Totally get that. I bought a cheap six-sided die and roll it for things like which shirt to wear or what to make for dinner. If it lands on an option and my gut reaction is "ugh," then I know to pick something else. It basically outsources the small stuff so my brain can focus on things that actually need thinking about.

That phrase explains so much, doesn't it?

Soft pads are great, but the real trick is the backing material.

My buddy did the same thing with apple sauce last week.

Broken hollandaise is a full-on kitchen nightmare, that fix sounds like a magic trick. Rubywalker's lumpy gravy story has nothing on that kind of pressure, lmao. Your buddy must have aged five years in five minutes.