Saw a reddit thread a few months back where a guy found malware hidden in a free font pack from a shady site. It was a remote access trojan, not just corrupt data. He had to wipe his entire system and lost way more than a few hours of work. Your buddy got off easy, honestly. Now I only get fonts from places like Google Fonts or Font Squirrel that actually check this stuff before posting.

Man, I feel that. Last year I did a small logo design for a local bakery on just a text agreement and ended up doing five rounds of revisions before they finally paid half of what we agreed on. It's crazy how one bad experience makes you realize a contract isn't about trust, it's about protecting yourself when the other person forgets the deal. I still think about that coffee shop conversation and hope that kid learns before he gets burned like the rest of us.

Mate your face is probably smarter than you give it credit for. Maybe it's actually getting the memo loud and clear but you're just not reading it right.

Five minutes at 375? Mine didn't even make it that long. I had a batch where the bottoms just fell out after about three minutes and oozed all over the baking sheet. Then the paper liners turned translucent and stuck to everything. It was like trying to peel wet tissue paper off a hot tar pit.

I still use a napkin for my grocery list every Sunday morning.