PSA: My old way of hanging beef sides was costing me time and money

Honestly, for years I just used a single hook on the gambrel and called it a day. That was until a side slipped last fall and ruined about $400 worth of prime rib. Now I always use two hooks, one on each leg, and cross the gambrel for extra balance. I saw a guy do it at a shop in Spokane and it just clicked. The whole process is slower by maybe five minutes, but it's way safer. Has anyone else had a close call that made them change a basic step?

Vent: My friend's AI art generator got flagged for copyright, but the training data was public domain.

Last week in Austin, my friend uploaded a series of images to a new AI art tool. The tool flagged one as a potential copyright issue, claiming it matched a known artist's style. The thing is, he only fed it public domain photos from a 1920s archive. So is the AI copying a style, which is legal, or is it reproducing a specific work? I'm on the fence. Has anyone else run into this with generative art models?

Warning: The vibe at my local shop in Austin changed a lot in just two years

It used to be a place where you could just talk comics, but now half the people there are just flipping new #1 issues for profit. I saw a guy buy 10 copies of the same book last week, not even reading them. Has anyone else's shop gotten more about money than the stories?

Shoutout to the guy who told me to always check for floor vents under the old pad

I was tearing out a 20 year old carpet in a Denver split-level last month, and this old-timer I know said, 'Kid, run your hand under that pad before you pull it all up.' I almost didn't, but I did... and my hand went right through a drywall patch covering a floor vent. The homeowner had no idea it was there. If I'd just ripped it up, I would have dropped tools right into the duct. Has anyone else found hidden stuff like that?

Spilled milk on the counter and it looked like a ghost

Back when I was a kid, my mom would just wipe up a spill with a rag and that was it. Last week, I knocked over a glass of milk and it splashed across my black granite countertop in this perfect, wispy shape. I actually grabbed my phone and took a picture before cleaning it. The way the light hit the edges made it look like a little phantom floating there. Anyone else find weird art in their kitchen messes?

Overheard a customer at the counter say 'just blow on the RAM like a Nintendo cartridge' and I had to walk away

Appreciation post: My local game night group proved me wrong about heavy euros

I always thought complex games were just for show-offs. Then last Tuesday at the library in Greenville, they set up a game called Brass Birmingham. The teach took 45 minutes, but by round three it clicked. Watching everyone quietly plan their moves, then cheer when someone pulled off a combo, changed my whole view. Anyone else have a game that won them over after a bad first impression?

My old mechanical alarm clock stopped ticking yesterday morning

Turns out the mainspring was just gummed up, so I cleaned it with some lighter fluid and got it running again. Anyone have a better fix for old clock oil turning to varnish?

I just learned how much money the first Dragon Ball movie made in Japan

I was reading an old article from a 1990s anime magazine scan online. It said the 1986 'Curse of the Blood Rubies' film only made about 1.2 billion yen, which is way less than I thought for such a big series now. That's like a little over 8 million dollars today. It really shows how the franchise grew from a slow start. Has anyone else seen surprising box office numbers for classic anime?

Update: Our Instagram ad spend in Denver went way up last week

We launched a new ad set for a local gym promo. Budget was $200 a day. First two days, clicks were cheap. Then on Thursday, cost per click doubled. No changes to the ad or audience. Checked the ad account, nothing flagged. Has anyone seen this happen in a single city before? How do you fix it?