Sounds like a cool way to build community, but mixed food smells can be too much after a while. I heard on a podcast that cooking smells sticking around is a big issue in packed buildings, just like @terrywhite said about the burnt chicken. But hey, isn't it better than stressing over meals every morning?

It leaves them with a souvenir shop nobody asked for, that's the long-term plan.

Look at it this way, every project has its rough spots. Yes, it's frustrating when guides leave stuff out, but you learn by doing. Calling it a huge waste feels like missing the point.

My local camera repair guy said he's booked three months out with Contax T2 and point-and-shoot repairs for people in their twenties. What's driving that shift? Are the older repair techs not passing down the knowledge, or is it just a totally different type of gear needing fixes?

Consider how messed up our sense of reality gets from all the edited clips and AI videos online. That friend might have watched a deepfake or a scene from a parody account and her brain filed it as a real memory. @ben155 is spot on about the dates, but sometimes the mix-up starts way before the calendar check. I read about regular people being convinced they met someone famous because of a convincing TikTok filter. So her story could be a sign of how hard it is to trust your own eyes now, not just wanting gossip to be true.