My buddy tried to hang his digital print in a local cafe and someone walked up and touched it thinking it was real oil paint. The look on his face when he saw the screen glare was priceless. Now he just lets people guess and laughs either way.

Agree with you completely on the zoning out thing. I tried listening to a novel during my commute and by the time I parked I realized I had no idea what happened in the last twenty minutes because I was thinking about work drama. I had to rewind so many times I gave up and just switched to podcasts. For nonfiction it works way better because I don't care as much about missing a sentence or two, but for a story with characters and plot I need to be able to go back and check things. That's the whole reason I still buy physical copies of novels even though my car time is perfect for audio. I don't get the hype about it being life changing either, it's just another way to consume words when your hands are busy.

Totally agree @david_jones38, it's wild how we'll pay triple for the same plastic just because it's shaped for our tent. It's like how everyone buys those overpriced "travel size" bottles when a refillable one costs half the price and works better.

Alright, I'm gonna be the annoying guy here and say I still measure. Look, that hole trick is fine for rough work, but I've had too many jobs where the spacing goes wonky near windows or doors and counting holes bites me in the ass. I'd rather take the extra thirty seconds and know my stud is exactly at 16 or 24 inches than pray the last guy nailed his layout perfect. Call me slow but I sleep better knowing my drywall screws actually hit wood.

Wait 1800s clay still working? That's wild.