How do you even read 300 pages in a week without quitting your job? I struggle to hit 50 and I don't have much of a life.

Man, it's just a board game. You spent 60 bucks, you didn't lose your house. If your friends like Catan better, play Catan and keep the new one on the shelf for when you want something different. That's not a regret, that's just how buying games works sometimes. Not every new game is gonna hit with your group, and that's fine. Worst case you sell it or trade it and get most of your money back. This is a pretty small thing to be worked up about.

Wait, a wrong DNS record took 3 weeks to track down? That seems off to me. A single bad record usually shows up fast if you know where to look, like 15 minutes of digging and you'd spot the problem. The only way it drags on that long is if you're chasing it blind without checking the actual logs or zone files first. I get that some email stuff gets weird with caching and propagation, but 3 weeks sounds more like there were several things broken and not just one record. Not trying to call you out, but the story doesn't add up the way you told it.