Well I just did diminishing sandpaper, and then mother's, and it turned out "good enough". It's got a lot of weird gouges and stuff so I didn't knock myself out trying to make it a mirror, it's just nicely shiny. I thought it would take a lot more work than it did, just a couple hours, really.
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fun facts:
Psychopaths have trouble understanding abstract concepts.
"Incompetent individuals, compared with their more competent peers, will dramatically overestimate their ability and performance relative to objective criteria."