Margaret they actually shot up during the pandemic. I remember seeing my library's stats for 2020 and 2021 and the digital checkouts nearly doubled while physical stayed flat. Not surprising since nobody wanted to touch shared stuff back then. But the weird thing is the digital numbers never dropped back down after things reopened, they just kept climbing. Kinda makes you wonder if physical books are gonna go the way of DVD rentals at this rate.

Just paid full price for a coloring book with Batman on the cover, what a steal. $45 for the privilege of spotting reused elbow lines.

Wait, people actually add coffee grounds to their coffee?

I've been noticing this same thing with cooking recipes lately @john648. You pull up a simple dish online and it's like 25 ingredients plus 3 different types of salt and a special pan you'll never use again. Meanwhile my grandma made perfect roast chicken with just salt, pepper, and butter. More stuff just clutters up the process and makes you feel like you're doing it wrong if you keep it simple.

Right?! Organic hype tax is real.