Babysitting trades started after we shared tools like adamk95 said.

Remember when old video games would glitch out and make those crazy patterns? I had a similar thing happen with a drawing app on my phone. It totally froze and left these stretched lines all over my sketch. I was gonna delete it, but the lines looked like some kind of digital rain. So I kept it and showed it to my friends. They all thought it was some new art style I was trying.

Defrosting with a hairdryer? That sounds risky. Now firmware updates? That's a huge change in tasks.

Two whole hours down the drain.

Yeah, that hits home. My dad's old canvas bag finally wore through last year, threads coming loose on the handle, and getting a new one felt weird but the ritual is what matters. Even if @kaih94 says the memory fades, for me the habit is the memory, you know? Carrying my groceries home that way every week still feels like a quiet nod to him.