I grew up on TOS reruns, and TNG as a teen — but had gone off to foreign lands without television by the time DS9 was in full swing.

TBH I didn’t like it at all through the first season, and my millennial partner had told me that Quark was her favorite character and I just couldn’t square that with what I knew about ferengi.

BUT I was so, so wrong. DS9 is fantastic and the problematic merchant goblins are great characters.