My contractor said the same thing about my quartzite.

Ugh, exactly! It's like they think they're the first person to ever hear a weird sound. The worst part is now you have to act surprised and grateful for their detective work.

What's the point of sourdough without the tang?

My library's free online literary databases saved me.

That's a really interesting take from brooke_taylor, but I see it the other way. Sometimes a crowd is onto something good, and missing out just to be different feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Phoenix_burns28 had the right idea by asking what changed her mind, because giving a hyped show one episode is a pretty low risk. With Odd Taxi, the hype was totally about the writing and story, not just the look, so skipping it would have been my loss. What's a show you were glad you didn't skip even though everyone was talking about it?