Yikes, that sounds like it's treating pain as a software bug. What if it's meant to learn your pain threshold instead of just the perfect geometric form?

Watched a friendship implode over exactly this last year. They never discussed expectations upfront and the resentment just kept building. Xena_butler is spot on about it being a boundaries issue disguised as something else. Seriously, skipping that initial awkward conversation just guarantees a way bigger blowup later. Hard lesson to learn for some people.

Man, why do thermostats cause so much drama in shared spaces? Your calendar solution sounds brilliant though... takes the emotion out of it completely.

My spaniel choked on a bone fragment once. Never again.

Yeah, that silent dialogue thing is spot on. I once captured a kid's curiosity blooming just as he locked eyes with my lens, something a blind shot would have flattened.