I hope I'm not the first to break it to you... You most certainly aren't. I normally cite this as an international phenomenon, but it's gotten to the point whe

I hope I'm not the first to break it to you... You most certainly aren't. I normally cite this as an international phenomenon, but it's gotten to the point where either people know that or they've had their heads buried in the sand, so it's hardly worth belaboring the point any more (not that it'll stop me, but I no longer feel quite so tied explaining it over and over).