It's funny how one good experience flips your whole view on something. Same thing happened to me with those airport lounge credit cards, I thought they were a total scam until I got stuck on a 6 hour delay and the free food and showers actually saved my trip. Now I look at every "extra" thing through that lens, like maybe it's not all just a cash grab, sometimes it's just a few people actually getting it right. Your birdie sounds way more satisfying than anything I got out of a lounge though, wind off a lake makes you earn it.

Found 9 packing tape guns in a server room at my old place, nobody even remembered ordering them. Label the closet with a date and if nobody touches it in 60 days, just donate the whole lot.

Tried it in a boxed brownie mix once and it worked shockingly well, same fudgy texture but way less weird aftertaste. Aquafaba's become my go-to for anything fluffy now, you're not weird at all.