Yeah, it's like the universe waits for that exact moment of no return. You're deep into a home reno project and the plumbing fails. Or you finally get a good rhythm at the gym and pull a muscle. It's never at the start when you can just walk away, it's always when you're fully committed and have the most to lose. Makes you wonder if it's on purpose.

Wasn't there a whole article about food styling tricks for this?

That's a solid find. I've seen similar things happen when someone used a three prong outlet adapter on an old two wire system, just screwing the ground tab to the cover plate. It'll read fine until you actually need a ground fault path, then you get that scary low voltage. Makes you double check every "upgraded" outlet.

You're absolutely right about that.

Honestly, that tracks. It feels like every product labeled "tamper-proof" or "indestructible" is just a challenge to the universe. I had a child safety lock my cat figured out in a day. The marketing is always about stopping the specific threat they tested, not a determined animal with time on its hands.