My head has limited luggage space
I’ve never cared one whit about mastering AP style.
There. I said it.
*Ducks and runs for cover*
Listen, I’ve been a professional communicator for more than 20 years, and I still look up the rules all the gosh darned time.
I forget what should be capitalized. My first drafts are salted with misplaced commas.
When I was job hunting, I would keep scrolling if a job description required "thorough knowledge of AP style.”