Yeah @jenkins.alice I dunno, a full 12 foot peel sounds like more than a bad spot to me. Bark telling you something when it just gives up like that.

Honestly, I gotta push back a little here @the_abby. I've been hanging shelves for years and I almost never pre-drill for those plastic anchors, and honestly it's never been an issue for me. The trick is to use a sharp drywall screw and just drive it through the anchor slowly, let the threads bite into the wall. If you're getting spinning, you're probably using the wrong anchor type or you're cranking too fast. And that thin drywall thing? I've put heavy bookshelves up on 1/2 inch stuff using toggle bolts instead of those flimsy plastic ones, and they hold just fine. Pre-drilling can actually make the hole too loose if you're not careful, which is worse than just going in raw. But hey, different methods for different folks I guess.

My neighbor's a concrete guy who's been at it since the 80s too. He told me the exact same thing after watching me try to muscle through a driveway pour. He said the guys who rush are always the ones who end up redoing spots or getting hurt. I see it in the gym all the time with beginners trying to lift too heavy too fast. It's a solid lesson, rushing just costs you more time and energy in the long run.

Spent two hours trying to fix a dead Game Boy once, turns out I just put the batteries in backwards. Glad Lee saved you the same kind of dumb tax.

Wait, you're telling me someone actually sat down and drew out the whole thing frame by frame? I mean, I knew studios did that for action scenes or big set pieces, but for that one moment it feels weird to think of it as something that needed planning like that. It's wild how much work goes into stuff we just watch and forget about.