[Current day]
YTers: Shiny Meloetta is up for grabs if you do a living Paldean Pokédex
Me (long-since 9/10ths through the work):

"You're exaggerating"
Me, taking time to full-odds hunt a shiny Fennekin to start on a JPN copy of Diamond to sharpen language skills:

i've like...

seen equations for shineys

shinies shinnies shine-heys

it's rough in all the games