Totally get that! I watched a really dumb comedy last week that critics hated, but my friends and I couldn't stop laughing. Sometimes you just need that silly fun, and it totally delivered. Makes you wonder if they're just watching for different reasons.

Last week I loved a film everyone called boring.

Did they want to look like a used tennis ball?

But did the magic smoke actually teach you anything useful, or just fry your equipment? Schematics exist for a reason, and following wires blindly seems like a good way to repeat mistakes. Sometimes learning the hard way isn't as effective as just reading the manual.

Oof, that's rough! What was the specific fault the scanner flagged that you'd been chasing blindly? I've definitely been there, convinced it was a bad relay only to find out it was a sensor reading WAY out of range. How many hours did you sink into it before caving? The modern stuff is just IMPOSSIBLE without proper tools, right? Like, did you have a moment of pure defeat when the code finally popped up?