Showerthought: a stranger at a Portland record shop in 2019 gave me a 9/10 and I still think about it
I was flipping through the jazz bin at a shop on Alberta St when a guy next to me pointed at the Mingus record in my hand and said "that one's a 9, not a 10, and the difference is the drum sound." He was right, and I've rated every album I love with that same kind of half point honesty since then. Do you ever get ratings stuck in your head from people you'll never see again?
Wait, he just walked up and told you how to rate your own record? That is wild, and the fact that he nailed it with the drum sound makes it even crazier.