The sponge is a red herring. That in and of itself isn’t that surprising—it’s pretty common for companies to make one enclosure that will hold the internals for multiple products, and a foam brick is a pretty common way to prevent electronics from moving where they aren’t supposed to. Actually it’s one of the better…

The phrase "Worse than you could possibly imagine," I want you to know, is more than just a little hyperbolic. What I "imagined" was the tongue bursting like a blood balloon and the end getting cut off.

Having to fight with trying to get the bugs out of your home for 2-3 years is much worse.