My old TV repair guy said half his business was just replacing these cheap capacitors.

Yeah that housing is a known weak spot. I've seen three of them crack on trucks with over 100k miles. It's not the torque, the metal just gets brittle from the constant heat. Ford should have made it from a better casting. Always makes a simple job a huge pain.

Home ownership is a weird flex when you realize it's just a giant savings account you can't touch without selling. At least a chainsaw can clear your own path instead of tying you to one spot. Maybe being an adult is just having the right tools for the life you want.

Remember that time you tried to open a soda can on a bumpy bus? I ended up wearing it like cologne for the whole ride.

Olivia's point about the pouches is a good start, but it feels like a band-aid. The real fix needs to come from the tech companies. They should make a true theater mode that locks the screen and kills all haptics with one tap, no sneaky notifications. My old watch would still buzz for heart rate alerts even in "silent mode", which is just dumb design. It shouldn't be this hard to just watch a movie in peace.