nah i gotta disagree hard. flipping through stuff is half the fun. you miss so many hidden gems just picking one book on a name alone. what if the artist phones it in or the writer is trash? i learned that lesson the hard way spent 20 bucks on a dud.

Maybe it's just me but I'm still proud I spotted a spelling error once.

Wait he actually said that? Like the whole thing is basically held together by everyone just not messing up at the exact same time? That's terrifying honestly, I always figured there was some super smart computer system doing all the balancing behind the scenes.

Honestly, @the_viola probably hasn't spent a weekend crawling around with a tape measure and a saw. Those gaps you mentioned are the worst, ngl, because you walk past them every day and just feel that little sting of regret. But here's the thing, 100k steps hauling laminate boxes and cutting planks is nothing like a casual walk in the park. The back-and-forth to the saw, the test fits, the constant squatting to lock each plank, it all adds up way faster than people think. Tbh, if you only have three gaps to fix after all that, you're doing better than most of us would in your shoes.

Twenty years ago my Mum was in a book club that had twelve women in it. Every single one of them bought the same cookbook because someone's sister-in-law swore by it. @jenkins.elizabeth you're spot on about that quiet network. Tbh that kind of trust builds slowly but it sticks around way longer than any ad campaign. I think people underestimate how much those everyday conversations shape what we actually buy and read. It's like a slow burn that just keeps spreading without anyone even trying.