John Oliver did a segment on this about a month ago, but yeah, you just nailed it.
Dlayknee
joined 2 years ago
Less jpeg-y version, where you can see the Photoshopping more clearly:
Fat in solid form isn't like a rock. Think of jello or Crisco - that's what solid fat looks like. So yeah, that gelatinous bacon grease? That's solidified fat at room temp.
Isn't that arguably the nature of encryption, though? If you lose the key, you're SOL by design.