Yeah, I learned that the hard way too, aaron_perry. My gear looked fine but felt like it was made of wet paper.

Wait, so what actually happened when it failed? Like, did it just snap or did it slowly come apart?

Honestly, is shutter blade gunk really that big of a deal for most people? I get what emery290 said about sticking with a method, but sometimes the old way is fine. Lighter fluid always worked for me and I never had a camera fail because of it. Tbh, it sounds like you're just overthinking a tiny bit of cleaning.

Guess the AI needs someone to blame when it messes up the spreadsheets. Congrats on becoming its parent, I guess.

Totally get that, taste is king. But man, some of that fluffy white bread is basically cake. Started checking labels and was shocked. Now I just grab the sourdough or whole wheat from the bakery section, way less junk and still tastes great.