Ended up being a bad SD card, could have been the brand, but the time I wasted trying to fix it was not worth it.
Anyway, I did get a cheaper one, and it worked out OK.
Irony eh, cheaper one works, more expensive one doesnt and wastes a lot of my time.
Did a bunch of other errands today too, while I was returning the 32GB SD I got a 64 GB USB flash disk.
Did some recycle stuff and finally, got a new eye glass prescription.
Just gonna hit some pushups and situps today.