Would you trust the Bridgeport for anything besides one-offs and quick fixes at this point? Mine earns its keep on slotting and those weird setups that take longer to program than just cut. Keep it oiled and it'll outlive us both.

My crockpot is gonna be the crown jewel of some future museum's sacred cooking exhibit, complete with a little placard about its ritual function in the Sunday chili rites. I bet half these bronze bowls got labeled "ritual" because the curator had no clue what else to write and the deadline was Friday. Same energy as me calling any weird kitchen gadget "for entertaining" when I actually just bought it drunk online at 2am. For real though, there's probably a legit way to tell, like wear patterns or residue, but nobody wants to run tests on 400 bowls when "ritual" fits on the card and sounds mysterious.