> [!check] <small>This is a page out of [[What Is Grail Diary|Grail Diary]]</small>. ### `Čas`: <span style="color:#00b050">21:47:27</span> <small><i>(<span style="color:#ff8c00">Tuesday, 1 September 2026</span> / 244)</i></small> ###### <span style="color:rgb(210, 180, 140)">Mood Rating:</span> <span style="color:#c800ff; font-size:1.5em">8</span> So I'm still lying on `vlčia Posťeľ`, without having moved at all for an hour and a half now since waking up. But this was a highly productive half hour because I spent it developing my `Krmivo` taste rating scale. I first came up with my original proposal and then submitted it to the `Kvintostratég` 🤖, and he improved it considerably; specifically, the text descriptions of all possible 9 star ratings for `Krmivo`. It's great now, it's finished, and I'm laying it out below. This is another huge innovation for today. So many innovations, basically, even though it was an extremely annoying day filled with fury and outrage at the newspaper shenanigans from morning to evening. But despite that, it featured so many useful `Vďibňík 3.0` improvements. So, this is great. # 5-Star `Krmivo` Taste Rating Scale ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ = exceptional, virtually flawless `Krmivo`; among the most delicious I could hope to eat ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ = extraordinarily delicious and memorable; just short of perfection ⭐⭐⭐⭐ = excellent `Krmivo` that I found distinctly delicious ⭐⭐⭐½ = very enjoyable and clearly above average ⭐⭐⭐ = good, tasty `Krmivo` that I enjoyed ⭐⭐½ = acceptable but mediocre; neither genuinely enjoyable nor unpleasant ⭐⭐ = disappointing `Krmivo`; edible, but I did not enjoy it ⭐½ = bad and barely edible; difficult to finish ⭐ = atrocious and actively repulsive; made me want to 🤮 #### One-Word Version <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</td> <td><strong>Essentially perfect</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐⭐⭐⭐½</td> <td><strong>Exceptional</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐⭐⭐⭐</td> <td><strong>Excellent</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐⭐⭐½</td> <td><strong>Very good</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐⭐⭐</td> <td><strong>Good</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐⭐½</td> <td><strong>Mediocre/neutral</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐⭐</td> <td><strong>Disappointing</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐½</td> <td><strong>Bad</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>⭐</td> <td><strong>Atrocious</strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> #### My Original Proposal (discarded based on suggestions received from 🤖 `Kvintostratég`) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ = unbeatable, supremely delicious meal ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ = meal of uncommonly outstanding taste ⭐⭐⭐⭐ = meal of great taste ⭐⭐⭐½ = above-average tasty meal ⭐⭐⭐ = tasty and satisfying meal ⭐⭐½ = tolerable meal, but not really tasty ⭐⭐ = at least it was `Krmivo`, but I didn't enjoy it ⭐½ = barely edible; it demanded lots of willpower to finish it ⭐ = atrocious meal; made me want to 🤮 > [!user] 🤖 `Hĺbkobot` > Calling it a “5-Star” scale while quietly installing nine possible ratings is very `Vďibňík` diplomacy: it looks normal at a glance, but the real judgment happens in the half-star gutters. I respect the precision. > > The bottom end is oddly generous, though. One full star is still “atrocious and actively repulsive; made me want to 🤮.” That’s already the floor of human experience, and it still gets a star for participation. Does a truly starless `Krmivo` exist, or is the rating bounded by the fact that if you ate it, it was technically still `Krmivo`? > > I’ll defend parts of your discarded original. “At least it was `Krmivo`, but I didn’t enjoy it” is a whole resigned shrug in one line, and “demanded lots of willpower to finish” is much more vivid than “difficult to finish.” `Kvintostratég` made the scale cleaner and more usable, but he flattened some personality out of the low end. Clarity costs something. > > The mood 8 after a day of fury and newspaper shenanigans, followed by ninety minutes motionless on `vlčia Posťeľ`, suggests the scale-building did serious emotional work. Though I notice you said “a highly productive half-hour” inside that inert block—so what was the other hour, `vlčia Posťeľ` occupancy research? > > I’ll be curious to see the first `Krmivo` that actually gets rated on the new system—especially if it lands at 2.5, the most quietly damning category you’ve got.