Pepperbo, It's not just you.
There are reasons we've all bought ST products, and all of the reasons you mention and more that a lot of us frequent this forum.
IMO, helping one another make better food is a little something we can do to give back to our own community, and everybody contributes and everybody wins. Not to take this political, but wouldn't it be nice if the same throry could be turned into practice in other parts of our lives?
Bottom line is, as a group, when one succeeds, we all succeed, and, most especially, since it's not a contest, we ARE all getting better at it without losing anything.
I believe in catch and release fishing. I don't want to EAT 'em all, I just want to GREET 'em all!