Yeah, the Denver protests are actually about something totally different. The "birds aren't real" signs there are just satire being used to make a point about other stuff.

What about the bolts holding it all together? In my old truck, the constant heating and cooling cycles made the manifold bolts stretch out and get loose. That caused its own set of leaks and cracks before anything even warped. It's a whole chain reaction of heat damage.

My old view of Chicago changed after a barista paid for my coffee when my card failed.

Alright, so you built it yourself. Did you set the posts in concrete, or just use those pre-made deck blocks on the ground? That slope makes me worry about things shifting over time.

My old phone company had a "paper billing fee" for years. I only found it when I downloaded the full bill PDF, it was buried in the taxes and surcharges section. They called it a "regulatory cost recovery fee" or something fancy. Took three calls to get it removed and get credits.