I finally fixed my 3 episode rule after a guy at a con in Baltimore called it out
I used to give every anime exactly 3 episodes before deciding to drop it, and last month at a con in Baltimore this guy in a Den-O shirt asked what I was watching and I said I dropped Nichijou after episode 3. He just stared at me and said "dude, that's a slice of life show, the plot was never the point." Now I go 6 episodes for comedies and slow burns, but I still wonder if I'm just wasting time on stuff that never hooks me, so how do you all decide when to drop a show?