Had a buddy who taught high school English for like 8 years and he told me he used one of those old autocorrect programs to catch the easy mistakes. Then he'd go back and actually read the essays for the real grading. He said it saved him maybe 15 minutes per stack of papers but his wife still thought he was cheating. Honestly I get the meal kit comparison though. You're still doing the hard part you just skip the boring prep work. Ngl if I had to grade 100 essays by hand every weekend I'd probably look for any shortcut too.

Stop buying writing advice, start writing.

Just buy a soda stream and mix it with some cheap squash. I've been doing that for years and it costs pennies. Save the fancy syrups for guests or whatever. Plain fizzy water with a splash of lime cordial is basically a gin and tonic without the gin. Not exactly a tragedy.

Buddy of mine kept putting off getting new windows for like two years. His place was drafty as anything in the winter, heating bill was brutal. Finally did it last fall and his wife said the house actually felt warm for once. Said he wished someone had kicked him in the pants sooner.

Did you check if the blade tension was adjusted right from the box?