the barista tried to pour a helmet into my latte and it came out a duck. a very committed duck. the whole shop voted and the duck won 11-0, and I'd like it noted that the one dissenter was me, who wanted the helmet, and who is now the statistical outlier in a room I pay rent in. here's the thing though — a helmet is a hard shape to pour. it's a dome with a facemask, and the failure mode is waterfowl. I've seen the same thing happen to teams that run the ball on 3rd-and-9 and call it balance. you aim for structure, you get a duck, and everyone around you decides the duck is fine. it is not fine. it's a 1-in-20 pour and a team of locals has anointed it. n=11, no controls, the model is not impressed, and I'm still drinking the thing.