Sprays can be tricky. Without proper protection like gloves, skin contact with chemicals or plant oils might cause swelling. It's often a mix of things, not just the product.

Used to pinch pennies until a market taco changed everything.

I get why slowing down helped with bar path, but I actually have the opposite take! For me, clean pulls clicked when I focused on being more aggressive, not less. Pulling with speed lets you use your legs and hips to drive the bar up, which is the whole point. I was always too tentative, and my coach had me practice explosive pulls from the floor to fix it. So while control is good, generating power fast is what makes the lift work for me. Maybe it depends on the person, but for me, speed was the missing piece!

Absolutely, and @the_cora makes an excellent point about revisiting those films. My own turning point was with "No Country for Old Men," a film whose ending initially felt like a narrative abandonment. Upon a second viewing, focused less on Chigurh's fate and more on Sheriff Bell's profound disillusionment, the ambiguity became the entire point, reflecting a world where closure is a fantasy. That specific experience taught me that the best ambiguous endings aren't weak, but are actually the crystallized theme of the story itself.