I think what you said is true but that also ketchup as a material is shear thinning—meaning as you shake or tap the bottle, this creates stress or “shear” on the liquid which causes the viscosity to decrease. It also takes a little bit of time for the liquid to re-thicken, so it will actually pour pretty well a few seconds after shaking it.
Found out yesterday that a McDouble is $3.49 here which is crazy to me.
Can’t rule out that the furnace is dying—might be carbon monoxide poison you are experiencing.
I had to check the math and I was surprised that 2^42 is “only” 4.4 trillion. Thought it would be a lot greater like there are less atoms in the universe similar to the uniqueness of a shuffled deck of cards.
It’s $3 per month for 200GB for me currently in the US.