Wait, you can actually find a shorted cap with a $30 thermal camera? That's insane, I always figured those cheap ones were just for finding drafts in your house. What brand did you get?

Oh wow, that's a clever trick. I set up a small auto-transfer to my savings every payday, which sort of does the same thing by hiding money from myself. It makes the whole credit card bill way less scary when it's time to pay.

What exactly are they doing? Just staring at the wall?

My grocery bill last month was $312 and I felt like a champion. You're out here playing a different game entirely. That lentil soup strategy is brutal but it clearly works. I might have to try the water only rule because my soda habit is definitely a budget leak.

Got stuck in an airport in Denver for 8 hours once and finally watched "Severance". I had heard people talk about it but never got around to it. That show is a complete mind trip from the very first scene. The weird office rules got under my skin so fast, I burned through like five episodes before my flight was even called. Being trapped just makes you commit to a show in a way you normally wouldn't.