I do find that if a person can push through a few weeks of tough stuff here, either through sheet stubbornness or morbid curiosity, then it gets better pretty much exponentially after that. 

I'm conflicted because this is currently keeping the caliber of the average nostrich high, but... It's keeping away an amazing thing from many people, too. 

I'm also pretty OK with it being like this for another couple of years. I'm not particularly nice, in general. 😅