That exact same thing happened to my buddy Mike in San Antonio last spring, his line snapped about 15 feet up during a palm removal and he landed on a fence. He'd only had it for 6 months and it was a name brand rope too. It makes me wonder if there's some kinda quality control issue going around lately with climbing gear, kinda like how you see more appliances breaking down right after the warranty expires these days. I've noticed a lot of stuff just isn't built the same way it used to be, not just ropes but saws and saddles too. Maybe they're rushing production to keep up with demand and skipping some steps in the process. Anyway glad you had your lanyard on man, that's the scary part about trusting your life to a piece of rope.

Seen it a ton on job sites actually, guys with acne from wearing hard hats and sweating all day. They get the foaming stuff from the drugstore trying to scrub it off and just make it worse. Switch to a non-foaming cleanser and a basic moisturizer with ceramides, and the redness dies down in like a month. Also tell them to stop touching their face near fresh concrete dust, that stuff is basically battery acid for irritated skin. The real trick is keeping that barrier intact so your skin can do its own cleanup.

Right? Next they'll blame the coffee for not selling itself.

Oh wow, that's exactly how it goes sometimes isn't it? I've noticed this pattern everywhere, not just with backlinks but in real life too. Like how the quick dinner you threw together gets more compliments than the fancy meal you spent hours on. It's the same with content - the stuff that just solves one tiny annoying problem often hits harder because it's so specific and useful. @the_kevin is right about checking what made it work, my guess is the glitch fix was a real pain point people were desperate for. Have you tried tapping into that mindset for your next piece, like just looking at small frustrations people have and writing about those?

A half inch tolerance would've saved you all that grief.