Actually glass recycling is pretty broken in a lot of places. My city just stopped taking it curbside because the market collapsed. Now it all gets crushed and used as landfill cover, which is basically the same as trashing it. The system needs a full redesign before we celebrate keeping it out of the ground.

But what if those callbacks ARE the character thesis? Like in Madoka Magica, when Homura's looping isn't just a plot device, but shows how her entire personality hardens each time she fails. The details build the theme.

Ugh that's so frustrating, I'd be annoyed too. My local spot does the same thing and it drives me nuts, like we're stuck in a streaming time loop. I've had better luck with the staff recs at smaller video rental places, if you can even find one anymore. They usually have someone there who's actually super into new stuff.

Thursday arguments are the worst, especially over cartoon giants. Honestly, if you both spent an hour on it, the adaptation did its job right. These debates just prove the story got people to care, which is the whole point.

Isn't that how it always goes? I've definitely done the same thing, @tarahart, where you write yourself into a corner and have to backtrack. That kind of fix can feel like a pain at the time, but it usually makes the story so much stronger in the end.