here's the thing, i've since gone back and watched everything, and adore almost every season. but right around season 14 was when i moved into a place that didn't have a tv, and had crappy internet, and there weren't streaming services for the show yet, and i wouldn't have been able to afford them anyways, and the piracy options were the only real availible thing for me, but lets just say watching stuff in choppy, watermarked, cropped, 180p, broken up into a youtube playlist where part 2 and part 5 are missing for some reason, does not make make for the most pleasant viewing experience.
and so, i stepped away from the show for a long while due to life related reasons, rather than because it was actually getting bad.