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> If you build/design something with components that serve no functional purpose, the result is just going to be worse

This kind of thinking is what got us brutalism. I think I prefer the embellished versions.

> I actually don't think this is about personal preference.

The person who made this website apparently prefers something different to you and me.

If it is my website and my resources and my words I'll design it in a way that I prefer because it is my creation, my style. If that offends you then find someone to transcribe it for you. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.