[klyrs]

Necessary or not, ignorance revealed induces shame in people. I recently had a similar experience with a coffee shop: felt like I'd discovered something cool in a foreign locale, and then learned that it wasn't a hole in the wall but an international chain. Perhaps shame isn't the right word. Because, as I reread what I've written, I'm describing a perceived loss of exclusivity. The feeling of being ordinary, when one once felt special.