Cover wear was my only clue for years. Seeing how experts check for spine ticks and staple rust completely changed my method.

Gym member counts from last year kept rising after the pandemic low. the_blair makes a good point about sales not showing the full picture. But I'm not convinced this is a huge problem. Everyone bought home workout stuff during lockdowns, so sales were bound to drop. What counts is if people actually use that gear every day. Without knowing that, we're just making up stories about how things have changed.

Those rule arguments and snack distractions are what make the night memorable. Perfect flow would be boring compared to our hilarious messes.

What made you pick it? I used to assume any award winner would work, but now I see some just don't connect with a group.

Yeah, family gatherings really bring out the amateur physicists. My aunt once spent twenty minutes trying to convince my mom that her cat might be from another dimension because it hides under the bed. The look of pure, polite confusion is a universal language at this point.