Actually changed my mind after seeing @morgan.abby try weekly themes.

Oh man, I used to totally buy into all of it... the fights, the tears, everything. Your post just clicked for me. I never really stopped to put it together how every big blow-up happens at the perfect time for the plot. Now that you say it, it's so obvious they're building a fake story with all that editing. Kinda feels like they think we're dumb for not seeing it before. It does ruin the fun a bit when you see the tricks.

You're right about the grout example, but I see it the other way. Those old products gave you more time to work, but they often failed sooner or needed messy sealing. Now the fast setting stuff is annoying when you're mixing, but you get a tighter joint that lasts. Sometimes the new problem just replaces an old one that was worse.