Watched a guy on YouTube say he did the same thing for like two months on the AT before someone told him. The pack makers don't help either, most of them never tell you where the can is supposed to sit. Weight high and close to your spine is the whole point, that's the basic rule for any heavy load. Putting a five pound can at the bottom turns your pack into a pendulum and your shoulders pay for it all day. Dale did you a favor, even if he did it like a jerk.

Was it just me, or did I somehow end up in the nursing home lobby where I'm the only one fragging myself? lol

One trowel scoop saved my back AND my pride, I learned that trick after a brick wall laughed at me in 2019.