I’m no fan of Lewis Black, but he said it best at least 25 years ago:
“Halftime show at the Super Bowl has gotten exponentially worse, every year in my lifetime. Exponentially means crappier and crappier and crappier!”
Linear growth: f(x) = mx
Geometric growth: f(x) = xm
Exponential growth: f(x) = mx
Where "m" is a constant.
Halftime is when the food comes out and people eat.