anyone ever bleed em like this?

and never an issue?

if i understand it correctly, that just means popping the bleeder and waiting for it to drip, tighten up and done, right?
Pretty much. It depends how the pedal feels. Sometimes after pumping toe pedal up after bleeding I will let it set a few min and bleed again. You might get a little air out but usually not much. Like Tooljunkie mentioned above.