Spot on about the plot moving because of who people are. See it everywhere now. Fast food joints pushing workers to go quicker, teachers stuck with bad rules from above. Systems force the choices, not the other way around. Makes most shows feel fake by comparison.

I did the same thing with Naruto, honestly.

My buddy got super excited about some "quartz" he found last year and filled his whole pack with it. He was using a pocket knife like @aaron_flores84 said, but it turned out he was testing on a weathered surface. Every piece scratched. He brought it all back and it was just soft calcite that had crusted over. The knife trick works great, but you gotta make sure you're testing a fresh spot. That mistake taught him to always find a clean edge before trusting the scratch.

Totally agree they're just extra junk. Rolling clothes is not just fine, it's BETTER because you can actually see everything in your bag at once. Cubes hide your stuff and add more weight. It's a classic case of fixing something that was never broken.

What kind of bread did you make? I had the same thing happen with a no-knead recipe, and it's honestly kind of annoying when the internet is right.