Patina is a new one for me. I once tried to pass off a sticky aperture as a built-in neutral density filter. The buyer just laughed and walked away.

My kitchen saw three fire drills last month thanks to my 'gourmet' experiments. Turns out, my signature dish is accidentally setting off alarms. So for me, plain isn't just a goal, it's a survival strategy. (I've learned that if it doesn't come out of a toaster, it's probably above my pay grade.) Maybe plain keeps things from going up in flames, literally in my case.

Got some for the living room and it totally changed the vibe.

Talking to them and splitting the work into parts saved my project once.

But @maryg34, how often do crashes really happen?