The longer i partake in this hobby, the more i find myself set in the specific type of experience i'm seeking. To make an oft used analogy, closer to the beginning of this hobby, i could compare SCing to eating out. You would and could eat out anywhere, fine dining or fast food or chain restaurant. I mean each type of place served their purpose. You kind of got what you paid for. After doing this long enough, you knew what to expect. But this is where the analogy ends. After decades of eating out, i still don't really limit myself to one particular type of restaurant (value) or one type of cuisine/flavor or one type of experience.
But as far as SCing goes, i just have certain standards that have to be met. If it's an SC i've never been to before, i usually apply such standards. Those usually being quality of the girls working and general mileage offered (and other criteria too but i won't go into those here). If either one is even mediocre or worse, i probably never bother with the club again. Before i might have let one of the criteria slide a bit as long as the other one made up for it. But not anymore. Life is too short and money too limited to waste on unsatisfactory SCing experiences (and the thing was, not all that long ago, these particular experiences weren't always unsatisfying). The same thing applies with new dancers regardless of the club. And even familiar/regular dancers.
Now for some unfortunate PLs, they can only take what's available and it might not be much at all. So their ignorance might be their bliss. I'm not saying that my personal experiences are awesome or anything. No, actually i'm more sensitive these days to changes in the varying levels of enjoyment of my SC visits. If a particular visit seemed subpar, i tend to be quite circumspect of the reasons why and make whatever possible adjustments going forward.
TL; DR basically, i'm just much more pickier now about which SCs i visit and who i spend my money on and how i spend it. This isn't some sudden change; actually it was fairly gradual, but the transition is definitely complete and i don't think it's ever going to change. Also, i know that according to economic theory, the correct term is diminishing marginal utility, but diminishing returns just sounds a lot better...
Agreed.