Shame that you write off an entire language from this trivial experience.
I really, really want to like Python, but I just can't seem to stay with it long enough to work through all of the "weird" stuff. :/
_____this is so offputting______
But otherwise language seems cool
So called "magic" methods, which are called by Python in various circumstances, are surrounded by double underscores. One of such methods is __init__, which works as an initializer for newly created objects.
The other thing is that all methods, unless otherwise specified, take a pointer to the current object as a first argument. So when defining an initializer that takes no arguments from the user you write:
def __init__(self): # etc.
BTW: Being "ugly" or not is not the best characteristic you can base your opinion of a language on.