My buddy Mike tried this last month during a brutal stretch at work. He's the type who falls asleep in the middle of a sentence, so I figured he'd be useless after a coffee nap. But he nailed it. Woke up talking about his dreams about spreadsheets and then ran a 5k after work. Now he swears by it, keeps a little espresso cup on his nightstand like a weirdo. So either you're both wired differently or we're all missing something.

Butter gets you fired. Just wet the backs and lay flat.

Best move is to hand them the old part, let them see the dust caked on it. That usually clicks better than any explanation about heat or switches. Then just tell them it was a hardware swap disguised as a reboot, they'll laugh, and everyone moves on.