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I have my system select the default option really quickly, so I don't see GRUB. This makes it tempting to not do that, but I think I'll accept the convenient option instead of the cool option still.
On mine, it’s already set to boot into Arch automatically. It shows in the bottom right corner: “Joining world in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.” It’s really cool, man!
You can add a couple second delay so you at least see the theme on boot, if you don't mind boot taking a few more seconds.
Yeah, I just don't care to wait to get into my system. It's not worth it to me. If this was customizing something I needed to see anyway I'd go for it, but I'm not adding time to boot up just to see this.