Why would you even want to recreate it when you already got the best brisket of your life out of it? Chasing a rub you can't remember for 6 years sounds like a great way to drive yourself crazy and ruin every cook that isn't that one. Half the magic was probably the meat that day, the weather, the smoke, your mood, nobody can bottle that anyway. And honestly if nobody at the party could tell you what was on it, the rub wasn't doing the heavy lifting, your cook was. Write down whatever you use next time and stop trying to relive 2019, lol.

Watched a guy at a farm auction in Abilene drop $11k on a skid steer that "just needed a battery" and it turned out to have a cracked block hiding under fresh paint. He ended up using it as a very expensive lawn ornament for a year before he finally unloaded it.

The part about Derek quitting at Dressrosa two years ago made me laugh because I saw a Reddit poll last month where like 70 percent of people said they skip filler, but half of those same people admitted they never even finished the show. So take that for whatever it's worth. I watched all of Long Ring Long Land myself and yeah the Davy Back fights drag, but there's little character stuff in there you miss if you jump around. I actually read somewhere that some later gags and callbacks reference filler moments, so skipping everything isn't as clean as people act like it is. Your buddy is basically telling you how to eat a meal he walked away from halfway through. Watch your 4 or 5 episodes a night and enjoy it.