muscles instead of just cutting straight through. I had been doing it the same way for years, just following the bones. But after that class I tried it on my own hog last Saturday and ended up with way cleaner cuts and less waste. It took me a little longer but the meat looked better and my regular customers noticed the difference. Has anyone else taken a class like this or learned a new technique that changed their routine?

Kylie Jenner's product launch post with a typo was painful to watch

She hyped up her new lip kit for a week straight on Instagram, then spelled "excited" as "exited" in the launch post. I had to choose between unfollowing her or leaving a polite correction in the comments, and I went with the correction. Anyone else get stuck fixing celeb typos because you just can't help it?

Put a drawer front on backwards and didn't catch it until the client pointed it out 2 days later

I was finishing up a built-in in a kitchen over in Maplewood and somehow installed the upper drawer pull side facing the cabinet. Client laughed it off and said it looked like modern art, so I flipped it around for free and bought her a plant as an apology. Has anyone else had a brain fart that obvious mid install?

PSA: Don't buy those cheap capacitor kits off Aliexpress

I spent $35 on a 200-piece capacitor assortment from a seller called PartsMall2019 and every single one tested way out of spec on my Peak ESR meter. The 100uF caps were reading 80uF at best and three were dead on arrival. Has anyone else gotten burned by these cheap kits or am I just unlucky?

Just realized that old IT guy from the forums was right about thermal paste

About 6 months ago, someone on a forum named 'TechGary42' told me to stop spreading thermal paste manually and just let the cooler seat it. I ignored him because I thought I knew better. Today I swapped a CPU in a Dell OptiPlex at my shop in Austin and his method actually dropped temps by 8 degrees. Has anyone else had a random forum tip actually save them on a real job?

Finally got my raised beds level after 3 tries

Spent last Sunday afternoon shimming the frames with scrap cedar shims from the hardware store in Denton. The southwest corner was off by nearly 2 inches, but now everything sits flat and the drip line actually runs evenly. Anyone else spend way too long getting beds perfectly level?

I found a dress pattern from 1985 and tried it next to a 2024 pattern - the difference is shocking