Absolutely! Fixed an old radio for my dad last year by swapping one capacitor. Thing still works perfect and his face was priceless. That satisfying click when it powered on made all the fuss worth it.

Look at old Kellogg's ads pushing cereal as a morning must-do for energy and morals. They literally sold corn flakes to stop people from masturbating. Then you had bacon and egg councils funding studies to call breakfast the most important meal. It's less a secret plot and more a century of companies funding science and ads to make their products seem essential. The real trick was making skipping a meal feel like a moral failure.