I eschewed QBasic early on because it wasn't "real" or it was derived from Basic. This was a mistake.

I spent a long time trying to become good at C++. This was also a mistake.

I ignored Python for a good 2 years because of indentation. Again, a huge mistake.

Great suggestion on anger inducing articles/comment sections. I was just thinking it would be nice to do sentiment analysis and incorporate the emotional vector into both the dynamic rules and the layout. At least put a badge on the discussion so I can know to stay away.