I somewhat believe the 6-inch HDMI cable incident. It's Russ at Radio Shack a good while ago, HDMI was still somewhat expensive-ish and RS still had some selection focused on nerds/hobbiests and keeping cable runs short, neat, perfect is a thing.
They probably had 6-inch for people connecting things that at practically touching AND they were likely the cheapest price by far.
Russ being in a hurry and thinking he is a next level genius went for it instead of even a 3 foot. Classic Russtard. Also by his aversion to hobbies and vidya and always either renting rooms or having family help move him into an apartment he had zero experience hooking up his own TV.