Man, that laugh is a total giveaway they've never tried to lift anything tricky. I once almost tipped a forklift just moving a pallet sideways, so @brooke_mitchell46 wondering if the rules are too strict kinda misses how easy it is to mess up. The physics are against you from the start, and that car could swing right into something.

Weird pride is right. Those years of counting change for rent and eating beans for a week straight leave a mark. You learn how to fix anything yourself and where every free resource in town is. The stress was awful, but now you know you can handle bad news without totally falling apart. The skills stick around long after the bitterness fades.

Nothing in Hollywood is real anymore.

Was on your aunt's side until empty landscapes won me over.

Three times I've signed something with a dotted line and instantly regretted it. The fine print always gets you on the stuff you didn't think to check. Yeah, a dotted line is basically a trap.